The Role of the EU in Southeastern Europe (Die Rolle der EU in Südosteuropa)

Dr. Sandro Knezović

Dienstag, 17. April 2018 um 18 Uhr Foyer des Präsidiumsgebäudes (Adolf-Würth-Gebäude, Geb. 11.30), Engelbert-Arnold-Str. 2, KIT-Campus Süd

Der kroatische Wissenschaftler Dr. Sandro Knezović vom Institut für Entwicklung und Internationale Beziehungen in Zagreb spricht über die Bedeutung der EU für Südosteuropa und die zukünftige Zusammenarbeit beider Regionen. Der Vortrag untersucht die Rolle der EU im Hinblick auf die politische, wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Stabilität der Region und bewertet die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der EU hinsichtlich Kooperation und Integration. Darüber hinaus diskutiert Dr. Sandro Knezović über die Assoziierungspolitik und die Möglichkeiten einer zukünftigen Erweiterung der EU. Zum Internationalen Forum laden wir Sie ganz herzlich ein. Der Vortrag ist auf Englisch. Der Eintritt ist frei.

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Southeast Europe is unfortunately well-known for the security dysfunctions it suffered during the early 1990s and transitional difficulties it has experienced in the post-conflict period. The EU naturally had a big responsibility for the process of conflict-management, peace-keeping and long term consolidation of this part of Europe. The lecture will assess the EU’s displayed capacity to perform as an important factor of stability in the region, taking into account relevant elements of its Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) that was inaugurated at the time the conflict erupted. The lecture will also attempt to analyse in what way an EU accession perspective in the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Policy fostered processes of democratic transition and will try to foresee the possible pace of the finalisation of the enlargement of the EU concerning the remaining candidate states in Southeast Europe.

Dr. Sandro Knezović is a Senior Research Associate at the Department for International Economic and Political Relations of the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) in Zagreb (Croatia). His research focuses on IR topics, especially those related to international and European security and defence, the EU and NATO enlargement and their impact on the region of Southeast Europe. He is a member of numerous international expert teams and research networks and has participated as a researcher in many international research projects (including EU Framework programmes). In cooperation with Pforzheim University and the Deutsche Gesellschaft der Humboldtianer e.V. Facilitated by KIT International Affairs.

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