25 June, 2021, 9 30 AM-4 59 PM
The Eu’s Foreign Policy:
Trends and Perspectives
Beykent University, European Union Application and Research Centre
June 25, 2021
09.30 - 09.45
Opening & Online Registration
09.45 - 10.00
Opening Speeches
Prof. Dr. Murat Ferman - Rector, Beykent University
Prof. Dr. Selahattin Sarı - Dean, Beykent University Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences
10.00 - 11.30
Panel: EU Foreign Policy in Times of COVID-19
Chair: Prof. Paolo Bargiacchi, Università Kore di Enna (Italy)
“Evolution of the European Foreign Policy Priorities in 2021: Is the EU Still Reliable Actor?”
Dr. Beata Piskorska - The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Institute of Political Science and Public Administration, Poland
“Technology as the Determinant of the EU’s Place on the Global Chessboard at the Time of COVID-19”
Karolina Zbytniewska - Chief Editor at EURACTIV, Poland
“What's the State of the EU Strategic Autonomy?”
Piotr Maciej Kaczyński - Team Europe, The European Commission Representation Office in Poland
“Strategic Compass: Risk of Another Unfulfilled Promise”
Dr. Monika Sus - The Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland & Hertie School, Germany
“The European Green Deal and Its Influence on the EU's Foreign Policy”
Dr. Martin Dahl - Lazarski University in Warsaw, Poland
12.30 - 14.00
Panel: EU Foreign Policy vis-à-vis Iran
Chair: Dr. İsmail Sarı - Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) &
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University (Turkey)
“Investigating the Variables and Obstacles Affecting Iran's Relations With the EU”
Assoc. Prof. Rasoul Afzali - Department of Political Geography, University of Tehran, Iran
Dr. Abolghasem Mahmoodi - Department of Political Geography, University of Tehran, Iran
Ataollah Bahremani, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Language History and Georaphy, Ankara University, Turkey
“Explanation of the Three European Powers’ Role in the Nuclear Negotiations Between the P5+1 and Iran (2003 – 2021)”
Dr. S. Mohammad Isanedjad - MENA Geopolitics, University of Tehran, Iran
“The EU’s Attitude Towards the Human Rights Violations in Iran”
Dr. Nazrin Alizada - Independent Researcher, Azerbaijan
“The Role of the European Union on the Future of Iran's Syria Policies”
Dr. Shalaleh Zabardast - Independent Researcher, Iran
14.15 - 16.00
Panel: “Sovereignty” and “Multilateralism” in European Foreign Policy Orientations: Reflections in a Historical Perspective
Chair: Prof. Sanem Baykal - TOBB University of Economics and Technology
“Between Reality and Representation: The EU's Weakness in the International Order”
“The EU’s Trade Policy as a Foreign Policy Tool”
Assoc. Prof. Selma Aytüre - Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Turkey
“Major EU Member States and NATO: Internal Deepening, Endurance, and Expansion: Economic Incentives and Gains as an Explanatory Complement to Realist Alliance Theory”
Dr. Nikoloz Esitashvili - Chief Specialist of the Scientific-Research Center at David Aghmashenebeli National Defense Academy, Georgia
“De Gaulle's Conception of European Foreign Policy in the World War II Period”
Asst. Prof. Antonios Vratimos - Sakarya University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, Greece
“European History: A Background to a Common European Identity and the Basic Axis of the EU Foreign Policy”
Asst. Prof. Konstantinos Moustakas - University of Crete, Department of History and Archaeology, Greece
16.00 - 16.45
Closing Remarks & Discussion