Georgian Political Science Association is pleased to invite you to its monthly seminar:
The Future of the EU as a Strategic Geopolitical Actor.
17:00, 28 May 2013
Speaker:
Ahto Lobjakas: analyst at the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, PhD candidate at the University of Tartu. In 2000-2010, he
was Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's correspondent in Brussels, closely
covering the EU's and NATO's relations with FSU countries (as well as
Afghanistan).
Abstract: The presentation will focus on the
impact of the crisis on EU foreign-policy making, as well as the
"balance of power" within the Union, as exemplified by the Cyprus
crisis, which was treated as a purely euro-zone matter despite the
potentially massive geo-strategic issues at stake. Author argues that,
the EU's foreign and security policy has unraveled at this point, its
only functioning structures the knee-jerk actions of the European
Commission and the EEAS. Without political leadership, which will only
return with a new basic EU treaty, the EU's relationships with other
world powers and neighboring states will devolve to member state level.
Venue: Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS), 3a Chitadze str. Tbilisi. Georgia
This event is free and open to the public
Seminar will be held in English
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