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2026
Oct
30

EU VOICES SEMINAR: It’s Security, Stupid? EU as Seen from Vilnius

Ramunas Vilpisauskas

Vilnius University, Lithuania

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2026
Oct
29

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Europe "à la française"? France's Love/Hate Relation with the EU

Sébastien MAILLARD

Conseiller spécial, Institut Jacques Delors, Paris; London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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2026
Oct
28
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Transatlantic Relations in the Shadow of the Trump Administration

Markus Thiel

Florida International University, USA

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2026
Oct
28

EU VOICES SEMINAR: "Je t’aime, moi non plus". Forty Years of an Uneven Relationship between Europe and Greece

Ioannis Papageorgiou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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2026
Oct
27

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Europe in Iran: A National Security Threat or Future Partner?

Abdolrasool Divsallar

Catholic University of Milan

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2026
Oct
27
Aula Magna
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GOVERNING EUROPE LECTURE: Who Leads the European Union? Leadership in a Polycentric Polity

Brigid Laffan

University of Limerick, Ireland; Emeritus, European University Institute, Florence

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2026
Oct
26
Aula Magna
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OPENING LECTURE: From Europe of States to Europe of Networks: Democracy, Governance, and Europe in the World

Jan Zielonka

University of Oxford; Ca' Foscari University of Venice

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2025
Dec
11
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The EU and Palestine: Destined Disillusionment or Potential Remedy? A Palestinian Perspective

Lily Habash

Senior Post-Conflict GovernanceExpert

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2025
Nov
17

EU VOICES SEMINAR: EU Fisheries External Action - How the EU Negotiates on the Ocean

Marco Valletta

European Commission

2025
Nov
17
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EUROPE IN THE WORLD LECTURE: Why the EU is Becoming Geo-Liberal?

Richard Youngs

Carnegie Europe, Brussels; University of Warwick, UK

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2025
Nov
14

EU VOICES SEMINAR: The EU, the Danger of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Iranian Nuclear File

Stephan Klement

EU Special Envoy for Disarmament and NonProliferation

2025
Nov
12

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Health and the EU: Moving Towards a European Health Union

Michele Calabrò

Director, European Regional and LocalHealth Authorities (EUREGHA)

2025
Nov
11
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Transatlantic Relations in the Shadow of the Trump Administration

Markus Thiel

Florida International University,USA

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2025
Nov
6
Room Einaudi 6
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Moldova and the EU: Irreversible Integration or Reversible Romance?

Inna Supac

Bonn International Centre forConflict Studies, Germany; Former Member of Parliament, Moldova

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2025
Nov
4
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: A Declining or Stable Image? The European Union’s Soft Power in Africa

Oluwaseun Tella

University of Johannesburg, SouthAfrica

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2025
Nov
4

EU VOICES SEMINAR: "Je t’aime, moi non plus". Forty Years of an Uneven Relationship between Europe and Greece

Ioannis Papageorgiou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

2025
Nov
3

EU VOICES SEMINAR: From Follower to Shaper? Spain’s Progressive Government and the Future of the EU

Ignacio Molina

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid;Elcano Royal Institute, Spain

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2025
Oct
31

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The EU in China’s Strategic Discourse

Zeng Jinghan

City University of Hong Kong

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2025
Oct
28

EU VOICES SEMINAR: A First Assessment of Germany’s New Government: The Changing Role of Germany in the EU

Jakob Lempp

Rhein-Waal University of AppliedSciences, Germany

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2025
Oct
28
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: EU Values Without EU Flags: A Year of Students’ Protests in Eurosceptic Serbia

Jovan Teokarevic

University of Belgrade, Serbia

2025
Oct
28

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Estonia's Role in EU Foreign Policy: From Laggard to Leader

Kristi Raik

Director, International Centerfor Defenceand Security (ICDS), Estonia

2025
Oct
27

EU VOICES SEMINAR: The Sick Man of Europe: What Remains of French Influence in the EU?

Olivier Rozenberg

LUISS University, Rome

2025
Oct
27
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OPENING LECTURE: Europe's Place in the Emerging International Order: Survive or Thrive?

Arancha González Laya

Dean, Paris School ofInternational Affairs, Sciences Po; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain

2024
Nov
21
Room A4 online
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EU VOICES SEMINAR: Civil society organizations' perspective on influencing EU trade & investment policies

Julie Zalcman

Friends of the Earth, Belgium

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2024
Nov
21

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Is the EU – finally – becoming French?

