MAY 5-6| ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
The sixth edition of the international conference “Europe as a Global Actor” will focus on discussing the EU’s current and envisioned role in the world (and Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America, in particular) in the context of internal challenges of populism, East-West and North-South divides, and external challenges of China, Russia, and Turkey’s growing assertiveness, with a focus on shared neighbourhoods.
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Draft Programme – EGA 2022
// 5 May 2022 //
10h00: Registration
10h30: Opening Remarks
Daniel Cardoso (Deputy Director, OBSERVARE-UAL)
Ana Monica Fonseca (Centre for International Studies, CEI-Iscte)
10h30 – 11h00 – (Coffee) Break
11h00 – 12h30 – Plenary Session
Panel 1 – The EU, India, and Latin America
Moderator: Luís Valença Pinto (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Junuguru Srinivas (Gitam University) and Sudhaveni Naresh (Centre for Economic and Social Studies – CESS): India and EU strategic relations in Post-Covid-19 international relations
- Abhigyan Guha (Jadavpur University): Situating the Emerging Dynamics of EU-India Climate Diplomacy on a Collaborative Canvas: Bilateral Bonhomie, Contemporary Challenges, Key Drivers, and Navigating the Way Forward
- João Pinto (CICP – University of Minho): Framing the Brazilian Leadership of South America: An Analysis of a Decade of Limited Possibilities
- Giuliano Guidi Braga (CICP – University of Minho): Mapping European Parliament’s Actions In Latin America Within The Framework of CFSP
12h30 – 14h00 – Lunch break
14h00 – 15h30 – Panel Session
Panel 2 – The EU and China
Moderator: Daniel Cardoso (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Amit Gupta (USAF Culture and Language Center): The EU and the Contest Between the USA and the PRC
- Pablo A. Sánchez-Rodríguez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid): Balancing or Bandwagoning? The Role of the EU in US-China Competition
- Carmen Mendes (Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre): EU’s current and envisioned role in the world and external challenges of China’s growing assertiveness
- Cátia Miriam Costa and Yichao Li (CEI-Iscte): China and European Union Countries: Does Chinese Partnerships Boost Cooperation Results?
15h30 – 16h00 – Coffee Break
16h00 – 17h30 – Panel Session
Panel 3 – The EU and the Mediterranean
Moderator: Roxana Andrei (CEI-Iscte)
- Mark Meirowitz (SUNY Maritime College): The Complex and Multifaceted Impact of the Ukraine Crisis on Turkey
- Joana Vidal Lopes (Independent Researcher): Europe´s Relations with the Mediterranean: Key Milestones and Strategic Challenges for the European Union and the Union for the Mediterranean
- Abbas Ismail (CEI-Iscte): The European Union as an international mediator in the Mediterranean under the Common Foreign and Security Policy
17h30 – 18h00 – Break
18h00 – 19h45 – Plenary Session
Roundtable 1 – War in Ukraine
Moderator: Luís Tomé (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Rafael Calduch Cervera (Univ. Complutense de Madrid)
- Huseyin Bagci (METU and President of the Turkish Foreign Policy Institute)
- Volodymyr Dubovik (Odessa University)
- Sandra Fernandes (CICP – University of Minho)
- Urban Jakša (CEI-Iscte)
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// 6 May 2022 //
9h30 – 11h00 – Panel Session
Panel 4 – The EU and Russia
Moderator: Urban Jakša (CEI-Iscte)
- Marco Marsili (CEI-Iscte): The EU Values in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- Nora Gevorgyan (New Europe College): The EU-Russia competition in the South Caucasus: the case of Armenia
- Chris Kostov (IE University, Madrid): Russia’s Challenge to Europe
11h00 – 11h30 – Coffee Break
11h30 – 13h00 – Panel Session
Roundtable 2 – Strategic Compass
Moderator: Helena Tecedeiro (Diario de Notícias)
- Sven Biscop (Egmont Institute)
- Félix Arteaga (Real Instituto Elcano)
- Patricia Daehnhardt (IPRI – Nova University)
- Bruno Cardoso Reis (CEI-Iscte)
- Ana Isabel Xavier (OBSERVARE-UAL)
13h00 – 14h00 – Lunch Break
14h00 – 15h30 – Panel Session
Panel 5 – EU’s Actorness and Strategic Autonomy
Moderator: Ana Isabel Xavier (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Manuel Herrera (Instituto Affari Internazionali, Rome): The Nuclear Supliers Groups, an appropiate fora to operationalize EU’s actorness?
- Robert Calinoiu (European Union Military Staff): The Intelligence Component of the EU’s Capacity to Act at the Strategic Level
- Tahar Benmaghnia (Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences): EU strategic autonomy challenged: EU-China relations as a mirror of the limited and troubled EU global actorness
- Jorge Botelho Moniz (Lusófona University): EU and religious dialogue: Religion as an instrument of European global influence?
15h30 – 16h00 Break
16h00 – 17h30 – Panel Session
Panel 6 – Security, Defence, and development
Moderator: Luisa Godinho (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Bruno Rocha (NOVA University of Lisbon): The Strategy, the Concept, and the Balestilha; or How has Portugal influenced EU and NATO’s Strategic Documents
- Raquel Duque (Institute for Political Studies – Catholic University of Portugal): The EU’s role in regional security issues – The case of Cabo Delgado
17h30 – 18h15 – Coffee Break
18h15 – 19h45 – Plenary Session
Roundtable 3 – EU-Africa Relations
Moderator: Ricardo Sousa (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Antonio Raimundo (CICP – University of Minho)
- Fernando Jorge Cardoso (Observare – UAL)
- Luís Bernardino (Military University Institute)
- Alexandra Magnólia Dias (IPRI-NOVA)
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