Philipp Eder vs. Ilija Trojanow
Mit Sicherheit in den Krieg?
(Safely Going to War?)

Questions upon questions: Are there just wars? Are there good deserters? Do we have a democratic discussion about armament? Is creating peace without weapons a naive ambition or necessary strategy?

Philipp Eder is a brigadier general in the Austrian Armed Forces and has been military commander of Carinthia since 2023. He often appears in public as an expert on Ukraine.

Ilija Trojanow is a writer and translator. His latest publications include Das Buch der Macht (Die Andere Bibliothek, 2025) and the novel Tausend und ein Morgen (S. Fischer, 2022).

Daniel Mayer is a Budapest-based theater producer and production manager. In his role as managing director of SzínMűHely (TheatreWorkShop) Foundation as well as the Mayer-Szilágyi Theatre Agency, he is creating spaces where theater can be an active forum for social reflection.