International Conference Europe as a Global Actor – 2021

10 May 2021

9H30-10h00| Opening Session 

  • Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues (Rector, Iscte)
  • José Amado da Silva (Rector, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa)
  • Luís Tomé (Director, OBSERVARE-UAL)
  • Luís Nuno Rodrigues (Director, Centre for International Studies, CEI-Iscte)

10h00-11h30| Roundtable 1

Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council and the priorities of the trio 

Moderator: Filipe Caetano (TVI-Portugal)

  • Francisco Seixas da Costa (OBSERVARE-UAL)
  • Luís Simón (Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), Brussels School of Governance Elcano Royal Institute)
  • Ana Bojinović Fenko (University of Ljubljana)
  • Madalena Meyer-Resende (IPRI-NOVA)

11h30-11h45 | Break

11h45-13h00| Roundtable 2

The EU’s Strategic Compass: The Way Forward

Moderator: Leonídio Paulo Ferreira (Diário de Notícias)

  • Ana Isabel Xavier (OBSERVARE-UAL)
  • Bruno Cardoso Reis (CEI-Iscte)
  • Ines Marques Ribeiro (CEI-Iscte)

13h00-14h30 | Lunch break

14h30 – 16h00 | Panel 1: Transatlantic relations

ModeratorBruno Cardoso Reis (CEI-Iscte)

16h00-16h30 | Break

16h30-18h00 | Panel 2: Security and Defense

Moderator: Luís Valença Pinto (OBSERVARE-UAL)

18h00-18h15 | Break

18h15 – 19h15 | Roundtable 3

Chang(EU) talks: EU’s capacity to act: strategic sovereignty, autonomy, resilience

  • Ana Isabel Xavier (OBSERVARE-UAL) (Moderator)
  • Gustav Lindstrom (Director, EUISS)

11 May 2021 

[tbc] 9h30 – 11h00 | Panel 3: Resilience and Narratives

Moderator: Ines Marques Ribeiro (CEI-Iscte)

11h00-11h30 | Break

11h30 – 13h00 | Panel 4: Climate

Moderator: Ricardo Sousa (OBSERVARE-UAL)

13h00-14h00 | Lunch break

14h00 – 15h30 | Panel 5: Asia

Moderator: Daniel Cardoso (OBSERVARE-UAL)

15h30-15h45 | Break

15h45 – 17h00 | Panel 6: Global South

Moderator: Urban Jaksa (CEI-Iscte)

17h00 – 17h15 | Break

17h15 – 18h45 | Roundtable 4

The EU, USA and China

Moderator: Helena Carreiras (IDN)

  • Huseyin Bagci (Turkish Foreign Policy Institute)
  • Mark Meirowitz (SUNY Maritime College in New York)
  • Carlos Gaspar (Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa)
  • Raquel Vaz Pinto (IPRI-NOVA)

18h45 – 19h00 | Break

19h00 – 20h00 | Closing Remarks

  • Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues (Rector, Iscte)
  • His Excellency, the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva