EU Views: Vesko Garcevic
Name: Vesko Garcevic
Nationality: Montenegro
Occupation(s): Professor of the Practice of International Relations
Connection to Europe: European citizen; Former Ambassador of Montenegro in Brussels (NATO) and Vienna (OSCE). Former Montenegrin Ambassador to Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Specialist in Multilateral Diplomacy; European Security; Enlargement process in Europe: the EU enlargement and NATO open door policy; Democratic Transition in Eastern and South-East Europe; The Western Balkans; Diplomacy of Small States in Global Affairs
Date of interview: October 14, 2016
In this episode, Olya and Toria talk to Ambassador Vesko Garcevic about the emerging future in Europe. Amb. Garcevic discusses what he sees as the four issues at the heart of this question, namely, the boundaries of the EU, the matter of Turkey, the EU’s relationship with Russia, and lastly, the EU’s relationship with the US. He talks about the need to be realistic, in particular during times of crisis, but also shares his dream of a united Europe.