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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20210615T140000
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SUMMARY:Shades of politicization. A contested EU foreign policy in a changing international system
DESCRIPTION:Webinar: Shades of politicization. A contested EU foreign policy in a changing international system \nPresenter: Dr. Oriol Costa\, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona \nDate: June 15\, from 2.00-3.00 PM CET
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/shades-of-politicization/
CATEGORIES:Past Events,Webinar
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T113923Z
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SUMMARY:WG 3 Workshop: Mapping Contestation of EU External Relations. An Introductory Overview
DESCRIPTION:The focus of this open-ended meeting/workshop is to present the project on mapping contestation of EU external relations and possible venues of approaching it in order to publish and edited volume by the end of the COST project. The main goal of the volume would be to systematically assess and measure contestation in EU external relations. \nAfter the introductory remarks by the workshop conveners\, the questions that will need to be answered are: \n\nWhat areas contested areas can be mapped?\nWhat areas need to be mapped as priorities?\nWhat is the best analytical framework to use for such a work?\nWhat are some common tools that need to be in our toolbox for researches to be comparable?\nWho is interested from our WG/COST for what areas?\nShould we invite external experts? Who?\nWho could be possible publisher? (Palgrave has a series that would work for us)\n\nPlease register via mail to Sigita Urdze by 3 March.
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/wg-3-workshop-mapping-contestation/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20210305T120000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T183202Z
UID:40701-1614938400-1614945600@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
SUMMARY:COST Action ENTER MC Meeting 2021
DESCRIPTION:Our next Management Committee Meeting was scheduled to take place in beautiful Zagreb\, Croatia. Covid 19 changed this plan as well. \nTherefore our MC meeting will take place in a digital format. All MC members have received their invitation via mail.
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/cost-action-enter-mc-meeting-2021/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="COST ENTER CA17119":MAILTO:info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200227T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200227T193000
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20191223T113812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T183142Z
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SUMMARY:Public Panel: EU Foreign Policy in Times of Populism
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to announce our next Public Panel – “EU Foreign Policy in Times of Populism”. \nIt will take place on 27 February\, 18:00-19:30\, Diplomatic Academy Vienna. \nSpeakers: \n\nGerda Falkner (Professor at University of Vienna): Right Wing Populist Parties in the EU and their positions on Foreign Policy\nRichard Whitman (Professor at Kent University): Brexit\, Populism and EU Foreign Policy\nIvan Krastev (Permanent Fellow\, Institute for Human Sciences\, Vienna): After Europe (tbc)
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/public-panel-eu-foreign-policy-in-times-of-populism/
LOCATION:Diplomatic Acadmy Vienna\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200227T130000
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DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20191212T121929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T183120Z
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SUMMARY:De-Europeanization and the EU’s International Relations
DESCRIPTION:The EU Global Strategy states that the EU’s Common Foreign Policy faces considerable challenges\, both from the outside and from within. Externally\, the EU is struggling with a more uncertain US foreign policy\, a more assertive Russia\, and an increasingly unstable and conflict prone neighbourhood. Internally\, the EU is facing Brexit\, challenges to develop a common response towards migration\, as well as the rise of populism and democratic regression in some member states. This workshop invites contributions that explore EU foreign policy in light of these new challenges from a “de-Europeanization perspective”. Whilst scholarship has traditionally focused on “positive” processes of intensified European foreign policy cooperation\, increased institutionalisation and Europeanization\, current developments challenge the assumption that these processes work in a one-directional manner. In times where EU foreign policy is increasingly contested both externally and from within\, it is important to think about the way previous achievements of Europeanization might be challenged\, or even reversed. \nThis COST Action ENTER workshop engages with the emerging debate on de-Europeanization of EU foreign policy\, both at the conceptual and empirical level. De-Europeanization of foreign policy may relate to the dimensions of (identity)\, polity\, policy\, and politics and it is particularly concerned with dynamics that unfold through interactions between the EU and its member states. Contributions may focus on issues such as: \n\nConceptual issues including drivers\, mechanisms\, indicators\, and consequences of de-Europeanization;\nThe relationship between de-Europeanization and intra-EU crises (e.g. Brexit\, financial crisis\, migration crisis).\nThe de-Europeanization of the foreign policies of individual EU member states or groups of member states.\nChanges at the level of EU institutions\, such as dynamics related to the substantive and procedural norms that make up the EU’s foreign policy identity and “culture of cooperation”;\nThe way external actors engage with\, and may contribute to\, de-Europeanization dynamics in EU foreign policy.\nLeadership in EU foreign policy and its relations to (de)Europeanization.\n\nThe workshop will take place on 27 and 28 March 2020 in Vienna. It is organised by Patrick Müller and Karolina Pomorska.
