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** CALL FOR PAPERS / PANELS **

Deadline: 15 June 2020

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4th Workshop on Security & Stability in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

(Athens, 19-21 November 2020)

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This Workshop is organized by the Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER/IDOS) of Athens in collaboration with:

• University of Catania, Italy

• Department of International Relations, Yasar University, Turkey

• Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean (Rhodes), Greece

• Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

• ARAID/Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

 

The general topics of the Workshop will include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Security in the Mediterranean and the Broader Middle East
2. Migration, Refugee Crisis and Human Security in the Mediterranean and the Middle East
3. The present and future of Euro-Mediterranean relations

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The workshop will be held in English.

 

Paper abstracts, panel proposals and full papers should be submitted by email to:
Mrs Stella Milioti, Institute of International Economic Relations, email: info@idos.gr, tel: 0030-210-3620274 

 

Further details and abstract application form are available at:
http://idos.gr/4th-workshop-on-security-amp-stability-in-the-mediterranean-and-the-middle-east-call-for-papers-amp-panels/?lang=en

 

 

[Latest page update: 2 May 2020]

 

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actividades de los miembros ZEIS durante 2019 han incluido lo siguiente:

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NATIVIDAD FERNÁNDEZ  SOLA

 

- Conferencia-Debate "EU Strategic Autonomy?", con el prof. Sven Biscop, Georgetown University, organizado por la Cátedra Principe de Asturias, 25 febrero 2019.

 

-  Private conversation with Josef Janning, ECFR, on cooperation options among EU Member States, organizado por Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Europe Program, Co-patrocinado por el Erasmus + Programme of the European Union, 5 marzo 2019.

 

- Participación en la 2019 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, Washington, 11-12 marzo 2019.

 

- Conferencia-Debate con Joan Llorach, “How Modern Populisms start promising to solve economic grievances but end-up delivering social division”, Joan Llorach, Ciclo permanente de conferencias Spain and the European integration. Cátedra Principe de Asturias, Georgetown University, 14 marzo 2019.

 

Cursos de verano impartidos:

 

"Las relaciones USA- Rusia en la era Trump y sus consecuencias para la UE”, Curso de Verano organizado por la UNED sobre Las grandes potencias ante el nuevo orden internacional: Estados Unidos, Unión Europea, Rusia y China. Curso homenaje a la profesora Paloma García Picazo, Guadalajara, 3-5 julio 2019.

 

"La Unión Europea y el reconocimiento de Estados", Cursos de Derecho Internacional, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 17 julio 2019.

 

Papers presentados a congresos:

 

- ISA Toronto 2019, Chair in the panel on hybrid threats, Criminal Insurgency and the New Multi-Domain Security Space: Towards a New Security Concept?,   27-30 marzo 2019

 

- EUSA Denver 9-11 mayo 2019

* Paper: Defense alliance and economic links. Is there any Bridge to a new Era for Transatlantic Relations?

*Paper: Europeanization of Foreign Policies after Brexit?. The case of Spain, Italy and Greece.

 

 

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MARIO KÖLLING

 

Papers presentados a congresos:

Taxation Policy in Spain’s Common Regime Autonomous Communities, Congreso AECPA, Salamanca, 10-12 de julio, 2019

Conferencias y Cursos:

“El Parlamento Europeo ante el futuro: elecciones y desafíos”, en Aula de Derecho Parlamentario, Universidad de Navarra, 5 de marzo 2019.

“España en el Marco Financiero Plurianual 2021-2027”, en V Curso de Extensión Universitaria en Unión Europea: La financiación de la Unión Europea 2021-2027 en el contexto post-Brexit, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Campus de El Ejido, Málaga, 27 de Mayo 2019.

“La calidad democrática de la Unión Europea – con especial atención al Parlamento Europeo”, en 2èmes Journées Juridiques Franco-Espagnoles, Université d´Orléans, 13 de Junio 2019.

 

 

 

STELIOS STAVRIDIS

 

During January-June 2019, he was a (non-resident) Visiting Researcher at the Department of Political Science & International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese, which is located in Corinth.

 

In April he spent several days there:

* he contributed to the teaching of the MA in Mediterranean Studies with 6 hours on various topics covering “Parliamentary diplomacy in the Mediterranean” (19-20 April) [in English]; this Master course is organized in collaboration with the Department of Cultural Heritage and the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy), the Inalco – Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) of the Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (France), the Department of International Relations of the Yaşar University (Turkey), the Department of Economics and Finance of the Neapolis University of Pafos (Cyprus), and the Olympia Summer Academy.

* he also gave a lecture on “Parliamentary diplomacy and the European Union”, to the "Πανεπιστήμιο της Κοινωνίας", also at the University of the Peloponnese (17 April) [in Greek]. This is a series of dedicated lectures for the civil society of Corinth which is taught in the evenings (lifelong learning).

 

During the month of March 2019, he was a resident Visiting Professor at Sciences-Po Lyon where he taught a 20-hour long undergraduate course on “The Europeanization of national foreign policies” [in English].

 

Stelios Stavridis also participated in the following events:

 

• As a Speaker at the Round Table discussion on The Europeanization of Greece: myth or reality?, organized by Webster University-Athens Campus, the Institute of International Economic Relations/IDOS (Athens), The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Governance of the University of the Peloponnese (Corinth), and ARAID/University of Zaragoza - that was held on 28 February in Athens [in English].

