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Comentario Elcano 42/2016 - 26/10/2016
Gonzalo Escribano
El caso de la Grand Inga Dam en la República Democrática del Congo es poco conocido, pero ilustra una dimensión diferente de la seguridad energética, relacionada con la microgeopolítica de la seguridad humana.

Why Constitutions Matter and How Federalism Works

Nach Auffassung von Beobachtern weltweit schafft Venezuelas Regierung die demokratische Ordnung ab. Präsident Maduro spricht bereits von einer „Volksdiktatur“.

Konfliktlösung im nigerianischen Bundesstaat Plateau

Politique : Deux jeunes élues publient un livre de témoignages et de propositions afin de « faire entrer la jeunesse dans le débat pour la présidentielle ».   La plus jeune a 16 ans. Elle est lycéenne et a créé, il y a deux ans déjà, l’application New School 2014 chargée de remplacer les traditionnels cahiers d’appel. […]

Cet article Les jeunes veulent s’impliquer dans le débat pour la présidentielle est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) in collaboration with the University of Warwick and the University of Malta have the pleasure to invite you in the closed workshop on

“Crossing the Mediterranean by Boat: Mapping and Documenting Migratory Journeys and Experiences”*

The workshop will be held in English on November 11th 2016, from 9.30 am to 12.30pm, at the Electra Palace Hotel (18 Nikodimou Street, Athens)

 

You are kindly requested to confirm your participation to Ms Nina Papaioannou (Tel. 2107257111, e-mail: nina@eliamep.gr ) by November 7th 2016.

 * The project is funded through the Economic and Social Research Council under Grant ES/N013646/1

  

“Crossing the Mediterranean by Boat: Mapping and Documenting Migratory Journeys and Experiences” Workshop

“Crossing the Mediterranean by Boat: Mapping and Documenting Migratory Journeys and Experiences” is a research project that assesses the impact of policy on those that it affects most directly: refugees and migrants themselves. This event will present initial findings from the second phase of the project, which is based on 120 in-depth qualitative interviews carried out during May-June 2016 in Athens, Berlin, Istanbul and Rome. Critical insights will be provided by project researchers on the journeys and experiences of people moving via the Central and Eastern routes, including those affected by the EU-Turkey Deal and by border security operations off the Libyan coast.

 

Session I: “Retracing the migrant journey”

 9.30-9.45Welcome and project presentation

Dr.Vicki Squire, Reader in International Security, University of Warwick &

Nina Perkowski, Researcher University of Warwick

 9.45-10.00Asylum seekers and migrants in Turkey

Dr. Maria Pisani, Lecturer, University of Malta

 10.00-10.15Stranded in Greece

Dr. Angeliki Dimitriadi, Research Fellow, ELIAMEP

 10.15-10.30Destination Germany

Assoc. Prof. Dallal Stevens, Associate Professor of Law, University of Warwick

 10.30-10.45The other Mediterranean crisis: Italy

Prof. Nick Vaughan-Williams, Professor of International Security, University of Warwick

 10.45-11.00Commentary on presentations

Angelos Athanasopoulos, Journalist TOVIMAgr

 11.00-11.20Coffee break 

Session II

 11.20-12.30Q&A and Roundtable discussion

Moderated by Angelos Athanasopoulos, Journalist TOVIMAgr

 

Consultation Workshop on Reviewing SDG 6, SDG 14 and SDG 15 in the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development

Climate Strategies (Hg.),

Benjamin Moscovici

On Tuesday, October 25th, IPI together with the Permanent Missions of the Netherlands and Italy cohosted a screening of the documentary film The Destruction of Memory.

The Destruction of Memory is based on a book of the same name by Robert Bevan. Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results across the globe. This war against culture is not over—it has been steadily increasing. In Syria and Iraq, the ‘cradle of civilization,’ millennia of culture are being destroyed. The push to protect, salvage, and rebuild has moved in step with the destruction. Legislation and policy have played a role, but heroic individuals have fought back, risking and losing their lives to protect not just other human beings, but our cultural identity—to save the record of who we are.

The screening will be followed by an interactive discussion. Interviewees in the film include the Director-General of UNESCO, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, along with diverse and distinguished international experts whose voices combine to address this urgent issue.

Opening Remarks:
H.E. Ms. Lise Gregoire, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations

Speakers:
Ms. Karima Bennoune, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Mr. Tim Slade, Documentary Director and Producer
Ms. Bonnie Burnham, Senior Advisor of World Monuments Fund

Moderator:
Mr. Warren Hoge, Senior Adviser for External Relations

Flugzeuge bringen die Passagiere lautlos und fast emissionsfrei ans Ziel? Was aktuell noch wie eine Utopie klingt, ist schon heute Gegenstand der Luftfahrt-Forschung. Zukunftsweisende Studien über alternative Kraftstoffe wurden am 7. Juni 2016 im Konferenzzentrum München vorgestellt und diskutiert.

Jugendradikalisierung und gewalttätiger Extremismus sind globale Phänomene, die Frieden, Sicherheit und Stabilität bedrohen. Deutschland ist bislang weitgehend von Anschlägen verschont geblieben, während in Europa Staaten wie Frankreich und Belgien vermehrt betroffen waren. Weltweit betrachtet ereignen sich terroristische Anschläge vor allem in Subsahara Afrika.

Mit dem globalen Klimaabkommen von Paris, das Anfang November in Kraft tritt, entfernt sich die...

ELIAMEP’s South-East Europe Programme has published its newest report focused on Greek Public Opinion of the ‘Name Dispute’ and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The report was authored by Dr Ioannis Armakolas and George Siakas of the University of Macedonia, and was generously funded by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University.

The study focused around a survey which aimed to measure Greek public attitudes about international life in general and about the “Macedonia” dispute, its parameters and potential solutions, and is the first survey of its kind. The results indicate highly pessimistic, introverted and distrustful attitudes toward international affairs, and public opinion emotional in its attitudes towards the name dispute and FYROM, resulting in a highly rejectionist outlook. The survey shows that, twenty-five years after the emergence of the new “Macedonian question”, the issue has not been forgotten by Greek public opinion and still remains very relevant.

You can access the study here.

Associate Professor  at the University of Athens and  Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, gave an interview on the website of SciencesPo discussing the Greek crisis. He, inter alia, analyses issues such as populism and corruption. The interview is available here.

On 21 October the ELIAMEP South-East Europe Programme hosted a roundtable discussion focused on the relationship between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Professor David Philips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, presented “The work and accomplishments of the Balkan Dialogue project between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.’ In addition, Dr Ioannis Armakolas of the South-East Europe Programme presented the Programme’s most recent report, entitled ’Greek public opinion and attitudes towards the ‘name dispute’ and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.’ The report is based on an opinion poll conducted by the University of Macedonia in collaboration with ELIAMEP’s South-East Europe Programme.

Following the two presentations, a lively round-table discussion between attendees from academia, media and diplomacy touched on the project’s findings and on how the relationship between Greece and FYROM might be improved. The report is available here.

 

In his article published in Kathimerini newspaper on 22 October 2016 journalist Vassilis Nedos refers to ELIAMEP’s research finding in relation to a survey on the name issue with FYROM. The article is available here (in Greek).