The time has come? The future of European defence and security.
The time has come? The future of European defence and security.
Scottish Council on Global Affairs & College of Social Sciences
Date: Sunday 12 May 2024
Time: 10:30 - 12:30
Venue: Summerhall, Edinburgh Newington, EH9 1PL
Category: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Speaker: Professor Peter Jackson, Chair in Global Security, University of Glasgow; Executive Director, SCGA
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In 1993, the Maastricht Treaty introduced the concept of a Common Foreign and Security Policy for the European Union. It was pre-dated by over 40 years by the North Atlantic Treaty, and the rejection of the European Defence Community Treaty.
The world has changed rapidly - in the former Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Georgia, Gaza, Syria and beyond. US support for NATO is questioned as never before, while the UK seeks a place in security and defence from outside of the EU.
An expert panel of academics and diplomats will look at what has changed, why, and what might lie ahead - for the continent and for the UK and Scotland.
- Consul General Christiane Hullmann, Federal Republic of Germany
- Professor Peter Jackson, Chair in Global Security, University of Glasgow; Executive Director, SCGA
- Consul General Stéphane Pailler, French Republic
- Professor Brigid Laffan, Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute; Chancellor, University of Limerick
- Consul General Ignacio Cartagena Núñez, Kingdom of Spain