 

• As a Speaker at the Round Table discussion on Parliamentary diplomacy and the EU, organized by ELIAMEP & IDOS/Institute of International Economic Relations as part of their Seminar Series on the forthcoming 2019 Euro-elections - that was held on 23 April in Athens [in Greek].

 

He also presented the following conference/seminar papers on:

 

• “The European Parliament and Turkey”, Panel on “EU policies in the Neighbourhood and Beyond”, 26th International Conference of Europeanists/CES (20-22 June, Madrid) [in English].

 

• “The curious case of ´de-Europeanizing´ French Foreign Policy towards Russia through its ´parliamentarization´”, Workshop on De-Europeanization and the EU’s International Relations, organized by COST Action ENTER EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities and co-organized with the NORTIA research programme (9-10 July, Porto) [in English].

 

• “El "factor ruso" y los diputados y eurodiputados franceses: ¿añadiendo a la inestabilidad interna de la UE en el caso de los conflictos de Siria y Ucrania?”, Panel on Inestabilidad interna en la Unión Europea y el rol de las Grandes Potencias: los EE.UU., Rusia y China”, at the bi-annual AECPA/Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración Congress (on Ciencia Política en la Nueva Política) organized by AECPA and Universidad de Salamanca (10-12 July, Salamanca) [in Spanish].

 

• (with Daniel Schaade) “European parliamentary networks in the scrutiny of security policy-making”, Panel on “Europeanization and Beyond? Beyond Europeanization?”, UACES 49th Annual Conference, organized by UACES and the University of Lisbon (1-4 September, Lisbon) [in English].

 

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NATALIA VERA

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Natalia Vera participated as an invited speaker to the following events:

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• Global Taskforce Annual Meeting within the UCLG Annual Retreat and Campus held on 14 February 2019, Barcelona, Spain.

• Session Sustainability within the international conference Change the Change organised by the Government of the Basque Country on 6-8 March 2019, San Sebastian, Spain.

• Regions and Cities making the SDGs happen organised by the EU Committee of the Regions in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 April 2019.

• Managing the Transition to a Climate-neutral Economy hosted by the OECD in collaboration with the EU European Commission on 17 May 2019, Paris, France.

 

She also facilitated the Annual General Assembly Meeting of Regions4 on 4-5 March 2019, Bilbao, Spain, where she conducted political and technical meetings with 20 regions from 12 countries and four continents.

 

 

 

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PREVIOUS UPDATES:

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[Actualizado 30/01/19]

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Dr. Stelios Stavridis, ARAID Senior Research Fellow en Relations internationales à l’Université de Saragosse et membre de ZEIS a présenté une communication sur "Le parlement français et le conflit en Syrie" lors du 6e colloque annuel du CCMO, « Monde Arabe et diplomaties parallèles. Diplomatie économique, parlementaire, religieuse, secrète », qui s'est tenu le 21 novembre 2018 à l’Hôtel de Ville de Paris.

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Programme du Colloque: https://cerclechercheursmoyenorient.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/programme-colloque-ccmo-2018.pdf

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[Actualizado 31/10/18]

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Natividad Fernández Sola, catedrática de Derecho Internacional Público - VER:

https://derecho.unizar.es/natividad-fernandez-sola-catedratica-de-derecho-internacional-publico

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Professor Natividad Fernández Sola is also currently Distinguished Visiting Professor

Principe de Asturias Chair. She delivered a talk on Implicaciones del Brexit to the IMF-World Bank in Washington in May 2018:

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[Actualizado 15/05/18]

 

El Grupo de Investigación ZEIS de la Universidad de Zaragoza continúa con sus esfuerzos en la promoción de las RR.II. como disciplina académica autónoma, algo que existe en muchos países, en particular anglo-sajones pero también escandinavos o latinoamericanos. El año próximo se celebrará el primer centenario de la primera cátedra de RR.II. en el mundo que fue inaugurada en la Universidad de Aberystwyth en 1919.

 

En esta perspectiva, Stelios Stavridis, investigador senior ARAID y miembro del ZEIS:

 

(1) moderó el 14 de marzo de 2018 un Diálogo organizado por la Fundación Manuel Giménez Abad sobre "ELECCIONES PRESIDENCIALES RUSAS Y REAPERTURA DEL DIÁLOGO PARLAMENTARIO UE-RUSIA" que contó con la participación de Fernando Garcés de los Fayos, Analista de políticas exteriores del Parlamento Europeo (Bruselas) y de Nicolás de Pedro, Investigador Principal en CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs).

 

(2)  participó como ponente en la Jornada organizada el 10 de mayo de 2018 por la Fundación Manuel Giménez Abad y el Real Instituto Elcano (Madrid) sobre "LOS PARLAMENTOS EN LAS RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES", en las cuales también participaron Ana Carmona, Catedrática de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad de Sevilla, Ignacio Molina, Investigador principal del Real Instituto Elcano, y Jorge Villarino, Ex-Director de Relaciones Internacionales en el Congreso de los Diputados y Letrado de las Cortes Generales. Una de las sesiones la moderó otro miembro de ZEIS, Mario Koëlling, UNED.

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Ambos eventos se pueden ver en emisión en diferido en la página de la Fundación Manuel Giménez Abad: http://www.fundacionmgimenezabad.es

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Latest update: 4 October 2019