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/de-europeanization-and-the-eus-international-relations/
LOCATION:University of Vienna\, Vienna\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200226T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200227T170000
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CREATED:20191211T145657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T085621Z
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SUMMARY:Contestation and politicization of EU foreign policy: New realities or same old?
DESCRIPTION:Workshop organized by COST Action ENTER EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities (Working Group 3 – Contestation) \nContestation and politicization are ubiquitous in the fields of International Relations and European Studies. The distinct strands of literature that analyze how international norms and institutions\, globalization\, and European integration are contested have soared. Slower but steadily\, interest has also grown on how this affects EU foreign policy\, since it is situated at the intersection of many of these concerns. Interest in contestation and politicization has increased substantially among EU foreign policy scholars. From TTIP to the Global Compact for Migration\, from the relationship with Russia to climate change\, many issues appear now more open to contention than they used to be. Some of the mechanisms that facilitated agreement among EU Member States seem to be on the verge of collapse\, some previously consensual issues have now become controversial\, and in some specific cases the level of mass engagement and public debate is (nearly) unprecedented. \nNonetheless\, reasonable doubts can be raised as regards the novelty and conceptual clarity of this line of research. The terms contestation and politicization sometimes are used interchangeably\, which in itself should be a source of concern. They can also be used in ways that make them difficult to distinguish from intra-EU disagreement and politics more generally\, which leads to the question of whether this most recent wave of interest in political conflict on EU foreign policy is really onto something new\, or whether this is just old wine in new wineskins. \nThe workshop will address this need for conceptualization and at the same time look at the changing politics of EU foreign policy\, with the aim of making a contribution that helps shape up existing literature. In order to foster a greater degree of consistency in our discussions\, the co-convenors will circulate a concept paper well ahead of the workshop and will invite all participants to speak to (some of) its proposals and questions. We aim to make progress towards a publication project that will further be discussed during the workshop. \nFunding: The workshop is organized by the COST Action ENTER. Participants will be reimbursed through the COST framework for their travel and accommodation expenditures within the scope of COST Rules. \nDeadline for proposals: 16th December 2019  \nHow to apply:  Please send your proposals (250 words abstracts\, and short bio note) to oriol.costa@uab.cat
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/contestation-and-politicization-of-eu-foreign-policy-new-realities-or-same-old/
LOCATION:University of Vienna\, Vienna\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200226T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200227T170000
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20191211T144202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T085639Z
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Challenges in the field of Non-Proliferation/Arms Control Policy and EU Responses
DESCRIPTION:Workshop organized by COST Action ENTER EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities (Working Group 1 – New Realities) \nThis workshop aims to thorough discussions of the contemporary challenges in the field of non-proliferation and arms control diplomacy. The workshop will thus have sessions on the upcoming NPT review conference and its likely outcome as well as sessions on the state of contemporary arms control\, focusing on what’s up and down after the fate of the ABM and INF treaties\, the Iran deal in tatters\, the North Korea no-deal and the MTCR seriously challenged. How do participants read the situation and how do they see likely developments? \nThe workshop will also have an EU perspective\, not least in terms of analysing the EU’s performance in the field on international non-proliferation policy\, a field in which the EU during the last few decades has engaged ever more and\, at the same time\, continuously experienced the constraints that characterize highly state-centric diplomatic practices. \nFinally\, the workshop will focus on characterizing the strategic environment in which non-proliferation diplomacy is situated. While such diplomacy emerged during the Cold War and developed further in long shadows of Cold War\, perhaps we are now in a completely non-Cold War era\, characterized by a difficult to read US\, a more assertive Russia and an emerging superpower China. \nContributions may focus on analytical challenges such as: \n\nThe series of NPT review conferences\, with a view to the