[Public panel] The EU’s 'geopolitical awakening': Beyond trade and defence

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut’s Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER) and Leiden University are organising a two-day PhD workshop on the legal implications of the EU’s 'geopolitical awakening'. The event is a follow-up to the successful PhD workshop that took place on 6-7 May 2024 and is organised with the generous financial support of the Municipality of The Hague.

The workshop will conclude with a public panel discussion of academics and policy experts at Leiden University College The Hague, which will discuss the reverberation of the EU’s 'geopoliticisation' beyond the issues of trade and defence, which have already received significant attention. The panel, therefore, will focus on ways in which the geopolitical turn affects – or should affect – other domains areas, such as the environment, migration, technology, enlargement and the EU’s traditional commitment to multilateralism and the rules-based international order in general.

Speakers include: 

• Prof. Giles-Scott Smith (Dean of Leiden University College The Hague)
• Dr Joris Larik (Leiden University & European Integration Committee, Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV))
• Dr Anna Marhold (Leiden University & Peace and Security Committee, Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV))
• Dr Louise van Schaik (Clingendael Institute & European Integration Committee, Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV))
• Prof. Jan Aart Scholte (Leiden University, Chair of Global Transformation and Governance Challenges (GTGC))

The panel discussion will take place from 16:00 to 18:00 in auditorium 2.21 of Leiden University College The Hague. A drinks reception will follow afterwards.