Laurence Tubiana, France’s Special Representative to the Paris climate change talks last December spoke publicly for the first time on Feb. 8 at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, providing an inside account of the progress made during the negotiations. After providing a detailed account of the negotiations, Amb. Tubiana was joined by Dean Adil […]
With so many great EU events in DC, you need a phone app to keep track of them all! Our EU Events app is now ready to download, available in the iPhone App store and Android Google Play. The “EU in the U.S. Events” app is your ultimate guide to events organized by the Delegation […]
On January 27, Vivien Schmidt, Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies Professor of International Relations and Political Science and Executive Director for the Center for the Study of Europe, provided her perspective on WBUR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook in a segment entitled “Europe’s Open Borders Under Pressure.” In her interview, alongside journalists […]
In a January 20th segment on Al Jazeera English, Boston University Assistant Professor of International Relations Kaija Schilde argued that addressing the current refugee crisis as it pertains to border security needed to be a priority for all of Europe. Schilde talks about European Council President Donald Tusk’s recent announcement that the EU must deal […]
Vivien Schmidt was interviewed recently by Hungarian news outlet HVG (World Economy Weekly) on Europe’s refugee fears and populist responses to threat of terrorism on both sides of the Atlantic. The interview was published in two parts on January 4 and on January 6. The interview appears to have been widely read in Hungary, as the […]
The Netherlands will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 January to 30 June 2016. It wants a Union that focuses on the essentials, creates growth and jobs through innovation, and connects with civil society. #EU2016NL
Gerry van der Kamp-Alons, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Radboud University, has received a Marie Curie Fellowship. She is receiving this fellowship for her research into multilateral and transatlantic trade negotiations such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The fellowship runs for three years, the first two of which Van der Kamp-Alons […]
William Keylor, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and a member of the Center for the Study of Europe’s Executive Board, said that France was selected for attack by ISIS because of their support of U. S. foreign policy as well as their […]
Professor Cathie Jo Martin’s most recent book has just been published by Brookings Institution Press. This important work (coedited with Professor Jane Mansbridge of Harvard) is Political Negotiation: A Handbook. Political Negotiation: A Handbook explores both the domestic and foreign political arenas to understand the problems of political negotiation. The editors and contributors share lessons […]
Originally posted on the Pardee School of Global Studies website: Henrik Selin, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, said that his pessimism about the outcome of the upcoming COP21 UN climate negotiations in Paris had only grown as the conference approached nearer. Selin gave the […]