Portugal, the EU and the future of Wider European Security

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In recent years, a series of global developments have changed the parameters of European security and in turn prompted EU member states to strengthen its common security and defence policy. In this webinar, we will discuss the future of wider European security with the Minister of National Defense of Portugal João Gomes Cravinho. In particular, the conversation will focus on the priorities of the Portuguese EU presidency for security and defence policy. DIIS researchers will ask questions relating to new developments when it comes to strengthening the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), EU missions and operations (especially maritime ones), conflict management taking place outside the CSDP framework (such as the ongoing work on the EUs new maritime concept and its likely implementation in the Gulf of Guinea), and finally, Europe’s relations with the US in light of a new Biden Administration.

Speakers
João Gomes Cravinho, Minister of National Defense of Portugal
Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke, Senior Researcher and Head of Research Unit , DIIS
Christine Nissen, Researcher, DIIS
Mikkel Runge, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Jessica Larsen, Researcher, DIIS

Programme
11.00-11.05  Introduction, Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke
11.05-11.15  Presentation by Minister of National Defense of Portugal, João Gomes Cravinho
                        Q&A by DIIS Researchers
11.15-11.30  Wider European Security and Defence and the EU, Christine Nissen
11.30-11.45  Priorities for maritime security and Portuguese ambitions, Jessica Larsen
11.45-12.00  Transatlantic relations from a Portuguese perspective, Mikkel Runge
12.00-            Closing remarks, Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke

Recorded Tuesday 19 January 2021, 11.00-12.00.