Pierre Haroche

Catholic University of Lille, France

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2024
Nov
20

EU VOICES SEMINAR: From the Baltic to Brussels: Latvia’s EU Success Story

Zaneta Ozolina

University of Riga, Latvia

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2024
Nov
20
Room Einaudi 7
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: From the Crossroads: Georgia’s Path to the EU

Sergi Kapanadze

Ilia State University, Tbilisi; Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia

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2024
Nov
19
Room A3 online
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EU VOICES SEMINAR: EU-Africa Partnership: What Future for the Sahel?

Emanuela Del Re

EU Special Representative for the Sahel

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2024
Nov
18
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: UK Portrayals and Perceptions of the EU post Brexit: The Public, Party and Media

Nicholas James Startin

John Cabot University, Rome

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2024
Nov
7

EU VOICES SEMINAR: A Hybrid Regime in the European Union: The Rise of Authoritarianism in Hungary in the Shadow of War

Andras Bozoki

Central European University, Vienna

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2024
Nov
6

EU VOICES SEMINAR: The EU as a Food Global Power between Food Security and Food Sustainability

Marco Valletta

European Commission

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2024
Nov
6
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Transatlantic Relations in the Shadow of the US Elections

Markus Thiel

Florida International University, USA

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2024
Oct
29
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Africa-EU Relations and African Perceptions of the EU and its Member States

Christopher Nshimbi

University of Pretoria, South Africa

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2024
Oct
29

EU VOICES SEMINAR: "Je t’aime, moi non plus”. Forty Years of an Uneven Relationship between Europe and Greece

Ioannis Papageorgiou 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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2024
Oct
28
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LECTIO MAGISTRALIS (LOOKING FORWARD LECTURE): Much More than a Market. Empowering the EU as a Space of Prosperity and Solidarity

Enrico Letta

President, Jacques Delors Institute; Former Prime Minister of Italy

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2024
Oct
22

EU VOICES SEMINAR: A Falling Giant – The Difficult Position of Germany in the European Union

Jakob Lempp

Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany

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2024
Oct
21
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: From Silk Road to Belt and Road: Changing Relations between China and Europe

Wei Shen

Zhejiang University, China

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2024
Oct
17

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Belgium, the Country of Permanent Compromise, a Laboratory for Europe?

Jean-Michel De Waele

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

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2024
Oct
16
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The EU and Palestine: Destined Disillusionment or Potential Remedy? A Palestinian Perspective

Lily Habash

Senior Post-Conflict Governance Expert

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2024
Feb
20
Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-16 May 2024
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CALL OF PAPERS - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE EP 2024 ELECTIONS

Call of Papers for the International Conference "The Future of European Integration: Challenges and Opportunities for the European Democracy Ahead of the 2024 EP Elections". The above mentioned International Conferece is co-organized by the University of Turin (Double Degree Master Programme "European Studies") together with the University of Thessaloniki and the Centre d'Etude de la Vie Politique (CEVIPOL) Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Venue: Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-16 May 2024. Abstract submission deadline: 20 February 2024 (Thursday), 24:00h CET. For further information: please visit the official website at the link "Join the Event"
2023
Nov
13

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: The EU AI Act and Its Impact on the Global Race for the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

Event co-organized by Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence - Artificial Intelligence for European Integration & Region Europe

Rostam J. Neuwirth

University of Macau, China

2023
Nov
9

EU VOICES SEMINAR: The EU as a Food Global Power between Food Security and Food Sustainability

Marco Valletta

European Commission

2023
Nov
8
Room Einaudi 2
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The Ghost Partners: Turkey-EU Relations into the 21st Century

Aylin Güney

Yasar University, Turkey

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2023
Oct
31
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Orbiting the EU?: The Cases of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

Lee McGowan

University of Belfast, UK

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2023
Oct
30

EU VOICES SEMINAR: "Je t’aime, moi non plus”. Forty Years of an Uneven Relationship between Europe and Greece

Ioannis Papageorgiou  

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

2023
Oct
26
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: India-EU Relations in a Changing World. A View from India

Ummu Salma Bava                 

Jawaharlal Nehru University, India                       

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2023
Oct
24

EU VOICES SEMINAR: “Zeitenwende” - The New Role of Germany in the European Union

Jakob Lempp 

Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany

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2023
Oct
23
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Perception of Europe in Iran: How to Make Europe Relevant Again?