upcoming conference in April/May 2020\nUnderstandings of Non-Proliferation Policy in capitals of aspiring powers (Russia\, China\, India\, Iran\, Japan\, South Korea\, Turkey)\nEEAS understandings of the contemporary situation\, including assessments of options for action\nRelationship between technological development and policy making in the field\nPolicy-making within NATO\n\nPlanned Outcomes: We are particularly interested in submissions that show strong potential for publication. \nFunding: The workshop is organized by the EU-COST Action ENTER. Participants will be reimbursed through the COST framework for their travel and accommodation expenditures within the scope of COST Rules. \nHow to apply:  Please send the following to Knud Erik Jørgensen kej@ps.au.dk by January 8\, 2020: subject line [VIENNANPD]\, title of paper\, abstract of about 150 words\, your full name\, position\, institution\, year you obtained/will obtain your PhD\, email address\, and website. We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna. \nWorkshop organizers: Heinz Gärtner (the International Institute for Peace IIP)\, Knud Erik Jørgensen (Aarhus University)
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/contemporary-challenges/
LOCATION:International Institute for Peace (IIP)\, Vienna\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191117
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20190822T092455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T183059Z
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SUMMARY:Early Career Workshop - At the EU Doorstep: External Perceptions of the EU by Candidate and Eastern Partnership Countries
DESCRIPTION:At the EU Doorstep was a workshop designed for students who are interested in Europe’s future and consider that it will not only be shaped by the current EU member states but also by its neighbouring countries\, their imaginations\, expectations and (dis)illusions regarding the European Union. \nWorkshop participants had have the opportunity to: \n\nUnderstand the interplays between politics\, media and narratives in the European context\nExamine the different perceptions of the EU that are at play in countries ‘at the EU doorstep’\nAnalyse the extent to which these perceptions have implications for European integration\n\n  \nObjectives and Structure of the Workshop  \nThe European Union (EU) as a sui generis organisation on the international arena is a subject of many different narratives and representations. These images evolve based on the dynamics of integration on the European continent\, as well as due to both internal and external events and factors. Furthermore\, representations differ depending on given political and non-political actors. Recent academic literature thoroughly analysed the narratives on the EU from European member states’ perspective[1]. Research hence highlights a “polyphony of narratives” triggering diverse understandings of what the EU is\, which elements it is based on and what it brings to a country[2]. \nIn that respect\, the one-and-a-half-day workshop “At the EU Doorstep: External Perceptions of the EU by Candidate and Eastern Partnership Countries” focused on the images produced on the EU from the perspective of non-EU member states. The aim was indeed to investigate how the EU is perceived from the outside\, focusing on countries holding deep links with the EU: candidate countries of the Western Balkans and partner countries from the Eastern Partnership. \nTaking into account the context of enlargement and neighbourhood policies\, students had the opportunity to discuss the external perceptions of the EU from very specific countries\, whose views are to a certain extent tangled with accession prospects and outside incentives. Thus\, the workshop offered BA and MA students the opportunity to analyse\, with the help of experts of the countries\, different perceptions that the EU is subject to from its closest neighbours and partners. Two study options were in this respect proposed for students during the workshop: \n\nThe first one focused on the EU candidate countries of the Western Balkans\, i.e. Albania\, North Macedonia\, Montenegro and Serbia.\nThe second possibility that students could choose from focused on countries part of the Eastern Partnership\, i.e. Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Belarus\, Georgia\, Moldova and Ukraine.\n\nThe workshop therefore aimed at providing students with a deeper understanding of how the EU is considered and represented from the outside. The analysis of external perceptions was based on different empirical materials collected by workshop leaders (newspapers\, TV\, Internet\, etc.)\, which will also enabled students to develop their methodological and analytical skills. \n  \nThe workshop was financed by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module ‘Internal and external challenges to the European Union’ and the Faculty of Political and International Studies of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. It was supported by the COST Action ENTER ‘EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities’. \nThe workshop was organised by Duszan Augustyn and Elodie Thevenin. It took place on 15 and 16 November 2019 in Kraków.
