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Brussels Study Trip 2025

Brussels Study Trip 2025

This year’s Brussels Study Trip, organised by the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair, was once again a success! During the two-day programme, 23 students from Dr Dimitris Bouris’s and Dr Olga Burlyuk’s research project groups engaged with practitioners and experts at the heart of EU foreign and…

Genocide as Colonial Erasure: Francesca Albanese in conversation with Dimitris Bouris

ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair Annual Lecture The ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair will host Francesca Albanese, who will analyse Israel’s violations of international law in their present and historical context and examine the responsibilities of third-States vis-à-vis Israel’s attacks on Gaza, with a focus on the…

Research paper N°20: “Decentring the EU-Mauritania Migration ‘Partnership’”

Research paper N°20: “Decentring the EU-Mauritania Migration ‘Partnership’”

ATHENA’s 20th Research Paper “Decentring the EU-Mauritania Migration ‘Partnership’” by Jonathan Brouwer 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…

ATHENA Practitioners Engagement Series: The ICJ Ruling on Palestine – Between International Law and Politics

Date: 2 December 2024 Time: 17:00-19:00 To register for the event, please visit this link In the framework of the ATHENA Jean Monnet Chair on the EU as a Global Actor and in cooperation with the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES), Dr. Dimitris Bouris…