Graduate Student Conference
16th Annual Graduate Student Conference
EU External Relations in the Post-Lisbon Era
February 3 - 4, 2012
Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
16th Annual Graduate Student Conference
EU External Relations in the Post-Lisbon Era
February 3-4, 2012
Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
As the European Union searches for its place in the global order, the institutional reforms of the Lisbon Treaty have laid the groundwork for a common European external policy. However, shifting international dynamics have altered many of Europe's traditional relationships. Long-standing internal diversity, as well as the more recent unfolding of the sovereign debt crisis, has challenged European unity. Despite the reforms of Lisbon, fundamental questions remain as to whether the European Union is capable of fulfilling the goals set out in the Treaty. Young scholars from around the world and across academic disciplines will gather to present their research and debate the place Europe will find for itself in this increasingly interdependent international environment. The conference will also feature an expert roundtable comprised of Washington-based practitioners. All interested individuals are encouraged to attend and to participate in lively discussions stimulated by these pressing topics.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Friday, February 3
12:15 – 1:00 Official Welcome and Keynote Speaker
His Excellency Peter Taksoe-Jensen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch in Copley Formal Lounge
2:00 – 3:15 Panel I – EU Political Influence Abroad and the Evolution of the EEAS
MODERATOR: Dr. Abraham Newman
COMMENTATOR: Stephanie Bryson
PRESENTERS:
Alanna O’Malley: Ménage à Trois: Britain, France, the United States and the Turbulent History of the Security and Defense Policy of the European Union
Nicolas de Zamaróczy: Regionalism in Europe
Tereza Novotna: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the European External Action Service (But Were Afraid to Ask)
3:15 – 3:45 Coffee Break in Copley Formal Lounge
3:45 – 5:00 Panel II – Changing Boundaries: Humanitarian Action, Migration, and Culture
MODERATOR: Dr. Susan Martin
COMMENTATOR: Ashley Beale
PRESENTERS:
Erica van Wyngaarden: Citizens or Homo Sacer in Calais: Borders as the Permanent State of Exception
Giovanni Faleg: The EU and Security Sector Reform in Post-conflict Peace-building: From Ideas to Policy
Nura Sediqe: Unity in Diversity: The Future of Anti-Discrimination Policy in the EU
5:00 – 6:15 Break
6:15 – 8:30 Expert Panel and Reception – The Challenges of a Changing Europe (RSVP required)
MODERATOR: Dr. Jeffrey Anderson
EXPERT PANELISTS:
Mr. Jamie Fly, Executive Director, Foreign Policy Initiative
Ms. Lena Gerber, Economic Officer, United States Department of State
Mr. Somerville Evans, Political Officer, United States Department of State
Ms. Gisella Gori, Senior Political Advisor, Political, Security and Development Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Mr. David Weiner, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative, Europe
Saturday, February 4
11:30 – 12:45 Panel III – Toward a More Secure Europe: Cooperation at Home and Abroad
MODERATOR: Dr. Dieter Dettke
COMMENTATOR: Evan Gieselman
PRESENTERS:
Dimitrios Anagnostakis: European Union and the United States: A Transatlantic Internal Security Regime?
Zhikica Pagovski: What Explains the Elites' Support for EU Accession of Macedonia? EU as a Donor vis-à-vis Security Actor
Trineke Palm: Normative Power and Military Means: A Study of the EU's Involvement with the FYR Macedonia
12:45 – 1:45 Lunch in Copley Formal Lounge
1:45 – 3:00 Panel IV – The European Economy in an Interdependent World
MODERATOR: Dr. Holger Wolf
COMMENTATOR: Elizabeth Johnson
PRESENTERS:
Serena Garelli: The EU's Promotion of Regional Economic Integration in South East Asia: Norms, Market, or Both?
Alfonso De Laurentiis: EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership and Dialogue on Energy and Climate Change: A Boost to EU’s Multilateralism?
Joris Larik : Europa Rules the Waves? Operation Atalanta and the Promise of Lisbon
7:00 – 9:00 Closing Dinner at Café Asia in Rosslyn, Virginia
(By Invitation Only, RSVP Required)
For more information, please contact cgesevents@georgetown.edu