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/cfp-early-career-workshop-at-the-eu-doorstep-external-perceptions-of-the-eu-by-candidate-and-eastern-partnership-countries/
LOCATION:Jagiellonian University\, Krakow\, Poland
CATEGORIES:Early Career,Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Duszan Augustyn":MAILTO:duszan.augustyn@uj.edu.pl
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191115
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20190702T110341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T183012Z
UID:39082-1573430400-1573775999@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
SUMMARY:Winter Training School - Images of Europe at Times of Global Challenges
DESCRIPTION:The Winter Training School “Images of Europe at Times of Global Challenges: : Perceptions of EU (foreign) policy making inside and outside Europe – Theoretical\, Methodological and Empirical Reflections” was a four-day event on November 11-14\, 2019\, in wonderful Aarhus\, European Capital of Culture 2017! \nIt was an intensive\, interactive\, yet exciting and full of opportunities event. Our team set up a tight network of peers and experts that shared knowledge and skills on how to research and conceptualize perceptions of the EU at times of major challenges in Europe and globally. We brought leading scholars in EU perceptions studies and facilitate discussion across generations\, disciplines\, methods and theories. \nAmong our expert presenters:  Natalia Chaban (University of Canterbury\, New Zealand)\, Ole Elgström (University of Lund\, Sweden)\, Alister Miskimmon (Queen’s University Belfast\, UK)\, Ben O’Loughlin (Royal Holloway\, University of London\, UK)\, Bernd Schlipphak (Münster University\, Germany)\, Veronika Zapletalová (Masaryk University\, Czech Republic). \nScholarly publications are valued as tangible outcomes of any academic event. Winter School “Images of Europe at Times of Global Challenges” aimed to produce a book co-edited by the organizers and the most motivated early-career participants consisting of written contributions by the participants – early-career researchers and leading experts. \nContent\nWinter School “Images of Europe at Times of Global Challenges” invited its participants to engage with a range of key topics associated with the study of images and perceptions of the EU in policy-making (foreign policy is one of the main foci\, but not only). We discussed the perceptions of the EU’s roles and identities\, ideas and discourses\, framing and narrative-building of the EU. We invited reflections from outside and inside the European Union. \nAmong our main topics were: \n\nPerceptions of the EU within EU member states countries and/or regions\nEU self-perceptions vs. external perceptions of the EU\nImages of the EU in international organizations\nMutual perceptions of the EU and of other major global players (the US\, China\, Russia)\nComparison of views on the EU across third countries or regions\nEvolution of images and perceptions of the EU across time.\n\nStructure\nThe Winter School featured three activities: \n\nIn-depth sessions by leading scholars. The experts talked about leading theories and new methods in the studies of perceptions of the EU and engage in discussions with the participants. Participants learned about new theoretical synergies and had an opportunity to ask critical questions.\nParticipant seminars\, which followed the sessions with experts. In these seminars\, the participants introduced their own ideas of perceptions-related research in group discussions guided by the expert presenters. Our participant received informed critical feedback from peers and experts.\nNetworking events. The Winter School put an emphasis on networking and socializing. The Winter School gave an opportunity to meet new colleagues from a variety of European countries\, learn about new perspectives and ideas and strike new collaborative projects.\n\n  \nAfter the School\nThe selected participants will be working with the organizers and the leading experts on developing the edited book. The activity schedule is as following: \n\nNovember 2019: Sign off meeting at the School with all the participants\nDecember 2019: The selection of the book contributors will be announced by the organizers\nFebruary 2020: Submission of detailed research proposals by the contributors\nJune 2020: Submission of the first drafts of the book sections\nSeptember 2020: Submission of the pre-final sections\nNovember 2020: Final submissions
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/cfp-winter-training-school-images-of-europe-at-times-of-global-challenges-perceptions-of-eu-foreign-policy-making-inside-and-outside-europe-theoretical-methodological-and-empirical-reflectio/
LOCATION:Aarhus University\, Nordre Ringgade 1\, Aarhus\, 8000\, Denmark
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Training Schools,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190709
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190711
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20190418T104239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T182946Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop De-Europeanization and the EU’s International Relations
