On 9th of October, 2015, our newly-established Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS) organised and hosted its first “Jean Monnet Junior Day” for 6th form students. Three schools from […]
Reconsidering Horizon 2020
In this blog, CCCU Jean Monnet Chair Amelia Hadfield and CCCU Politics/IR Graduate Michal Gloznek[1] take another look at Horizon 2020, and ask whether it represents an EU investment offensive to boost jobs and growth, or a frontal offensive on research and innovation.
Amelia Hadfield contributes to roundtable on the European Energy Union
On Wednesday 15 April, Dr Amelia Hadfield, was invited to join a joint seminar with the Institute for Contemporary European Studies at Regent’s University, and the Senior European Experts (SEE). This event was chaired by Lord Hannay, and was entitled ‘EU Energy Union: A Realistic Possibility?’
European Foreign Policy at the Crossroads: What lies ahead for the new HR/VP Federica Mogherini?
The world has entered a particularly turbulent period. Eastern Europe is riven by the toughest east-west mêlée since the Cold War, with spats and sanctions raging back and forth between the EU, US and Russia. Israel and Palestine spent the summer locked in intifada-like battles. And ISIS has risen as the newest security threat; galvanising both geopolitical and religious dynamics from Iraq to Syria. Closer to home, UK terror levels totter. In an indication of the overall seriousness of key global issues, the UN has taken the ‘unprecedented’ step of declaring Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, and the Central African Republic to each represent a ‘Level 3 humanitarian crisis, the most severe designation. O tempora, o mores, as Cicero famously said. The times, they are a-tough; the customs, they need to keep up. So do EU personnel. This first CCCU Jean Monnet Chair Blog reflects upon the challenges facing European foreign affairs as a result of the changeover of staff in late 2014.
New Politics and IR Youtube Channel!
We do love our social media here @CCCUPoliticsIR. We have now moved on to making our own videos for our own Youtube channel (great content generators that we are).
Canterbury Senior Lecturer on the Commonwealth and Canada
In late May 2014, Senior Lecturer in Politics/IR, Dr Amelia Hadfield traveled to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, at the invitation of the Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada to give […]
Politics and IR Senior Lecturer Trains Armenian Diplomatic Corps
In May 2014, Senior Lecturer in Politics/IR, Dr Amelia Hadfield undertook another round of external teaching on Foreign Policy Analysis on behalf of the College of Europe and the European […]
Workshop of newly founded research group: Energy and Governance
The first workshop of the newly-inaugurated Energy and Governance Group: taking place on Thursday, 12 June, from 2-4pm, in Laud G16, North Holmes Road Campus.