VIenna peace and security talks 2024

Geopolitical Europe Starts in the Neighbourhood

The European Union becoming a global player – a geopolitical Europe as some put it – is one of the major challenges of the current changes in the global order. However, there are still many observers doubting, that this unique supranational organisation, comprising of the Commission as well as 27 member states with their individual foreign and security policy, can come to a coherent and implementable policy in matters of foreign affairs.

If we want to understand capabilities of the EU to shape matters on a global scale, it is worth looking at the immediate neighbourhood of the Union, where challenges are abounding and need conflict management. Therefore, this conference will put the neighbourhood test at the “Weltpolitikfähigkeit” of the EU, focussing on crisis hot-spots in close proximity like the two new candidate countries Ukraine and Moldova, the Middle East, as well as the conflict in the South Caucasus

The conference was organized in cooperation with FES Regional Office for International Cooperation and Karl-Renner-Institut. 25 international experts discussed in three workshops, under Chatham-House Rules, the issues listed above. The event “Europe: The ever-sleeping beauty of world politics?” was open to the public - see the video below!

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