Jean Monnet Chair in Global Actor EU: The International Relations of the European Union in a Competitive and Fractured World (GLOBALEUTY)

11 December 2024 - Jean Monnet Chair Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués participates in a roundtable organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Fundación Bertelsmann and IBEI, with collaboration of IEMed, titled Estranged neighbours? Perspectives for the Euro- Mediterranean partnership

Jean Monnet Chair Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués debated together with Hauke Hartmann, Senior Expert, Bertelsmann Stiftung and Jan Völkel, BTI regional coordinator MENA (Middle East & North Africa countries), Bertelsmann Stiftung on the factors which explains the failure of political and economic transformation in the Middle East and North Africa, compared to the rest of the world. The roundtable also discussed what the European Union had done as well as what it could do to address the downturn on democracy, economic welfare as well as governance in the region. The event drew 50 plus participants, with representation from the European Commission, local and regional government, main Euro-Mediterranean NGOs based in Barcelona as well as higher education students. 📷 https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBUY8y

12 November 2024 - Jean Monnet Chair Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués participates together with Adam Holesch (IBEI) in a podcast episode with the CERCA Knowledge Transfer Project

The podcast features a conversation between the Jean Monnet Chair and IBEI researcher Adam Holesch on the various changes that are happening in the European Union as a consequence of the Ukraine war, both in terms of political fragmentation and the rise of right-wing populism, as well as the EU's support for Ukraine and what it says about the future of the EU's foreign, security and defense policy.

11 October 2024 - Jean Monnet Chair Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués participates in a podcast episode with the EU-VALUES Network.

The podcast features a reflection on EU values in part based on Elisabeth’ recent article, co-authored with Francesca Leso, titled “Geopolitical EU? The EU’s Wartime Assistance to Ukraine”. The discussion is centered around how the EU’s leadership views the war as not only a military conflict but a symbolic struggle for democratic values and human rights. The EU’s support for Ukraine represents a commitment to principles like sovereignty and the rule of law, which are increasingly under threat by authoritarian regimes worldwide. Listen in to hear more on the implications of this conflict for the EU’s global standing as a foreign and security actor, and how the war represents an indication that broader shifts in international relations and global values might coem to pass.