Europe's Effective Political Power

Europe's Effective Political Power in a Multipolar World

Thursday 1 December 2022, 13:00 - 14:30

Salle Eugene d'Eichtal (Salle 35), 27 rue Saint-Guillaume 

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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.

A lecture by Loukas Tsoukalis, Affiliate Professor at PSIA, moderated by Yves Mény, former chair of the European University Institute

BIOGRAPHIES

Loukas Tsoukalis is 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). He has taught in many universities including Oxford, the London School of Economics, Harvard and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has written many books and advised former presidents of the European Commission and the European Council. His new book Europe’s Coming of Age was published in October 2022 by Polity Press.

Yves Mény has taught in many European and American universities, notably, Sciences Po and the European University Institute (Florence). He chaired EUI from 2002 to 2009. His latest publications include Démocraties imparfaites (2019, English, Italian and Portuguese translations) and Sur la légitimité (2022) both published by Presses de Sciences Po.