Abdolrasool Divsallar

UN Institute for Disarmament Research, Geneva

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2023
Oct
19

EU VOICES SEMINAR: From Neutrality to NATO: Finland’s Changing Place in Europe

Tapio Raunio

Tampere University, Finland

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2023
Oct
18
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Kosovo and the EU Up Close: Everyday Practices of State Healing

Ramadan Ilazi

Head of Research, Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS); Former Deputy Minister for European Integration of Kosovo

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2023
Oct
12

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Defending Press Freedom in the EU Beyond the European Single Market: A 20-years Struggle

Giovanni Melogli

Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute, Belgium/Italy

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2023
Oct
11
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Redefining Europe-Africa Relations: Bridging the Colonial Chasm

Simon P. A. Handy

Executive Director, Handy Concept for Connecting People (HCCP Global Think Tank), Brussels

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2023
Oct
10
Aula Magna
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EUROPE IN THE WORLD LECTURE: The EU in Times of Geopolitics

Joaquín Almunia

Sciences Po, Paris; Former Vice President of the European Commission

2023
Oct
9
Aula Magna
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OPENING LECTURE: Democracy at Home and Abroad. Contested Democracy and European Foreign Policy

Rosa Balfour

Director, Carnegie Europe, Brussels

Call for Papers: The Russian War in Ukraine

The Russian War in Ukraine Call for Papers of "De Europa. European and Global Studies Journal" Deadline: 10 May 2023 The Russian War in Ukraine Issue n. 1/2024 De Europa with Guest editors Mara Morini (DISPI – Università di Genova), Lara Piccardo (DISPI – Università di Genova) The Russian invasion of Ukraine took European and world public opinion by surprise. After the conflict in the former Yugoslavia (1991-2001), a new war broke out in Europe, taking on different connotations – economic, values and political – which have in common Russia’s challenge to the global order. The date of 22 February 2022 marks an epochal change in the nature of relations among States, in the return of nationalisms, in the East-West confrontation, in the crisis of the international order and, above all, it underlines how superficial it is to echo the “end of history”. In the light of these dynamics, the editors call for proposals for articles which, through a historical-political analysis of the strategic and geopolitical decisions of the actors involved, can be inserted into the following lines of research: 1) the causes of the conflict with a particular attention to the historical origins of the relationship between Russia and Ukraine; 2) the objectives of the various parties involved between revisionist politics and defense of the status quo; 3) the possible war resolution scenarios. The monographic issue aims to frame the Russian-Ukrainian conflict theoretically and historically within analytical dimensions consolidated in the scientific literature, which allow the study of the phenomenon to be addressed diachronically and in a comparative perspective. The complete papers (5.000-7.000 words, in English or in Italian) will go under double-blind peer review before publication. Information about editorial rules, that must be strictly respected, can be found here: http://www.deeuropa.unito.it/content/Submit_an_article
2023
May
9
Campus Luigi Einaudi, Aula 6 Palazzina Einaudi
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A vent'anni dal Trattato di adesione, la posizione dei Paesi dell’Europa centro-orientale nell’UE e il conflitto russo-ucraino

Convegno organizzato in occasione della Festa dell'Europa da Università di Torino – Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società, Centro TOEu, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, corso di laurea in Scienze internazionali, dello sviluppo e della cooperazione e corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze internazionali, Biblioteca Norberto Bobbio - Sezione Europea Gianni Merlini, Centro di Eccellenza Jean Monnet Artificial Intelligence for European Integration, SUISS, IUSE, Europe Direct - Centro di documentazione dell'istituto universitario di Studi europei, Fondazione Filippo Burzio, Comando per la Formazione e Scuola di Applicazione dell’Esercito, Centro Studi sul Federalismo Il convegno sarà l’occasione per ricordare il professor Umberto Morelli, storico delle relazioni internazionali e dell’integrazione europea

Indirizzi di saluto

Stefano Montaldo | Università degli Studi di Torino, Presidente della Sezione europea Gianni Merlini –Biblioteca Bobbio

Marinella Belluati | Università degli Studi di Torino, Presidente di TO-EU Centro Studi sull'Europa delDipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

Massimo Gaudina | Commissione europea - DG Ricerca e Innovazione

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Un ricordo del professor Umberto Morelli, storico delle relazioni internazionali edell’integrazione europea

Paolo Caraffini | Università degli Studi di Torino

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Presiedono:

Paolo Caraffini e Stefano Montaldo | Università degli Studi di Torino

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Intervengono:

Lara Piccardo | Università degli Studi di Genova

Vent’anni di allargamento ad Est e le relazioni dell’UEcon l’Ucraina

Nicoletta Pirozzi | Istituto affari internazionali

Le prospettive della politica estera e di difesa europea a un anno dall’aggressione russa dell’Ucraina

Roberta Ricucci | Università degli Studi di Torino

Dall'Europa occidentale a quella orientale: ridefinire il discorso sulla mobilità delle persone nell'UE

2023
May
3
Campus Luigi Einaudi, Sala Lauree Blu
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European Security after the War in Ukraine

A Symposium in partnership between T.wai (Torino World Affairs institute) and LSE IDEAS, in cooperation with the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin

