Jean Monnet ECSA Conference 2014

Jean Monnet ECSA Conference 2014

1-2 October 2014

This year the annual Jean Monnet Conference took a fresh look at the programme’s core activities: European Union studies. The content of studies in European integration and the way they are delivered had been reconsidered by academics, policy makers and civil society representatives from around the world. The way study programmes and their alumni contribute to European policy-making and governance, and to the EU’s relations with its partners worldwide had been also discussed in the Conference.

Jean Monnet Conference Series: Europeanization of Turkey: Polity, Politics and Policies

Bilkent University, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, in collaboration with the Yaşar University Department of International Relations and with the support of European Commission, Jean Monnet Action has organized a series of events entitled Europeanization of Turkey: Polity, Politics and Policies. The first round-table and workshop took place at Çeşme Altınyunus Hotel, Izmir between 24-25 October 2013 while the second international conference was held at Bilkent University between 19-21 June 2014. Several experts from Turkey and the  European Union member states attended to the events and presented their papers.

The conference papers are accepted to be published by Routledge publishing company in the form of a two-volume book. The websites of the volumes are as follows:

For VOLUME I, (Europeanization of Turkey: Polity and Politics, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138839946/

For VOLUME II, (Europeanization of Turkish Public Policies: A Scorecard http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138840096/

Lecture at Navarino Network-08.04.14

Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis gave a lecture on 8 April 2014 entitled “Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και Τουρκία: Μια Αποτίμηση του Ρόλου του Κόμματος Δικαιοσύνης & Αναπτύξεως (AKP) [European Union and Turkey: An Evaluation of the Role of the Justice and Development Party (AKP]” at the Navarino Network Lecture Series, Navarino Network, Thessaloniki.

Jean Monnet Talk Series-Thanos Veremis-24.04.2014

Bilkent University
Department of Political Science & Public Administration
Jean Monnet Talk Series
announces:

“Greek-Turkish Relations in the 20th Century: The Role of Εurope”
Thursday, 24 April 2014, 14:30-16:30
A-130 (FEASS Seminar Room)

by

Prof. Thanos Veremis
Department of European and International Studies
University of Athens

Short Bio
Thanos Veremis is Professor Emeritus of Political history at the University of Athens, Department of European and International Studies and Founding Member of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). He has been Research Associate, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London 1978-79; Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard Univ. 1983; Visiting Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton Univ. 1987; Visiting Fellow, St. Antony’s College, Oxford 1993-94; Constantine Karamanlis Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford Massachusetts (2000-2003); and more recently President of the National Council of Education, 2004-2010. Publications include: The Military in Greek Politics, London: Hurst & Co (1997); with Mark Dragoumis, Greece, World Bibliographical Series, vol.17, Oxford: Clio Press (1998); with John Koliopoulos, Greece. The Modern Sequel, London: Hurst & Co, (2002); The Balkans. Construction and Deconstruction of States, Patakis (2005); Modern Greece: A History since 1821, Wiley- Blackwell (2010); Eleftherios Venizelos: A Biography, Pella Publishers (2011).

Jean Monnet Talk Series-Panagiotis Tsakonas-03.04.2014

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Bilkent University
Department of Political Science & Public Administration
Jean Monnet Talk Series
announces:
“Greece and Turkey: Understanding the Past, Anticipating the Future” Thursday, 3 April 2014, 12:30-14:30
A-130 (FEASS Seminar Room)
by
Prof. Panayotis J. Tsakonas
Department of Mediterranean Studies
University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

Abstract: Prof. Tsakonas employs the concept of “international socialization” to explain the paramount shift in Greece’s foreign policy vis-a-vis Turkey in the late 1990s. Since the EU Summit in Helsinki in 1999, and by following a new strategy of “active socialization”, Greece attempted –and succeeded to a large extent– to turn the EU into an “active player” with regard to its relations with Turkey, preparing thus the ground for a resolution of the long-standing Greek-Turkish dispute. From the mid-2000s, however, the prospects for a resolution of the Greek-Turkish conflict are dim: Greek-Turkish relations have been re-bilateralized, the EU has lost much of its credibility and socialization ability and both countries are now in the midst of a severe economic and/or a domestic political turmoil, which does not augur well for the future of the two neighboring states relations.

