Zelensky’s visit to the Oval Office ended in a bizarre fight, JD Vance lashed out at European leaders at the Munich Security Conference, and Greenland is to become part of America. With the U.S. increasingly appearing as an unreliable partner in ensuring European security, all eyes are on the major powers within Europe.
Can we count on a leadership role from Germany, where the CDU became the largest party with Merz? What can we expect from France when Macron steps down in two years? And how plausible is the building of a federal European army?
In this Current Affairs Lecture, dr. Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters will elaborate on the state of European defense in an uncertain world with shifting powers. What can European leaders do to strengthen security of its member states? Could a more autonomously operating Europe have an effect on NATO’s attitude toward the EU? And is Europe in crisis?
Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters is Assistant Professor for European Security at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) at Maastricht University. Her research interests and expertise are in EU and NATO cooperation, member states in security organizations, approaches to security cooperation, and crisis management.
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- Date: Wednesday 19 March
- Time: 19:30 – 21:00 hrs (doors open: 19.15 hrs)
- Location: Erasmus Paviljoen
- Entrance: Free, reservations highly recommended
- This Current Affairs Lecture is organized by Studium Generale and Prof. Michal Onderco. The next lecture in this series will be on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
Due to illness, we have been forced to cancel this event. We are investigating whether the lecture can be rescheduled for a new date. Ticket holders will be notified via email.