CHAIRS

Anna Caffarena, T.wai and University of Turin
Vlad Zigarov, LSE
Stefano Ruzza, T.wai and University of Turin

PANEL 1 | THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER? DEMOCRACIES VS AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES

Christopher Coker, LSE
Adrian Pabst, University of Kent
Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Catholic University of Milan

PANEL 2 | THE NATO AND THE EU AS SECURITY PROVIDERS SPEAKERS

Mats Berdal, King's College London
Marco Clementi, University of Pavia
Alessandra Russo, University of Trento

PANEL 3 | CHINA AND RUSSIA AS SYSTEMIC THREATS

Giuseppe Gabusi, T.wai and University of Turin
Gabriele Natalizia, University of Rome Sapienza
Iver Neumann, LSE and NUPI

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2023
May
3
Campus Luigi Einaudi, Aula E4
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Tecnologie emergenti e persona umana: il codice dei codici, la Bibbia, in soccorso di chi crea il codice?

Organizzato nell'ambito del progetto ai4ei - Artificial Intelligence for European Integration - Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence - Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

Lecturer Don Luca Peyron

Presiede Paolo Caraffini

2023
Apr
21
Campus Luigi Einaudi, Aula B1
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Intelligenza artificiale per l'integrazione europea

Seminario organizzato nell'ambito del corso "Comunicare l'Europa"

Modera: Marinella Belluati, Università di Torino

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Speakers:

Fabio Malagnino, Fondazione Italia Digitale

Silvia Pochettino, ImpactSkills SRL

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2023
Mar
24
Campus Luigi Einaudi, Torino - Seminar Room 3D233
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Media, democracy and participation in the EU

Presentation of the Special Issue of "De Europa. European and Global Studies Journal" on Media, democracy and participation in the EU, organized by De Europa and the University of Torino
2022
Nov
7

EU VOICES SEMINAR: A New Role for Germany in the EU? The Policy of the Scholz Government

Jakob Lempp

Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany

2022
Nov
7
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Ukraine's EU Integration: Perspectives and Scenarios for a Long Way Home

Victoria Vdovychenko

Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Ukraine

2022
Nov
3

EU VOICES SEMINAR: A Hybrid Regime in the European Union: the Rise of Authoritarianism in Hungary in the Shadow of War

András Bozóki

Central European University, Hungary

2022
Nov
2
Aula Magna
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EU VOICES SEMINAR: Informing About the EU: Challenges and Consequences

Marco Bresolin

EU Correspondent in Brussels, Newspaper "La Stampa"

2022
Oct
26

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Health and the EU: Moving Towards a European Health Union

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Health and the EU: Moving Towards a European Health Union. Speaker: Michele Calabrò, Director, European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA)

Michele Calabrò

Director, European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA)

2022
Oct
26
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Scotland’s Future Relationship with the EU: Perspectives from a Reluctant Outsider

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Scotland’s Future Relationship with the EU: Perspectives from a Reluctant Outsider. Speaker: Stephen Gethins, University of St Andrews, UK

Stephen Gethins,

University of St Andrews, UK

2022
Oct
25

EU VOICES SEMINAR: "Je t'aime, moi non plus". Forty Years of an Uneven Relationship between Europe and Greece

EU VOICES SEMINAR: "Je t'aime, moi non plus". Forty Years of an Uneven Relationship between Europe and Greece. Speaker: Ioannis Papageorgiou, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Ioannis Papageorgiou

University of Thessaloniki, Greece

2022
Oct
20
Room Einaudi 4
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: EU-Israel: Quo Vadis?

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: EU-Israel: Quo Vadis?. Speaker: Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Sharon Pardo

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

2022
Oct
19
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The Ghost Partners: Turkey-EU Relations into the 21st Century

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The Ghost Partners: Turkey-EU Relations into the 21st Century. Speaker: Aylin Güney, Yasar University, Turkey

Aylin Güney

Yasar University, Turkey

2022
Oct
12
Aula Magna
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OPENING LECTURE: Europe’s Coming of Age: The EU in the New Geopolitical Context

OPENING LECTURE: Europe’s Coming of Age: The EU in the New Geopolitical Context. Speaker: Loukas Tsoukalis Emeritus, University of Athens; Sciences Po, Paris

Loukas Tsoukalis

Emeritus, University of Athens; Sciences Po, Paris

2022
Oct
10
Aula Magna
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINARS: North Macedonia and the EU: A Difficult Past and an Uncertain Future

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINARS: North Macedonia and the EU: A Difficult Past and an Uncertain Future. Speaker: Simonida Kacarska Director, European Policy Institute, North Macedonia

Simonida Kacarska

Director, European Policy Institute, North Macedonia

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2022
Sep
1
Applications for the 2022 edition are now open.
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Region Europe 2022 is coming soon! 10 October - 18 November 2022