Short Bio
Panayotis J. Tsakonas is Associate Professor of International Relations and Security and Head of the Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece. He studied political science, international relations and security studies at the Panteion University of Athens and Reading University, Great Britain. He has been Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations (Athens, Greece), NATO Research Fellow, post-doctoral fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University.

Participation in ISA Annual Convention-26-29.03.2014

Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis participated in the 55th International                Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, which was held in Toronto from 26 to 29 March 2014. He delivered two papers on 26 March 2014, one entitled “Religion and Geopolitics in the Syrian Crisis: Iran, Russia and Turkey”and one “Greece Between Crisis and Recovery: Implications for the European Union and the Eastern Mediterranean: Greek Foreign Policy”.

Georgetown Lecture on Eastern Mediterranean Energy-31.03.2014

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Monday, March 31, 2014 at 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center, CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241) 37th and O St., N.W., Washington

Following the discovery of large natural gas fields in the seabed of the Eastern Mediterranean, energy has become yet another sensitive issue in Eastern Mediterranean politics. Cyprus and Israel appear to be the first two states to benefit, as they have already signed large contracts about drilling projects that would soon turn them into net energy exporters. The possibility of discovering further energy reserves has raised the question of delineating the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) in the Eastern Mediterranean. This has involved all littoral states and added one more potential regional dispute. Unilateral moves by littoral states could potentially lead to regional tension and conflict, while the prospect of referring the delineation to international adjudication appears dim at the moment. Turkey’s role has been important not only because it is one of the region’s littoral states, but also because it could serve as a transport hub for the delivery of hydrocarbons to-be-extracted to the world market. Nevertheless, the Cyprus question and Turkey’s frozen relations with Israel obstruct regional cooperation, as well as the promotion of European energy security. The European Union authorities would be very glad to acquire access to Eastern Mediterranean energy resources, as this would reduce their dependence on energy imports from Russia. This paper aims to identify risks and opportunities for regional stability and European energy security that the discovery of energy resources has brought about. In particular it aims to explore if and how the discovery of energy reserves offshore in the Eastern Mediterranean could contribute to the resolution of the Cyprus question.

Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis is Assistant Professor and Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University and Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). Between 2004 and 2009 he taught at Sabanci University, Isik University and the University of Athens. His research interests include European, Middle Eastern politics, nationalism and democratisation. His publications include two books: Instilling Religion in Greek and Turkish Nationalism: A “Sacred Synthesis”, (London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and Trials of Europeanization: Turkish Political Culture and the European Union, (London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Jean Monnet Movie-Living Images-13.03.2014

Bilkent University Department of Political Science & Public Administration
Jean Monnet Talk Series announces:

Movie Screening:
“Living images [Elavad pildid], 2013” Thursday, 13 March 2014, 17:30, FEASS, A130

Abstract: Living Images is a historical melodrama that takes us through the 20th
century by telling the stories of two Estonians, Helmi and Julius. The film
begins with their birth in the beginning of the century, in a house
belonging to Baltic Germans in Tallinn, and ends in the end of the century
when Estonia has restored its independence and on the backdrop of the
arrival of neo-capitalist values. It is a grotesque approach on the
difficult turns in Estonian, as well as European history and involves a good
dose of both humour and tragedy.

Jean Monnet Talk Series-Heiko Pääbo-13.03.2014

Bilkent University Department of Political Science & Public Administration
Jean Monnet Talk Series announces:

Seminar:
“The European Union and the Baltic Sea Region: Prospects of Regional
Cooperation”
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 12:30-14:30
A-130 (Seminar Room)

by
Dr. Heiko Pääbo
Head, Centre for Baltic Studies
University of Tartu
heiko.paabo@ut.ee

Abstract: The EU and the Baltic Sea region – today the Baltic Sea region exists almost
as the EU internal sea, except few Russian coastal areas (Kaliningrad oblast
and surroundings of St Petersburg). The regional cooperation started here
already in early 1990s by establishing the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
Also the EU enlargement included gradually more and more countries from the
region, in 1995 Sweden and Finland, in 2004 Poland, Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania. The Baltic Sea region is considered as one of the most dynamic
and fastest developing regions in the EU. In 2009 European Council adopted
the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region as the first EU macro-regional
strategy. It aims to ‘ to increase the levels of environmental
sustainability, prosperity, accessibility and attractiveness and safety and
security’ of the Baltic Sea region. The lecture will give brief overview of
the development of the region and also to discuss the particular interest of
different countries in the context of regional cooperation as well in the
context of the EU.