[Dec 4] SMLC Research Seminar Series: Is Europe worth dying for? The European Union and the Russian war against Ukraine

Date:  December 4, 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 5:30 PM

Venue: CRT-4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Speaker: Prof Stefan Auer, Professor of European Studies, SMLC

Discussant:  Prof Joshua Derman, Acting Head and Associate Professor, Division of Humanities, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Moderator: Prof Bárbara Fernández-Melleda, SMLC Research Seminar Coordinator

Abstract:

The Russian aggression against Ukraine forces Europeans to reconsider the very purpose and viability of the European project.  Can and should the EU become a major geopolitical actor? Is it possible and desirable to create a truly sovereign Europe? And finally, for that to happen can the EU be transformed from a peace project to a war project?

All are welcome. No registration is required.

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