2022
Mar
18
On Webex and Facebook
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L'Europa, le Nazioni Unite e il futuro del multilateralismo

L’umanità si trova di fronte ad urgenti sfide globali come il mutamento climatico, le epidemie globali e il problema della guerra e della pace, che oggi vede riproporsi il rischio di un conflitto aperto tra grandi potenze. La crisi in Ucraina conferma che, nel quadro di un ordine internazionale in transizione e di marcate tendenze multipolari, è imperativo che il multilateralismo ed il sistema ONU vengano sostenuti e rivitalizzati affinchè assumano un ruolo centrale nella politica internazionale. L’Unione europea, per la sua natura, la sua storia ed il suo tradizionale impegno a favore del multilateralismo, è chiamata a lavorare per sostenere e rivitalizzare il sistema ONU, rendendolo più legittimo ed efficace. Il seminario muove dalla proposta Renewing Multilateralism in an Age of Great Powers avanzata dall’Università di Torino quale contributo alla Conferenza sul Futuro dell’Europa, e discute dello stato del multilateralismo alla luce della crisi in Ucraina, e del ruolo dell’UE nel sostenerlo e rilanciarlo. 🔔L'evento si svolgerà online sulla piattaforma Webex e in diretta facebook venerdì 18 marzo dalle 16.30 alle 18🔔

INTRODUCE E MODERA:

Giovanni Finizio Direttore di Region Europe - Docente di Politica Estera dell'UE, Università degli Studi di Torino

INTERVIENE: Amb. Silvio Gonzato Vicecapo Delegazione dell'Unione Europea alle Nazioni Unite

Region Europe is deeply saddened by the loss of the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli

We would like to remember him through the words of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. "Today is a sad day for Europe. Our Union loses a passionate European, a sincere democrat and a good man. David Sassoli was a man of deep faith and strong convictions. Everyone loved his smile and his kindness, yet he knew how to fight for what he believed in. In 1989, he was in Berlin, among the young Europeans when the Wall came down. And ever since, he has stood on the side of democracy and of a united Europe. In over a decade of service in the European Parliament, he constantly defended our Union and its values. But he also believed that Europe had to strive for more. He wanted Europe to be more united, closer to its people, more faithful to our values. That is his legacy. And that is how I will remember him. As a champion of justice and solidarity, and a dear friend."
2021
Dec
14

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Africa-EU Relations: African Perspectives

Region Europe 2021 closes with a special Europe from Outside Seminar “Africa-EU Relations: African Perspectives”. The discussion will be held by Maurizio Carbone, Jean Monnet Professor of International Relations and Development, University of Glasgow; Guia Migani, Professor of Contemporary History, Université de Tours; Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head of Special Projects, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria; Charles Mutasa, Independent Development Policy Consultant; Jide Okeke, Coordinator of the Regional Programme for Africa, UNDP. When: 14 December 2021, from 11.15 AM to 1.45 PM, CET

Maurizio Carbone, Jean Monnet Professor of International Relations and Development, University of Glasgow;

Guia Migani, Professor of Contemporary History, Université de Tours;

Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head of Special Projects, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria;

Charles Mutasa, Independent Development Policy Consultant;

Jide Okeke, Coordinator of the Regional Programme for Africa, UNDP

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2021
Nov
22
Room B1 and also on Webex
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Japan-EU Civilian Power Cooperation in a Changing Global Order

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: Japan-EU Civilian Power Cooperation in a Changing Global Order Speaker: Hidetoshi Nakamura, from Waseda University, Japan

Hidetoshi Nakamura, Waseda University, Japan


2021
Nov
17
Room A1 and also on Webex
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: “They Pretend to Want Us in, and We Pretend to Reform”: The image of the EU in the Western Balkans

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR “They pretend to want us in, and we pretend to reform”:The image of the EU in the Western Balkans Speaker: Jovan Teokarevic, from the University of Belgrade in Serbia

Jovan Teokarevic, University of Belgrade, Serbia


2021
Nov
16
Room A1 and also on Webex
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EU VOICES SEMINAR: The EU Seen from a Post-Merkel Germany

EU VOICES SEMINAR: The EU Seen from a Post-Merkel Germany Speaker: Jakob Lempp, from Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany


Jakob  Lempp,

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany


2021
Nov
12
Room C1 and on Webex
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EU VOICES SEMINAR: An Externally Constrained Hybrid Regime: Hungary in the European Union

EU VOICES SEMINAR: An Externally Constrained Hybrid Regime: Hungary in the European Union. Speaker: András Bozóki, Professor at the Central European University, Hungary

András Bozóki, Professor at the Central European University, Hungary


2021
Nov
10
Room B1 and also on Webex
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: India and the European Union: Towards Greater Convergence?

