EU External Action took its recent shape in 2009 when the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force. Since than the EU External Action has been seen as a successful tool for the EU to act as a global player and to promote its common values and its acquis via soft power, conditionality policy and EU enlargement.
However, since 2014 the EU has faced a new world order where some superpowers annexed territories, launched brutal military aggression and consistently disregarded international law. The start of the Trump Administration in 2025 urges the EU and its Member States to consolidate mutual solidarity and to enhance their common foreign and security policy and to build up common defence mechanisms.
In his #ThursdayColloquium Roman Petrov presents his current research project at HIAS from a multidisciplinary point of view. Special focus is paid to current geopolitical challenges for the EU and its Member States and the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia and the EU’s role to reach a justice and fair Peace Deal.
This event is addressed to HIAS Fellows and Tandem Partners.
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Portrait Roman Petrov: © Thorsten Mohr/Universität des Saarlandes