JMCE Workshop: “The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the EU and its Eastern Policy”

• In-person event
• 2220-2224-2228, second floor, Richcraft Hall, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

The Centre for European Studies Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence is pleased to host the workshop, “The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the EU and its Eastern Policy”.

About the workshop: European and Canadian experts will explore how Russia’s war on Ukraine is affecting the European Union, both in its domestic and foreign affairs, including enlargement, agricultural and energy policies, internal unity/disunity, transatlantic relations, and relations with neighbouring countries.

This workshop is an in-person event only.

Draft agenda: (as of November 11)

12:45PM Welcome comments: Joan DeBardeleben, Chancellor’s Professor, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University

1:15-2:00PM Keynote Talk: “Balancing geopolitical and liberal agendas. The EU in pursuit of a new foreign policy in times of war” with Tom Casier, Professor and Chair in Global Politics, University of Groningen.

2:00-3:45PM Roundtable discussion: The War, the EU’s Eastern Policy and Enlargement

Moderator: Juliet Johnson, Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University

• Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University; 2024 Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Visiting Scholar on Transatlantic Relations, Carleton University, Transatlantic Relations.
• Laure Delcour, Sorbonne Nouvelle/Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bordering and Rebordering.
• Ryhor Nizhnikau, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Moldova and the EU.
• Magdalena Dembińska, Department of Political Science, University of Montreal, The EU and Georgia, Moldova.
• Maria Popova, Department of Political Science, McGill University, The EU and Corruption in Ukraine.
• David Sichinava, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Public Opinion About the EU in Georgia and Armenia.

3:45-4:00PM Coffee break

4:00-5:30PM Roundtable discussion: European Integration and the War: Impacts on EU policy and EU Unity

Chair: Moderator: Achim Hurrelmann, Department of Political Science, Carleton University

• Crina Viju-Miljusevic, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, EU Agricultural Policy and Ukraine.
• Matúš Mišík, Department of Political Science, Comenius University Bratislava, Energy and EU Sanctions.
• Dietlind Stolle, Department of Political Science, McGill University, War Fatigue.
• Joan DeBardeleben, Divergent Central/East European Member State Positions on the War.
• Paul Goode, McMillan Chair in Russian Studies, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Impact of Russian Disinformation.

5:30PM Closing comments: Joan DeBardeleben

Please complete the registration form by Friday, November 29th, 5:00PM (EST-Ottawa) at the event page here.

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence activities are co-funded by the European Union and by Carleton University.