DESCRIPTION:The EU Global Strategy states that the EU’s Common Foreign Policy faces considerable challenges\, both from the outside and from within. Externally\, the EU is struggling with a more uncertain US foreign policy\, a more assertive Russia\, and an increasingly unstable and conflict prone neighbourhood. Internally\, the EU is facing Brexit\, challenges to develop a common response towards migration\, as well as the rise of populism and democratic regression in some member states. This workshop invites contributions that explore EU foreign policy in light of these new challenges from a “de-Europeanization perspective”. Whilst scholarship has traditionally focused on “positive” processes of intensified European foreign policy cooperation\, increased institutionalisation and Europeanization\, current developments challenge the assumption that these processes work in a one-directional manner. In times where EU foreign policy is increasingly contested both externally and from within\, it is important to think about the way previous achievements of Europeanization might be challenged\, or even reversed. \nThis workshop invited contributions that engage with the emerging debate on de-Europeanization of EU foreign policy\, both at the conceptual and empirical level. De-Europeanization of foreign policy may relate to the dimensions of (identity)\, polity\, policy\, and politics and it is particularly concerned with dynamics that unfold through interactions between the EU and its member states. Contributions focused on issues such as: \n\nConceptual issues including drivers\, mechanisms\, indicators\, and consequences of de-Europeanization;\nThe relationship between de-Europeanization and intra-EU crises (e.g. Brexit\, financial crisis\, migration crisis).\nThe de-Europeanization of the foreign policies of individual EU member states or groups of member states.\nChanges at the level of EU institutions\, such as dynamics related to the substantive and procedural norms that make up the EU’s foreign policy identity and “culture of cooperation”;\nThe way external actors engage with\, and may contribute to\, de-Europeanization dynamics in EU foreign policy.\nLeadership in EU foreign policy and its relations to (de)Europeanization.\n\nThe workshop took place 9-10. July 2019 at the University of Porto. Workshop organizers were particularly interested in contrubtions that showed strong potential for inclusion in a joint publication. The workshop was organized in the framework of the COST Action ENTER and in coordination with the  Jean Monnet Network NORTIA. \nSarunas Liekis (Vytautas Magnus University); Patrick Müller (University of Vienna/Vienna School of International Studies)\, Michael Smith (University of Warwick)\, Heidi Maurer (University of Oxford)\, Karolina Pomorska (Leiden University)
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/cfp-workshop-de-europeanization-and-the-eus-international-relations/
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190710
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20190418T104010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T182930Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop Determinants of EU Foreign Policy Contestation
DESCRIPTION:From the Global Compact for Migration to trade policy\, from lethal autonomous weapons to sanctions on Russia\, a range of decisions on EU external relations has been contested by states\, national parliaments\, political parties\, civil society organizations\, EU institutions and other actors at the EU and national levels. Far from being the external reflection of internal EU consensuses\, as frequently assumed\, or only the result of clashes between long-standing national foreign policy traditions\, EU external relations have become a lively battleground for different worldviews and normative commitments. In addition\, a good deal of this EU-internal contestation seems to take place in conjunction with the contestation of broader\, global processes of international negotiations and foreign policy interaction. \nThis workshop aimed to uncover and discuss the causes and drivers of such contestation: Who are the contesters of EU external relations? Why do they contest EU foreign policy? How does contestation emerge and evolve over time? How does the multilevel character of contestation (national\, European\, international) shape its nature and actors’ strategies? We plan to cover the broadest number of issue areas\, well beyond Common Foreign and Security Policy issues\, so as to embrace the largest variety of external relations matters. \nThe workshop took place on the 8th and 9th of July in Porto (Portugal) and was hosted by the University of Porto\, to discuss exciting contributions and potential projects going forward\, including possible publications. The aim was to promote a debate framed on diversity of theoretical\, methodologies\, and epistemological backgrounds around research on this area. It was also open to accommodate the diverse ways in which contestation has been addressed by different disciplines. \nThis workshop was part of the COST Action ENTER EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities (working group 3\, contestation).
