Europe’s Effective Political Power in a Multipolar World

A lecture by Loukas Tsoukalis, Affiliate Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po, Emeritus Professor at the University of Athens and President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).

Moderated by Yves Mény, former chair of the European University Institute.

In the context of growing strategic rivalry and large asymmetries, it seems that security concerns take over from economic considerations. Given the new economic, societal and geopolitical challenges, Loukas Tsoukalis will explain the necessity for Europe to grow up as a political adult. He will argue that  the EU may no longer have the option to continue as a trade and regulatory superpower. What is at stake in these challenges is whether the EU can exercise effective political power in a multipolar, highly asymmetrical, and increasingly unstable world.