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The Future of the European Union in Global Politics — Reflections on the Elections to the European Parliament and the EU’s Strategic Agenda
June 19 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm +04
About the Event:
In her first term as president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen emphasized a shift toward a more geopolitical European Union (EU), moving beyond economic interdependence to consider power dynamics and spheres of influence. This change is evident in granting EU candidate status to three Eastern Partnership countries. However, the rise of right-wing populism across EU member states complicates this trajectory. As EU leaders negotiate the strategic agenda for the next five years, including priorities like global engagement and enlargement, disagreements persist on the EU’s role and capabilities. The discussion focuses on the EU’s future actions, particularly in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus.
About the speaker:
Mats Braun is director of the Institute of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies at the Metropolitan University in Prague, Czech Republic. In his research, he devotes himself to regional integration (comparative regionalism), the European Union, global environmental politics, and Central and Eastern Europe. In 2017, he was named Associate Professor of Territorial Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University. From 2010-16 he served as a member of the Executive Council of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA). During the fall of 2015, he was a visiting scholar at the Cornell Institute for European Studies in Ithaca, New York. From 2018-2022 he was a member of the Evaluation Panel on Juridical and Political Science of the Czech Science Foundation. He worked for several years as an associate professor at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also lectured at Dalarna University in Sweden, Charles University, and the Anglo-American University in Prague. In 2022, he received a Jean Monnet Chair from the European Commission at the Metropolitan University in Prague, where he currently lectures. At the same University, he was the head of the Department of International Relations and European Studies from 2016-23.
Language: English
