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A series of roundtables at the LSE, 2011-12
During the 2011-12 academic year, EFPU is hosting a series of ten roundtables exploring the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the EU's foreign policy-making processes and its external influence. The series is funded by the EU's Jean Monnet Programme.
Members of the public may attend. Click for maps and directions|.
If available, podcasts of each roundtable will be posted below. Follow the series on the International Relations Department's blog|.
Roundtable 1:
The Common Security and Defence Policy
17 November 2011, 18.30-20.00, Room CLM 3.02
Speakers: Professor Jolyon Howorth (Yale University), Professor Anand Menon (University of Birmingham), and Nick Witney (European Council for Foreign Relations)
Moderator: Dr Spyros Economides, LSE
A podcast of this event is available here|. Apologies for the poor sound quality. Moritz Reinsch has also written a blog |on the event.
Roundtable 2:
The Role of Parliaments in EU Foreign Policy-making
6 December 2011, 18.30-20.00, Room CLM 6.02
Speakers: Brendan Donnelly (Federal Trust; former MEP); Mike Gapes MP (former Chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee), Lord Teverson (Chairman, Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development, House of Lords), Dr Wolfgang Wagner (VU University of Amsterdam)
Moderator: Professor Karen E. Smith, LSE
A podcast of this event is available here|. Moritz Reinsch has written a blog| on the event.
Roundtable 3:
EU Foreign Policy: The View from the Mediterranean
19 January 2012, 18.30-20.00, NAB 2.04
Speakers: Professor Atila Eralp (Middle East Technical University, Ankara), Professor Richard Gillespie (University of Liverpool), Dr Claire Spencer (Chatham House)
Moderator: Professor Karen E. Smith, LSE
A podcast of this event is available here|. Benedetta Voltolini has written a blog| on the event.
Roundtable 4:
The EU's Influence in its Eastern Neighbourhood
2 February 2012, 18.30-20.00, Room CLM 2.02
Speakers: Professor Hiski Haukkala (University of Tampere, Finland), Dr Petr Kratochwil (Institute of International Relations, Prague), Dr Nicu Popescu (European Council on Foreign Relations), Professor Stefan Wolff (University of Birmingham)
Moderator: Dr Ulrich Sedelmeier, LSE
Madalina Dobrescu has written a blog| on the event.
Roundtable 5:
Influencing the EU Foreign Policy Process
21 February 2012, 18.30-20.00, Room CLM 2.02
Speakers: Chiara Biscaldi (Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group, Brussels), Heather Grabbe (Director, Open Society Institute, Brussels), Catherine Woollard (Executive Director, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, Brussels)
Moderator: Professor Karen E. Smith, LSE
Roundtable 6:
The European External Action Service
15 March 2012, 18.30-20.00, Room CLM 3.02
Speakers: Professor Michael Smith (Loughborough University), Professor Sophie Vanhoonacker (University of Maastricht), Professor Richard Whitman (University of Kent)
Moderator: David Spence, Dinam Fellow, LSE
Roundtable 7:
EU Foreign Policy: The View from the EU's Strategic Partners
30 April 2012, 18.30-20.00, Room CLM 2.02
Speakers: Professor Purusottam Bhattacharya (Jadavpur University, India), Dr Andrea Ribeiro-Hoffmann (University of Erfurt), Professor Hong Zhou (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Moderator: to be announced shortly
Roundtable 8:
EU Foreign Policy: The View from Asia
1 May 2012, 18.30-20.00, Room CLM 2.02
Speakers: Professor Martin Holland (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Dr Yeo Lay Hwee (EU Centre, Singapore), Dr Michito Tsuruoka (National Institute for Defence Studies, Tokyo)
Moderator: to be announced shortly
Roundtable 9:
EU Foreign Policy: The View from Africa
10 May 2012, 18.30-20.00, Room STC S.75
Speakers: Dr Adekeye Adebajo (Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town), Dr Marie Gibert (Nottingham Trent University), Professor Gerrit Olivier (University of Pretoria)
Moderator: Dr Tine van Criekinge, LSE
Roundtable 10:
EU-US Relations after the Lisbon Treaty
18 June 2012, 18.30-20.00, Room NAB 1.09
Speakers: Professor Erik Jones (SAIS Bologna Center), Professor Katie Verlin Laatikainen (Adelphi University); Professor John Peterson (University of Edinburgh)
Moderator: to be announced shortly