As part of program on U.S. foreign policy and international security, the Institute of North American Studies Foundation in Barcelona (IEN) launches the USA & EU Barcelona Meeting as an annual program of conferences that will provide expert vision, reflection and greater details on transatlantic relations in terms of politics, the environment, technology, research and investigation, culture, history and society.

Each year a topical theme relevant to US-EU relations will be chosen.

The war in Ukraine has had a profound impact on the geopolitics of energy. But what will be the longer-term effects, especially for the future political and economic relationship between Europe and the United States, as well as for the energy sector more generally? With so much uncertainty due to the ongoing war, which shows no immediate sign of ending, it is a challenge to provide reliable answers to this question. However, it is possible to offer an informed perspective on these matters by bringing together experts who can address its component parts.

This workshop will assemble two panels consisting of EU policymakers and international experts. The first panel will discuss the ways in which the status quo has been altered since February 24, 2022. How differently do we now think about the geopolitics of energy? What has changed, what has remained the same, and what sort of developments should we anticipate before some type of peace deal emerges? The second panel will look to the future. Is there any going back to the February 23, 2022 status quo? To what extent will the European demand for Russian energy return to what it once was? And what are the alternatives?

📍 Venue: Sala Macaya – Palau Macaya
Passeig de Sant Joan, 108, 08037 Barcelona. View on map

Registration for the face-to-face option is required via email at hgarcia@ien.es before March 2nd, 2023.

🔊 Languages: Simultaneous interpretation will be included.

▶️ The event will be streamed. Registration required here