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR :India and the European Union: Towards Greater Convergence? Speaker: Rajendra Jain, Jean Monnet Chair, Former Professor and Chairman, Centre for European Studies School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Rajendra Jain, Jean Monnet Chair, Former Professor and Chairman, Centre for European Studies School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India


2021
Nov
3
Room D5 and on Webex
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EU VOICES SEMINAR: Newsropa. Why the EU is Losing the Battle of Communication

EU VOICES SEMINAR: Newsropa. Why the EU is Losing the Battle of Communication Speaker: Marco Zatterin, Vice-Director of Italian Newspaper “La Stampa”

Marco Zatterin, Vice-Director of Italian Newspaper “LaStampa”



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2021
Oct
28

EU VOICES SEMINAR: "Je t’aime, moi non plus” 40 Years of an Uneven Relationship between Europe and Greece

EU VOICES SEMINAR "Je t’aime, moi non plus” 40 Years of an Uneven Relationship between Europe and Greece Giannis Papageorgiou University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Giannis Papageorgiou

University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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2021
Oct
27

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The US' view of the EU: Transatlantic Politics of Optics or Substance?

EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The US' view of the EU: Transatlantic Politics of Optics or Substance? Markus Thiel Florida International University, USA

Markus Thiel

Florida International University, USA 


2021
Oct
20
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OPENING LECTURE: How to Make Europe a People’s Project?

Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law, HEC Paris; Permanent Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo and College of Europe, Bruges

2021
Oct
19
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The EU Seen from Brazil

Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2021
Oct
18
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EUROPE FROM OUTSIDE SEMINAR: The EU and Palestine, Destined Disillusionment or Potential Remedy?

Lily Habash, Governance and International Relations Expert

2021
May
12
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Resisting Europe? Re-framing EU-MENA Relations after the 2011 Arab Uprisings

Over 25 years have flown by since the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) was launched in 1995 as a forward-thinking foreign policy which would strengthen ties between Europe and the Mediterranean Arab states. Since that time, however, translating the initial ambitions into positive, successful policy has proved quite problematic. The Arab uprisings that started in early 2011 confronted the EU with the limitation of its long-standing structural foreign policy towards the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, as well with its limitations when sudden crises and violent conflicts arise. As a consequence, a growing reflection on the relaunch of the strategic partnership between the EU and its Southern Neighbourhood partners is underway both in the academia and the EU circles and Institutions. In this context, in February 2021 the European Commission and the High Representative adopted a joint communication proposing a new Agenda for the Mediterranean. The 4th Region Europe’s EU Next Talks Seminar discusses the successes and failures of more than 25 years of Euro-Mediterranean partnership, its current trends and how to rethink it. To this aim, the Seminar draws on the book Resisting Europe. Practices of Contestation in the Mediterranean Middle East (University of Michigan Press 2020), involving its Editors, Raffaella A. Del Sarto and Simone Tholens, in dialogue with Ambassador Fernando Gentilini, Managing Director for Middle East and North Africa of the European External Actions Service
CHAIRS

Rosita Di Peri
Professor of Politics, Institutions and Cultures of the Middle East,University of Turin

Giovanni Finizio
Professor of EU Foreign Policy and Director of Region Europe, Universityof Turin

SPEAKERS

Raffaella A. Del Sarto
Professor of Middle East Studies, John Hopkins School of AdvancedInternational Studies – SAIS Europe

Fernando Gentilini
Managing Director for Middle East and North Africa, European ExternalAction Service

Simone Tholens
Professor of International Relations, Cardiff University

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2021
Apr
26
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L'interesse nazionale in una prospettiva europea. Il futuro dell’Europa e il ruolo dell'Italia

L’Unione Europea si trova in un momento cruciale della propria storia. Le crisi multiple che l’hanno colpita – la crisi economica e finanziaria, la crisi dei rifugiati, e la pandemia di Covid19 – hanno messo in luce le attuali debolezze della sua costruzione, provocando profonde divisioni tra i suoi membri e alimentando venti sovranisti e populisti in tutto il continente. Anche grazie agli impulsi della nuova Commissione, l’Unione sembra però aver colto la sfida di perseguire un proprio rilancio, con il varo del Next Generation EU e della Conferenza sul Futuro dell’Europa. L’Italia, tra i paesi maggiormente colpiti da queste crisi, esprime una politica estera tradizionalmente europeista, ma è scossa dalla forte pressione di forze sovraniste. In questo contesto italiano ed europeo, il terzo seminario del ciclo EU Next Talks di Region Europe propone una riflessione su quale sia la relazione tra il futuro dell’Europa e l’interesse nazionale dell’Italia; su quale sia il contributo che il paese, membro fondatore dell’UE, possa e debba portare al rafforzamento interno ed esterno dell’Unione; su quali siano, infine, le aspettative in Europa circa il ruolo europeo dell’Italia e circa il suo contributo ad un’Europa più forte.
Saluti istituzionali

