The Lisbon Treaty emphasized the need for a more coherent and comprehensive European foreign policy – and supposedly gave the EU the institutional tools to carry it out. More than one year on, and in the midst of a 'stress test' from the Arab uprisings, how well are these goals being accomplished? How well is the EU matching values and interests with action? Is the full spectrum of EU external relations competences being effectively employed, including
migration, aid and crisis management? What are the prospects for improvement? This event, co-organized by SIEPS and UI, welcomes scholars and practitioners to explore the "broad view" questions of EU foreign policy goals and the "institutional view" questions related to the External Action Service.


Program

13.30 Welcoming Remarks
Anna Jardfelt, Director, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
Anna Stellinger, Director, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS)

13.45-15.00 Panel 1: Framing an EU Foreign Policy Post-Libya
Camille Grand, Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris
Anne Deighton, Professor, University of Oxford
Discussant: (TBC)
Chair: Hanna Ojanen, Director of Research, UI

15.00-15.20 Coffee Break

15.20-16.30 Panel 2: The Right Tools for EU Foreign Policy? The Case of the EAS
Christophe Hillion, Senior Researcher, SIEPS and Professor, Leiden and Stockholm Universities
Rosa Balfour, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre, Brussels
Discussant: Björn Lyrvall, Political Director, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (TBC)
Chair: Mark Rhinard, Senior Research Fellow, UI

16.30-17.30 Reception

Time:Thursday May 12, 2011 at 13.30-16.30 (Followed by a reception)
Venue:The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Drottning Kristinas väg 37, Stockholm

Register here on UI's website.

This seminar is organized in collaboration with The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).
The seminar, which will be held in English, is free of charge and open to the public.