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/workshop-determinants-of-eu-foreign-policy-contestation/
LOCATION:University of Porto\, Porto\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190313T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190313T210000
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20190305T093010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T182904Z
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SUMMARY:Public Panel: Europe on Edge – New Realities in EU Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:The European Union is largely viewed as a cornerstone of European stability and prosperity. Currently\, however\, EU foreign policy experiences a broad array of new challenges\, resulting in an ongoing reconfiguration of power as well as increased contestation of liberal principles within its core values. Furthermore\, the EU has to deal with troublesome actors and neighbours in its immediate proximity. As a result\, migration flows promote domestic turmoil and enhance populist\, nationalist and anti-establishment movements harbouring Eurosceptic sentiments on one hand as well as scrutinizing existing institutions on the other. International turbulences appear in parallel to EU-domestic conflicts\, ranging from austerity\, Brexit to growing protectionist measures. \nThis panel discussed these emerging challenges to European foreign policy\, including what they mean for communication and diplomatic coordination. \nWelcome Address:\nAlexander Gemeinhardt\, Chairman of the Board\, Schader-Stiftung \nPanelists: \n\nLars Bo Larsen\, Ambassador\, Representative to the Political and Security Committee\, The Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU\nProf. Dr. Michael Smith\, University of Warwick\nDr. Heidrun Maurer\, Lecturer in EU Politics\, University of Oxford\n\nHost:\nProf. Dr. Michèle Knodt\, Technische Universität Darmstadt \nThe foundation\, Schader-Stiftung\, and the research network “EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities” (CA17119) of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)\, led by Prof. Michèle Knodt\, Technische Universität Darmstadt\, organized this event together.
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/public-panel-europe-on-edge-new-realities-in-eu-foreign-policy/
LOCATION:Schader Foundation\, Goethestraße 2\, Darmstadt\, 64285\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="COST ENTER CA17119":MAILTO:info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190313T180000
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
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UID:12117-1552492800-1552500000@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
SUMMARY:Management Committee Meeting March 2019
DESCRIPTION:The meeting took place on 13th of March 2019 in Darmstadt\, Germany. \n 
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/management-committee-meeting-march-2019/
LOCATION:Schader Foundation\, Goethestraße 2\, Darmstadt\, 64285\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Action ENTER":MAILTO:info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190315
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UID:12112-1552348800-1552607999@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
SUMMARY:Scientific Workshop - Communicating EU Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:COST Action ENTER (CA17119) Call for Papers – Research Workshop\nCommunicating EU Foreign Policy: The Power of Political Dialogue?\n12-14 March 2019\, Darmstadt\, Germany \nRationale and Aims: \nThe EU is facing new external realities. Key challenges for European societies – security\, the migration crisis\, environmental challenges such as climate change\, a stable energy supply\, or the stability of financial markets – require new strategies\, instruments and policies for developing amicable and constructive solutions. However\, while the EU is speaking with multiple voices\, it has not yet embraced the merits arising from this feature. Furthermore\, while the EU has been keen to be recognized as a benevolent super power\, its external image seems contested. Therefore\, both external perceptions of the EU\, and the EU’s own political communication need to be examined more thoroughly. Our focus on political dialogue refers to one of the EU’s key instruments for expressing its identity as a normative and discursive power. Over the past decades\, political dialogue has advanced as a flexible\, multi-purpose tool to express the EU’s multiplicity of voices. We aim to explore the EU’s discursive powers and the ways in which political dialogue is mobilized to acquire consent and coin European narratives. Zooming in on “new realities”\, we will\, on the one hand\, concentrate on specific topics