Franca Roncarolo
Direttrice del Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società, Università di Torino

Introduce e modera

Giovanni Finizio
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Direttore di Region Europe; Docente di Politica Estera dell'UE, Università di Torino

Intervengono

Enrico Letta
Segretario del Partito Democratico

Tonia Mastrobuoni
Corrispondente dalla Germania per«La Repubblica»‍

Antonio Tajani
Vice-Presidente e Coordinatore di Forza Italia; Vice-Presidente del Partito Popolare Europeo

Nathalie Tocci
Direttrice dell'Istituto Affari Internazionali

2021
Mar
31
online on Webex and Facebook
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L'Unione Europea e la governance del cibo, tra globale e locale

Il cibo è al centro di relazioni di potere e di rivendicazioni di sovranità cruciali per gli equilibri globali e per la vita di miliardi di persone. Al tempo stesso sono rari gli esempi di governance dei sistemi del cibo giusta ed efficace, né esiste una politica del cibo di scala europea. Il secondo seminario della serie EU Next Talks di Region Europe discute il ruolo dell’Europa, la più grande potenza agroalimentare del globo e il più importante mercato commerciale esistente, nel sistema agroalimentare globale; l’impatto dell’UE nei processi locali e globali legati al cibo; la necessità di costruire una vera politica del cibo europea funzionale alla costruzione di un sistema di governance del cibo giusto ed inclusivo dal locale al globale, a beneficio dei cittadini europei e di tutto il mondo. Il seminario prende le mosse dal libro "Cibo sovrano. Le guerre alimentari globali al tempo del virus" del Vice-Direttore della FAO e già Ministro delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali Maurizio Martina, che parteciperà all’evento.
INTRODUCE:

Elisa Bignante
Docente di Geografia dello Sviluppo, Università di Torino

MODERANO:

Egidio Dansero
Vice-Rettore per la Sostenibilità e la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo; Docente di Geografia Politica ed Economica, Università di Torino

Giovanni Finizio
Direttore di Region Europe; Docente di Politica Estera dell'Unione Europea, Università di Torino

INTERVENGONO:

Maurizio Martina
Vice-Direttore della FAO; già Ministro delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali

Carla Montesi
Director, DG International Partnerships - Directorate Green Deal and Digital Agenda, Commissione Europea

Giuliana Laschi
Docente di Storia dell'Integrazione Europea, Università di Bologna

Gianluca Brunori
Docente di Food Policy, Università di Pisa

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2021
Mar
16
online on Webex
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Dopo Cotonou. Un nuovo corso per le relazioni tra UE e Africa?

Dopo due anni di difficili negoziati, nel dicembre 2020 l’UE e l’Organizzazione dei paesi di Africa, Caraibi e Pacifico (OACPS) hanno raggiunto un accordo politico su una nuova partnership che sostituisca l’Accordo di Cotonou del 2000, e regoli le loro relazioni per i prossimi 20 anni. L’accordo promette di aiutare l’UE e i 79 paesi partner ad affrontare nuove esigenze e sfide globali quali la pandemia di COVID-19, i cambiamenti climatici, la governance degli oceani, la migrazione, lo sviluppo, la pace e la sicurezza. Il primo seminario della serie EU Next Talks di Region Europe discuterà le priorità dell’UE e dei paesi partner portate ai negoziati, le novità dell’Accordo e il loro impatto sulle relazioni tra UE e Africa, alla luce della parallela discussione di una strategia comprensiva dell’Unione con l’intero continente.
INTRODUCE:

Giuseppe Gabusi

T.wai- Torino World Affairs Institute; Docente di International Political Economy, Università di Torino

MODERA:

Giovanni Finizio

Direttore di Region Europe; Docente di Politica Estera dell'UE, Università di Torino

RELATORI:

Maurizio Carbone

Jean Monnet Professor of International Relations and Development, University of Glasgow

Domenico Rosa

Head of the Task Force on Post Cotonou, Commissione Europea

Pierfrancesco Majorino

Eurodeputato, Commissione per lo Sviluppo del Parlamento Europeo

Valerio Bini

Mani Tese; Docente di Geografia dello Sviluppo, Università di Milano

Elena Vallino

Docente di Economia dello Sviluppo, Politecnico di Torino

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2020
Nov
20

Britain and the EU in the World after Brexit

Join us for the closing lecture of this edition, to discuss about Britain and the EU in the World after Brexit

Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe; King's College, UK.

