This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Enes Day 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 EU has received a Nobel peace prize in 2012 for successfully promoting peace and democracy in the European continent. 10 years later, the EU is set to receive another Nobel peace prize, because of its efforts to act as a peace keeper around the globe. This speech criticizes the acceptance of such a prize, as actions of the EU have also caused an increase in tensions in countries outside of the union exacerbating subsequent domestic problems. My point of view is that of a Kazakh human rights activist, who observes these tensions due to the rise of Russians after the war on Ukraine as the EU closed its borders for Russian nationals, and criticizes the union for its lack in accountability.

This “Foreign Policy Speech” by Antonio de Carluccio 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 speech is set in an alternative timeline: the missile that crossed into the Polish village of Przewodow and killed two people on 15^th November 2022 was found to be Russian-made and fired from Russia. Despite the firm denial of the Russian defence ministry, NATO’s analysis believes it was intended as an attack to test the West’s response to a potential escalation. Poland has triggered Article 4 of NATO, beginning close consultations with NATO members to decide the appropriate response. As a result, NATO has decided to considerably augment Poland’s air defence and Ukraine’s air defence as well, though avoiding an all-out war or direct nuclear confrontation. I impersonate Josep Borell, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, in giving an unprecedented speech at the UN Security Council in New York on November 18^th 2022 (three days after the missile explosion). All 15 Security Council members are present, including Russia, which is represented by Vasily Nebenzya, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.

Further details

I was inspired by some of the speeches already held by Borrell at the UN

Security Council in September. The phrase “a chemically pure attack on the United Nations

Charter” is a direct quote. This is the link: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/ukraine-speech-high-representative-josep-borrell-un-security-council_en.

In addition: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/10/13/the-russian-army-will-be-annihilated-if-it-launches-a-nuclear-attack-warns-josep-borrell.

ATHENA’s third Research Paper “‘Mutually Accepted’ by whom? Imperial practices in the EU-Morocco Association Agreement.” by Francisco Sousa Nunes can be accessed  here.

This essay was originally written for the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair MSc Course “The EU as a Global Actor: Peace, Security and Conflict” taught by Dr. Dimitris Bouris. 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 expert sources or used in place of scholarly articles/books.