such as EU-Africa relations and development; climate\, migration\, and on the other hand on the role of the EEAS as a communicative actor and dialogical power. Furthermore\, we will explore external perceptions of the EU as an aspirant super power. We will focus on images\, frames\, perceptions and narratives projected by the EU – and understood by audiences inside the EU\, in the European neighbourhood and around the world. In doing so\, we invite particularly scholars who focus on European foreign policy and the EU’s role in the world. \nPractical information: \nFinancial Support: Participants will be reimbursed for travel\, subsistence and accommodation according to the Rules of the COST Association and within the framework of COST Action CA17119. Further information: https://www.cost.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/COSTVademecum.pdf \nHow to apply: \nPlease submit your paper title and a 300-word abstract to info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu \nSubmission deadline: 25 January 2019 \nFurther questions: \nFor content-related queries\, please contact the workshop organizers (Dr. Franziska Müller at fmueller@uni-kassel.de). For logistics\, please contact the COST ENTER Network Manager (Dr. Jonas Schoenefeld\, Technische Universität Darmstadt) at info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu \nDownload the call information as a pdf file here. \n 
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/working-group-4-workshop/
LOCATION:Schader Foundation\, Goethestraße 2\, Darmstadt\, 64285\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190311
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190315
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20181109T094803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T182800Z
UID:12158-1552262400-1552607999@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
SUMMARY:First ENTER Spring School 2019
DESCRIPTION:(Re-)Conceptualizing or (Re-)Theorizing how the EU faces New Realities\nJoin our spring school with more than 11 internationally renowned scholars and learn about cutting-edge ways to analyse current EU foreign policy. There is no participation fee\, and we offer a generous bursary to our participations. \n11-14 March 2019\, Darmstadt\, Germany \nRationale and Aims: \nThe world experiences an ongoing reconfiguration of power as well as increased contestation of the liberal global order. The EU’s neighbourhood is increasingly conflict prone and instable\, triggering migration flows and the proliferation of illiberal values. The international turbulence appears in parallel to EU-domestic conflicts\, marked by austerity\, Brexit\, nationalism\, populism and protectionism. The training school examines if traditional theories are outdated given that they employ theoretical concepts to analyse increasingly dis-jointed realities. Similarly\, the school addresses the issue whether it is time to reverse traditional inside-out research agendas\, portraying EU foreign policy as a projection of European values and interests. The training school reaches out to upcoming analysts who will conceptualize and theorize the EU facing a new world order. It aims to train and strengthen an emerging interdisciplinary community of early career researchers. Students will not only be taught the theories of yesterday but also the tools it takes to (re-)conceptualize and (re-)theorize the new realities in which the EU is situated. \nConfirmed speakers: \nDr. Annegret Bendiek (German Institute for International and Security Affairs\, Germany) \nAssoc. Prof. Dr. Oriol Costa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona\, Spain) \nDr. F. Asli Ergul Jorgensen (Ege University\, Turkey) \nProf. Dr. Knud Erik Jørgensen (Aarhus University\, Denmark) \nProf. Dr. Stephan Keukeleire (University of Leuven\, Belgium) \nProf. Dr. Michèle Knodt (Technische Universität Darmstadt\, Germany) \nProf. Dr. Patrick Müller (Vienna School of International Studies\, Austria) \nProf. Dr. Cornelia Navari (The University of Buckingham\, UK) \nDr. Alexander Reichwein (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen\, Germany) \nProf. Dr. Michael Smith (University of Warwick\, UK) \n \nProgramme: \nTwelve 90-minute sessions between 11-14 March 2019\, including: \nTen lectures from ten international scholars to obtain an overview of theories\, concepts and approaches \nOne team work session that students can enjoy interactive learning \nOne roundtable session where the scholars discuss and elaborate on the given lectures and Q&As \nPractical information: \nFree participation – there is no application or participation fee! \nFinancial Support: All participants will receive a fixed bursary of 800 Euros towards their travel\, accommodation and subsistence in accordance with the rules of the COST Association. Further information: https://www.cost.