In this session, the 7 scholars in modern European politics host a panel discussion on what we’ve learned about Europe, where we are now, and the possibilities for the futures of Europe and the United States’ places in the world.
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In this session, “Climate Policy in the European Union”, we hear from University of Washington’s Dr. Jürgen Salay.”
The European Union is probably the region where most of the world’s practical policy experimentation has taken place in the field of environment and climate change. In the past twenty-five years, the EU has developed a comprehensive set of domestic climate policies and has emerged as a global leader in international climate negotiations.
In this session, “A Democratic Paralysis? How the US Withdrawal and the EU’s Malfunctioning Bureaucracy Helped Russia Undermine Pro-Democracy Civil Society in Eastern Europe”, we hear from University of Colorado Boulder’s Dr. Svetoslav Derderyan.
Civil Society Organizations were an important tool in inducing reforms in the democratic development of Eastern European countries in the years after the end of communism, their impact amplified by funding from the US and EU in the early years of the Union. But then Russia saw an opportunity in the US withdrawal from the region and the EU’s dysfunction in the late 2000s, and successfully started funding CSOs delegitimizing and corrupting the democratic process.
In this session, “Where is Europe’s Power? Transnational Standards and Diplomatic Expertise in Brussels”, we hear from University of British Columbia’s Dr. Merje Kuus.
How do European diplomats know what they know and how have they come to know what they know? By considering the social lives of diplomatic expertise, a ‘peopled’ and ‘experience-near’ account of how Brussels works is offered. Beyond Europe, the infamously opaque horse-trading in Brussels can tell us a great deal about the transformations of state power today.
In this session, “What Happened to Cooperative Security? The Rise and Fall of the Post-Cold War Security Regime”, we hear from Johns Hopkins University’s Dr. Terrence Hopmann.
With the end of the Cold War, hope dawned that a new era of cooperative security might arise in the trans-Atlantic region, replacing the competitive alliances of the preceding 40 years. Why have the hopes of international cooperation that emerged in 1990 been dashed by the realities of the 21st century? What, if anything, can be done to pull back from an increasingly nationalistic and competitive international order and from the decline in democratic values and procedures?
In this session, “Europe, Russia, and the Transatlantic Divide: Security Relations in Turbulent Times”, we hear from Northeastern University’s Dr. Mai’a Cross.
The European Union has recently made many advancements in consolidating its common approach to foreign policy and security, from the 2016 Global Strategy to the launch of a European defense union. After many decades of attempting to achieve integration in the security and defense realm, following Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, the EU is on the cusp of creating a true European defense capability.
