Geopolitics in a Globalised World

Program

28 July 2023

14.00-14.15 – Welcome and Introduction

Viktoria Akchurina, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy and Vincent Della Sala, University of Trento

14.15-15.45 

• Manasi Singh, Central University of Gujarat
  From Liberal Order to Rules-based Order: Decoding Geopolitics of Globalization
   
• Mohammad Hassan Khani, Imam Sadiq University
  Geopolitics of Regionalism and Regional Integration: In Search of a Middle Ground between Globalization and Extreme Nationalism

16.15 -18.00

• Maria Papagiorgiou, University College, London
  A Geopolitical Turn to the East: China and Russia’s Engagement in the Middle East and Africa
   
• Mohor Chakraborty, University of Calcutta
  Geopolitical Contestation and Cooperation in the South China Sea

29 July 2023

9.00-10.30

• Kateryna Pishchikova, eCampus University
  No longer post-modern, still an empire? Conflicting visions of the EU identity since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
   
• Joachim Schild, University of Trier
  European Trade and Investment Policy: A Geopolitical Turn?

11.00- 12.30

• Daniel Rajmil Bonet, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  The intersection between nuclear geopolitics and geo-economics: security spheres of influence versus energy needs and globalization dynamics
   
• Burcu Diraor Aydin, Ankara University
  Climate Change and the Geopolitics of Migration: Managing Borders and Relationships between the EU and Turkiye

12.30-14.30 – Lunch

14.30-16.00

• Solomon Gofie, Addis Ababa University
  Extra-regional powers in the Horn of Africa: ‘geopolitics’ and conflict dynamics
   
• Emilian Kavalski, Jagiellonian University
  When the Periphery Becomes the Center? Central and Eastern Europe as the Pivot of China-EU relations

16.00-16.30 – Conclusion and Future plans

Discussants:

Maita Ahmed AlHosani, Ministry of Foreign affaris and International Cooperation, AbuDhabi
Paloma Costa Andrade, University de Sao Paolo, Harvard Law school
Tatyana Bajenova, European University Institute
Elia Bescotti, University of Oxford
Weronika Braun, University of Warsaw
Esra Dilek, Bilkent University
Michal Gzik, University of Lodz
Khatia Imerlishvili, Tbilisi State University
Andreu Torner Jonoch, Universitat Ramon Llull
Katerina Klimoska, Ss. Cyril & Methodius University, Macedonia
Lika Kvinchia, Tbilisi State University
Federica Marconi, Università degli Studi Roma 2
Natalia Matiaszczyk, Uniwersytet Łódzki
Andrea Novellis, Università degli Studi di Milano
Matej Prasil, Univerzita Karlova
Jakob Florian Rendl, Universitaet Wien
Diego Saldias, Graduate Institute Geneve
Darya Shangina, University of Lisbon
Lorenzo Termine, Università degli studi di Roma1
Nabam Tunia, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Katerina Urbancova, University of Ostrava
Jordy Weyns, European University Institute
Emanuela Rossini, Università degli Studi di Milano

18.00-19.00 – Conclusion

Academic Coordinators: Vincent Della Sala, University of Trento and Viktoria Akchurina Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy

Assistant Coordinator: Sara Hejazi, University of Trento