27.01.2021 Edited by Global Diplomacy Lab (GDL) Members Eirliani Abdul Rahman, Elsa Marie D’Silva and Sonja Peteranderl, and including essays by several other GDL members, including Elizabeth Maloba, FRI Associate Fellow and Stefan Cibian, Ph.D, FRI Research Fellow. The compendium puts forward good practices of how governments can effectively manage...
Online (Zoom), August 10, 2020, 18.00-19.30 (Romanian time, in English) The webinar is an invitation to explore differences and similarities between the lived experiences of colonialism & postcolonialism, as well as totalitarianism and the transition to democratic regimes in Africa and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In more specific terms,...
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...
The expansion of the modern state at a global level started with the Peace of Westphalia and is still being consolidated. While states encompass the entire territory of the Globe, the way they work varies substantially across space and time. A subset of statehood experiences is related to the emergence...
Author: Dr. Stefan Cibian The ACP-EU Inter-Parliamentary Assembly takes place in Bucharest this month. A rare occasion where a significant Africa-EU event takes place in a New EU Member State. CEE-Africa relations are one of the recent nuances of the EU and global politics that is likely become more relevant...
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...
On September 26-27, 2019 the Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA) held its 24th annual conference, entitled CEE – A Region In-Between. The conference took place in Pecs, Hungary and brought together scholars, researchers, and students from all countries in the region. Dr. Stefan Cibian presented a paper entitled Making...
BMW Foundation believes in Responsible Leadership. As such, the Foundation developed a global network of responsible leaders and organized experiential opportunities for leaders to come together learn from and support each other. One such occasion was the Responsible Leaders Forum which took place in Johannesburg between September 19-22, 2019. We...