Center for European and Transatlantic Studies

03/04/2020

Thanks to Dr. David Coury for an interesting talk yesterday about the AfD and populism in Germany!

02/26/2020

Join us March 3 from 1:30-3pm for a talk by Dr. David Coury about the AfD and populism in Germany!

02/03/2020

Confederate statues, Communist monuments, Holocaust memorials-- these very different sites of public memory are often controversial. Come learn more (and ask questions!) on Tuesday, February 18, from 12-1:30pm in the Sam Nunn Conference Room.

01/15/2020

Join us Tuesday (Jan 21) for a conversation on the latest Brexit developments. 12pm in the Sam Nunn Conference Room on the first floor of Habersham.

01/07/2020

Check out a writeup of CETS Co-Director Alasdair Young's latest journal publication, “Two Wrongs Make a Right? The Politicization of Trade Policy and European Trade Strategy,” at the link below:

The European Union misjudged the impact of anti-globalist populism on the politicization of trade policy, and also missed the mark in its policy response to the furor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Professor Alasdair Young concludes in an analysis recently published in the Journal of Euro...

12/02/2019

Join us tomorrow in the Sam Nunn Conference Room (1st floor of Habersham) for a talk on democratic backsliding in Poland and Hungary.

12/02/2019

Come study abroad with us in the European Union! Info attached.

11/13/2019

Congratulations to our Co-Director Alasdair Young on the publication of his latest article!

Dr. Alasdair Young, Jean Monnet Chair and Co-Director of CETS and CISTP, was recently published in the Journal of European Public Policy with his article titled "Two Wrongs Make a Right? The Politicization of Trade Policy and European Trade Strategy." Read it here: https://bit.ly/2NP3Wma.

ABSTRACT: Since 2014 the (relatively) calm waters of the EU’s trade policy have been roiled by wide-spread popular opposition to the EU’s trade negotiations with the United States and Canada and the apparent spread of anti-globalization populism. The Commission’s ‘balanced and progressive’ trade strategy is a response to these developments. This article assesses whether the response is adequate. It concludes that the strategy is unlikely to address the identified problem, because it largely reflects continuity with past practices that did not prevent or resolve the politicization of trade policy. It also concludes that the Commission’s assessment of the politicization of trade policy is exaggerated. Thus, two wrongs may have produced the ‘right’ policy, at least in the narrow sense that EU trade policy is unlikely to be as politically fraught in future.

11/08/2019

We enjoyed hosting Irish Consul General Shane Stephens on Wednesday for our Brexit event, which also featured CETS Co-Director Alasdair Young and International Affairs student Simon Brozek.

11/08/2019

Thanks to all participants, including Dr. Heike Fuller, the German Consual General, and Dr. Milada Vachudova of UNC-Chapel Hill, for a great event commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday!

11/01/2019

Don't forget to RSVP for our upcoming panel discussion on Brexit on Nov. 6: “Breaking up is (still) hard to do: Brexit’s state of play and consequences,” 12:00-2. Student Center, Room 343.

RSVP link is here:

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10/23/2019

Brexit is confusing. Come get some clarity on it (well, maybe... we'll do our best! ;) ) Nov. 6 at our panel “Breaking up is (still) hard to do: Brexit’s state of play and consequences,” 12:30-2. Student Center, Room 343.