The kick-off meeting of the Global Diplomacy Lab @ Făgăraș will take place on the 15th of December 2021. It is meant to provide the opportunity for the participating members to meet and connect with the challenge holders and engage in a first discussion about the challenges. The GLD Lab...
14.08.2020 The key word during the COVID-19 crisis has been digital adjustment, even in a niche field such as public diplomacy. States’ priorities and global dynamics changed, and one question arises: will public diplomacy be affected by how effectively countries manage the COVID-19 crisis? Author: Alexandra Peca Public diplomacy (PD)...
Turkey – European Union (EU) relations are at an all times low. The transformation of the Turkish political regime in the aftermath of the failed coup against President Erdogan puts significant pressure on the vision for a common future. Essentially, Turkey’s EU integration process is stalled. The importance of trade...
Africa – Central and Eastern Europe relations are more complex than one would recognize at first. The two regions have much more in common than is apparent today. First, during the Cold War, CEE countries have supported in various ways the liberation movements of African countries, their development, and benefited...
Africa – European Union relations have a long history that goes back even before the decolonization period. Today, however, the context on both continents has changed so much that the next period is going to be fundamental for shaping new approaches. On the one hand, on the African continent we...
In a world where the population lives in local communities, we only rarely reflect on the role of local communities in global affairs. When we do, we most often focus on large cities, not on small towns and rural areas; although the vast majority of the world’s population lives in...
05.02.2020 Drd. Amarachi Igboegwu și Dr. Stefan Cibian were selected to be part of the Global Diplomacy Lab’s (GDL) Summit Group, a group that will design and develop the first GDL Summit. The GDL is an initiative of the German Federal Foreign Office, GIZ Academy for Global Leadership, BMW Foundation...
The event of Stiftung Mercator focused on the current relations between Turkey and the European Union, as of November 2019. The event took place in Brussels and brought together alumni of the Turkey Europe Future Forum with experts on Turkey-EU relations. Political, diplomatic, and economic topics were covered in the...
Emerging Engagements Between Central & Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa: Common Interests and Cooperation was organized on October 31, 2019, in Accra, Ghana, by Chatham House – The Royal Institute of International Affairs from London. Dr. Stefan Cibian held a presentation on The Context, Drivers and Outlook for CEE-SSA Relations...
Dr. Stefan Cibian took part in the 11th Global Diplomacy Lab which took part in Berlin on October 27-30, 2019. The topic of the Lab was collaboration for realizing the potential of the demographic dividend in Africa and modalities in which European governments can meaningfully contribute. The Lab built on the...