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2020
Nov
19

Europe from the Outside and the China-Africa Connection

The lecture will explore China’s expanding economic activities in Africa in the context of the EU’s relations with China and Africa. The EU has developed policy frameworks involving China and Africa. This includes engaging China on African issues through the joint EU-China Strategic Partnership (2003) and engaging Africa on Chinese issues through the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (2007). The lecture will provide critical perspectives on the dynamics of this trilateral engagement.

Garth Le Pere, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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2020
Nov
18

From Role Model to Economic Partner? The Image of the European Union in Member Nations of the Pacific Alliance

When the Pacific Alliance was established, it was the first regional group that deviated from the general landscape of Latin American integration because it did not follow the institutional model of the EU and its evolutionary stages. What are the exogenous and endogenous factors that explain that change? Join us to address this and more issues

Rita Giacalone, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela

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Civil Society Power and Engagement with EU Development Policy

The lecture will explore how European civil society organisations (CSOs) influence EU development cooperation policy. It will present examples of the key policies, targets, and tactics development CSOs focus on in their influencing. The lecture will demonstrate that despite facing a number of challenges, civil society in this sector has the power to influence EU development policy and contributes to the democracy of the EU institutions

Céline Mias, Director, CARE International’s EU Office; Vice-President, Concord Europe

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2020
Nov
12

An Externally Constrained Hybrid Regime: Hungary in the European Union

The lecture will discuss three broad issues: The types of democratic backsliding, the characteristics of hybrid regimes, and particularly, the curious role of the non-democratic Orbán regime in the European Union. First it discusses routes of de-democratization from traditional breakdown of democracy to hollowing out democratic institutions from inside. Secondly, it covers the social and political characteristics odf the emerging grey zone between liberal democracy and full authoritarianism, that we can call by using the umbrella concept, "hybrid regimes". The novelty of hybrid regimes is the "uneven playing field" which means that governing and opposition parties competing within a vastly unequal ground, and the governing party uses illegal means to maintain its power. This is not new globally, in comparative politics, but it is new within the European Union, which is supposedly based upon countries that share the same values of liberal democracy. Viktor Orbán's successful attempt for the destruction of Hungarian democracy therefore has a larger meaning and significance: It can have a major impact on the EU either positive or negative ways. In the final part of the lecture the ambiguous role of the EU is investigated, to measure its constraining, enabling and legitimizing functions vis-a-vis a politically deviant member state.

András Bozóki, Central European University, Hungary

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2020
Nov
11

The Belarus Crisis, Implications for the EU and Its Neighbourhood

Belarus is living through the most dramatic political crisis in its post-Soviet history, which has thrown the country's future into the unknown. While the Belarusian strongman Aliaksandr Lukashenka is facing the biggest challenge to his 26-year long authoritarian rule, he continues to control the government and is not likely to step down under the pressure of the mass protests. Hence, in all likelihood Belarus is set for a long-term political confrontation, which will have serious implications for the EU and regional security in Eastern Europe. In particular, the Belarus crisis puts to the test the EU's diplomatic ability to manage crises in its Eastern neighbourhood and poses numerous questions as to its broader geopolitical relevance.

Yauheni Preiherman, Director, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Belarus

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2020
Nov
10

European Union, Normative Power and Planetary Politics

The lecture will reflect on the past and future of the EU and it’s normative power in planetary politics, where ‘planetary politics’ are characterised by truly planetary relations of causality that can only be understood and addressed holistically. The three decades of European union, 1990-2020 have seen the increasing interdependence of planetary economy, society, ecology, conflict, and politics leading to the realisation of the growing symbiotic relationships between humans and the rest of the planet. Within this context, it is argued that normative power, as empowering actions in concert for the planetary good, provides a means of thinking about a future that addresses the planetary organic crisis rather than simply reacts to growing international competition

Ian Manners, University of Copenaghen, Denmark

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2020
Nov
4

Internal, External Norms and China-EU Normative Engagement

Norms for states could be differentiated into an internal-external dichotomy. While internal norms define what is regarded as appropriate behavior of nation states in domestic governance, external norms define that in the international sphere. China and the EU are different international actors. In terms of internal and external norms, their normative power resources, their efforts on norm diffusion, and their normative influence in the international arena, all constitute a big contrast. Their normative divergence is more evident and severe on internal norms, with human rights and sovereignty most remarkable, than on external norms, such as China’s multipolarity versus the EU’s multilateralism. Despite the fact that the normative dimension has been increasingly irritating in China-EU relations, their normative engagement has some positive impacts on the making of China-EU strategic partnership

Pan Zhongqi, Fudan University, China

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