10.12.2020 FRI Executive Director Stefan Cibian took part together with over 100 participants at the Daring New Spaces Summit on the European public sphere on December 10, 2020. In keynotes and debates, and listening to pitches and poetry, the participants envisioned what Europe and its public sphere could and should...
10.12.2020 How will the EU Council Presidency continue to work on a European public sphere, as Portugal takes over from Germany? Michael Roth, State Minister for Europe from Germany, and Tiago Antunes, Secretary of State Assistant to the Portugese Prime-Minister were interviewed on this and other European matters. Watch the...
19.09.2020 60 European diplomats gathered for the first module of the 21st European Diplomatic Programme. On September 17-18, 2020, FRI fellows and Global Diplomacy Lab members Amarachi A. Igboegwu and Stefan Cibian, together with Marina Rduyak, held a training session on Transformative leadership for successful crisis management and effective multilateralism...
14.08.2020 After months of lockdown and strict measures imposed by the governments to control the spread of the new coronavirus, the European Union (EU) is now facing difficulties in “getting back on track” when it comes to youth initiatives like the Erasmus+ program and the European Solidarity Corps. Author: Alexandra...
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 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...
The event The Europe of the Post-89ers took place in Berlin on November 6-7, 2019, being organized by Prof. Timothy Garton Ash of the European Studies Center, University of Oxford and by Stiftung Mercator. The event is part of the Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom, bringing together young researchers...
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...
Dr. Cibian has offered a lecture entitled Under African Skies – Emerging relations between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Visegrad 4 on July 5, 2019 at the Antall József Summer School, Antall József Knowledge Center, Budapest. Departments: The International Center for Global Affairs and Postdevelopment (IC-GAP), Educational Programs Department Projects: Africa...