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/COSTVademecum.pdf \n  \nHow to apply: \nPlease submit the following items to info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu \n\nCV\nEssay about the main idea of the Training School (300-350 words)\nNames and contact information of two reference scholars from your department\n\nApplication deadline: 25 January 2019 \nFurther questions: \nFor content-related queries\, please contact the spring school organizers (Dr. F. Asli Ergul Jorgensen\, Ege University\, Turkey) at asli.ergul@ege.edu.tr. For logistics\, please contact the COST ENTER Network Manager (Dr. Jonas Schoenefeld\, Technische Universität Darmstadt) at info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu \nWebsite: www.foreignpolicynewrealities.eu Twitter: @EUFPNewReality \nDownload the call information as a pdf file here. \n  \n 
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/methods-spring-school-march-2019/
LOCATION:Schader Foundation\, Goethestraße 2\, Darmstadt\, 64285\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Training Schools,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190311
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190314
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
CREATED:20181107T093736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T182723Z
UID:12109-1552262400-1552521599@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
SUMMARY:Scientific Workshop - EU's Climate and Energy Policy
DESCRIPTION:COST Action ENTER (CA17119) Call for Papers – Research Workshop\nEU’s Climate and Energy Policy: Perceptions and Challenges\n11-13 March 2019\, Darmstadt\, Germany \nRationale and Aims: \nThe Union’s role in developing international climate regimes and organizing international energy markets have\, together with ambitious climate and energy policies followed by several European countries\, elevated the importance of both climate and energy policies within many of the EU’s policy arenas. The workshop seeks to provide both substantive and ideational account for the Union’s engagement in climate and energy politics. It will open with an overview of the contemporary energy and climate policy landscape in the EU\, focusing on the main political trends which come along the increasingly closer entanglement of the two. Within the ideational reflection of these trends\, the workshop will focus on the self-perception of the key climate and energy actors both at the European and the national level\, as well as the reflection of the Union’s position in the international climate and energy regimes by third parties such as non-European countries and international institutions. Finally\, the workshop will seek to nuance these reflections by engaging policy practitioners. Throughout the workshop\, questions such as “What is the current state of the EU’s climate and energy policy?”\, “What ideas are attached to it?”\, “How do these ideas resonate among the member states and outside the EU?”\, “Are there any competing narratives in the perception of the EU as a climate actor?” will be tackled. \nFinancial Support: Participants will be reimbursed for travel\, subsistence and accommodation according to the Rules of the COST Association and within the framework of COST Action CA17119. Further information: https://www.cost.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/COSTVademecum.pdf \nHow to apply: \nPlease submit your paper title and a 300-word abstract to info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu \nSubmission deadline: 25 January 2019 \nFurther questions: \nFor content-related queries\, please contact the workshop organizers (Dr Jan Osicka at osicka@mail.muni.cz). For logistics\, please contact the COST ENTER Network Manager (Dr. Jonas Schoenefeld\, Technische Universität Darmstadt) at info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu \nDownload the call information as a pdf file here. \n 
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/working-group-2-workshop/
LOCATION:Schader Foundation\, Goethestraße 2\, Darmstadt\, 64285\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181006
DTSTAMP:20260531T104958
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UID:12097-1538697600-1538783999@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
SUMMARY:Kick-off meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://foreignpolicynewrealities.eu/event/kick-off-meeting/
LOCATION:COST Association\, Avenue Louise 149\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Participate,Past Events,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Action ENTER":MAILTO:info@foreignpolicynewrealities.eu
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