Bagels and Conversations: What is going on out there? A four part transatlantic conversation

Join the European Studies Center, the Department of Political Science, and the Università degli Studi di Bari as we Zoom into Prof. Raffaella Patimo’s class in Bari, Italy, together with Prof. Ron Linden from the Department of Political Science and Prof. Randall Halle from the European Studies Center, for this four-part transatlantic conversation.

Questioning: What is going on out there?

How is the global power structure changing?What will replace it?What does this mean for transatlantic ties?
Schedule: (offering Bagels and great conversation!!)

October 22: The Global Setting: Changing Before Our Eyes
Global polarity of power: review of power dynamics; Changing power of economic ties: US, EUR, China, Russia
October 29: Europe as a Global Actor
Differences between the EU and nation-states in global affairs; Global challenges; War, China, Russia; Europe as an ally and adversary

Nov 5: Russia and China as Assertive powers
Russia's down and up; regional assertion under Putin; Consequences of Ukraine conflict; China's rise and Europe's response, "de-risking" and beyond
Nov 12: Changing transatlantic Ties: The trump effect
Institutions, NATO, tariffs, international conflict, attitudes, values; Behaviors, Ukraine, Iran