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Research paper N°7: “Normative battery about to die: Azerbaijan-European Union relations in the context of the energy crisis and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict”

Research paper N°7: “Normative battery about to die: Azerbaijan-European Union relations in the context of the energy crisis and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict”

ATHENA’s seventh Research Paper “Normative Battery About to Die: Azerbaijan-European Union Relations in the Context of the Energy Crisis and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict” by Plamen Dermendzhief can be accessed here. This essay was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU…

Research paper N°6: “Understanding Georgian democracy: Challenging the universality of democratic values”

Research paper N°6: “Understanding Georgian democracy: Challenging the universality of democratic values”

ATHENA’s sixth Research Paper “Understanding Georgian Democracy: Challenging the Universality of Democratic Values” by Daemon Ortega Froysa can be accessed here. This essay was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk.…

Research paper N°5: “The Republic of Armenia: An active, ambivalent actor within the EU-Russia geopolitical rivalry”

Research paper N°5: “The Republic of Armenia: An active, ambivalent actor within the EU-Russia geopolitical rivalry”

ATHENA’s fifth Research Paper “The Republic of Armenia: an active, ambivalent actor within the EU-Russia geopolitical rivalry” by Antonio de Carluccio can be accessed here.

This essay was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk. It is published as part of our mission to showcase peer-leading papers written by students during their studies. This work can be used for background reading and research, but should not be cited as an expert source or used in place of scholarly articles/books.

 

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº14: STEFANIE KÜRTH

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº14: STEFANIE KÜRTH

This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Stefanie Kürth can be accessed here. It was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk. It is published as part of our mission to showcase peer-leading…

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº13: RUXANDRA POPESCU

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº13: RUXANDRA POPESCU

This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Ruxandra Popescu can be accessed here. It was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk. It is published as part of our mission to showcase peer-leading…

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº12: PLAMEN DERMENDZHIEV

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº12: PLAMEN DERMENDZHIEV

This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Plamen Dermendzhiev can be accessed here.

It was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk. It is published as part of our mission to showcase peer-leading papers written by students during their studies. This work can be used for background reading and research, but should not be cited as an expert source or used in place of scholarly articles/books.

Context

The following speech is delivered by a fictional civil activist – Giorgi Beridze, one of the most recognizable faces of the summer protest events following the European Commission’s rejection to grant Georgia candidate status on June 17, 2022. The speech is given during one of the protests and is directly addressing EU diplomats, days before the annual EU-Georgia Association Council in September 2022, attended by the HR/VP and the Georgian Prime Minister. The goal of the speech, a recording of which will be circulated in online media, is to build pressure on the EU to grant Georgia an official candidate status.

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº11: LORENZO GRECO

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº11: LORENZO GRECO

This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Lorenzo Greco can be accessed here. It was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk. It is published as part of our mission to showcase peer-leading…

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº10: LISA STAPPER

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº10: LISA STAPPER

This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Lisa Stapper can be accessed here. It was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk. It is published as part of our mission to showcase peer-leading…

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº9: KATERINA SZYLO

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº9: KATERINA SZYLO

This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Katerina Szylo can be accessed here.

It was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk. It is published as part of our mission to showcase peer-leading papers written by students during their studies. This work can be used for background reading and research, but should not be cited as an expert source or used in place of scholarly articles/books.

Context

This foreign policy speech assignment was written by a Ukrainian-American graduate student at the University of Amsterdam. The speech takes the perspective of a Ukrainian activist invited to give a speech to the European Parliament to mark one year of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine.

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº8: JEROEN DE JONG

FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH Nº8: JEROEN DE JONG

This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Jeroen de Jong can be accessed here. It was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU and the Post-Soviet Space” taught by Dr. Olga Burlyuk. It is published as part of our mission to showcase…