Uncertain Times: The Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations from the Perspective of NGOs and Think Tanks in Central Europe and Hungary
Uncertain Times: The Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations from the Perspective of NGOs and Think Tanks in Central Europe and Hungary
Online international conference
Monday, 27 September 2021
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The Hungarian Europe Society has provided a platform for political analysts, policy experts, intellectuals, civil society activists and citizens from the Central European region, the European Union and the United States of America in order to analyse new global trends and seek solutions to current political, cultural and economic dilemmas. At our forthcoming event we intend to discuss with our guests the growing challenges of great power politics and their security implications, inequality in all its forms and the need of economic recovery, climate change as well as the pressure of anti-liberal, populist forces in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This conference is also a closing event of our webinar series held in 2020-21 under the same title.
Program (CET)
10.30-10.45
Welcome address
István Hegedűs (Chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest)
10.45-12.15
I. Morning session: The future of the international order (first part)
Veronica Anghel (Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University - School of Advanced International Studies; Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute, Florence): The Future of the Trans-Atlantic Relations
Roland Freudenstein (Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels; from 1 October 2021: Vice President of GLOBSEC and Head of GLOBSEC Brussels): Trans-Atlantic Relations, Values and Great Power Politics in Central Europe
Thibault Muzergues (Author of the forthcoming book “War in Europe?”): The Future of the International Order, and Europe’s Place in It
Moderator: István Hegedűs (Chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest)
12.15-13.30 Online lunch break
13.30-14.45
II. Afternoon session: The Future of the International Order (second part)
Julie Smith - Baroness Smith of Newnham (Fellow in Politics and Graduate Tutor at Robinson College, Cambridge, Member of the House of Lords, London): Global Europe, Global Britain
Oana Popescu-Zamfir (Director, GlobalFocus Center, Bucharest, Europe's Futures Fellow, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna): Global Order and Geopolitics
Jacek Kucharczyk (President of the Executive Board, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw): The Future of Central Europe Inside the European Union and Globally
Moderator: István Hegedűs (Chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest)
III. Presentations
14.45-15.15 Benjamin de Cleen: (Associate Professor at the Department of Communication Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel): When Populism Meets Nationalism: Understanding the Limited and Specific Role of Populism
15.15-15.45 Petra Bárd (Visiting Professor, Researcher, Central European University, Research Affiliate, CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest/Frankfurt am Main): The Future of the Rule of Law and Its Current Challenges in Hungary
Moderator: Erik Uszkiewicz (Vice-chairperson, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest)
Short Break
16.00-16.30 Louisa Slavkova (Co-founder & Managing Partner, The CIVICS Innovation Hub, Sofia): Civic Education in the European Union
16.30-17.00 Zsolt Darvas (Senior Fellow, Bruegel,Brussels, Senior Research Fellow, Corvinus University of Budapest): The Future of Sustainable Economic Development
17.00-17.30 Daniel C. Hallin (Distinguished Professor, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego): The Future of Media Freedom
17.30-18.00 Naja Bentzen (Policy analyst, European Parliamentary Research Service Liaison at European Parliament Office in Washington D.C., fellow, the German Marshall Fund of the United States): The Future of Truth and Facts
Moderator: Erik Uszkiewicz (Vice-chairperson, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest)
Short Break
18.15-18.45 Jan-Werner Müller (Professor of Politics, Princeton University): The Critical Infrastructure of Democracy
18.45-19.15 Ákos Róna-Tas (Professor at the Sociology Department at the University of California, San Diego): Globalization, Democracy and the Nation States
Moderator: István Hegedűs (Chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest)
19.45 Farewell Remarks
István Hegedűs (Chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest)
This event is part of the "Uncertain Times: The Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations from the Perspective of NGOs and Think Tanks in Central Europe and Hungary" project which is supported by the Embassy of the United States of America in Budapest.
The conference is also supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
This event is being video recorded for archival, educational, and related promotional purposes. By attending or participating in this event, you are giving your consent to the video recording.
Please note that the language of the event is English and no translation will be provided.
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