Speakers
Description
During the first several decades of the European project, the discourse of geopolitics stood in contrast to the spirit of European integration as a peace project and a civilian power. Although geopolitical discourse began to surface within the EU following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Rubicon was decisively crossed in 2019, when Ursula von der Leyen declared her intention to preside over the first “geopolitical” European Commission (European Commission 2019). This panel draws on data collected within a Horizon Europe funded Geo-Power-EU projecy and aims to examine how this process of geopoliticization has affected EU policies toward the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood. In particular, it seeks to explore the implications of this ambition and to assess whether the EU can be considered a geopolitical power in these two regions, with sufficient ambition and capacity to adapt to the geopolitical realities of the twenty-first century.
| If you are submitting an Open Panel proposal, have you included all four abstracts in attachment? | Yes, I have included all required information (see below). |
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| Would you like to be considered for travel funding through the NetSec COST Action? | Yes |
| Are you a member of the NetSec Management Committee? | Yes |
| What discipline or branch of humanities or social sciences do you identify yourself with? | Security stuies |
| Which of the following best describes your stage of the career? | Full Professor |
| In which country is your home institution? | Serbia |
| What is your gender? | Male |