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Conversations and Commentaries on Europe: Video Resources

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ESC has online video offerings for select items from its extensive programming.  These resources are meant to ehance transatlantic conversations happening and enrich understandings of Europe here in the United States.

Resources can be used as classroom aids, out-of-classroom assignments, or as background for research papers.  Please provide proper citation of any of the resources used (examples below). Please let us know how you are using the videos! Send a message to europeanstudies@pitt.edu with your stories. 

You can also watch our collection on the UCIS YouTube Channel.

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Trade, Technology, and the Transatlantic Relationship
A conversation with European Commission Executive Vice Preseidnet Valdis Dombrovskis

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

TTIP-Ping Point? The Present and Future of the Transatlantic Trade Agreement

TTIP-Ping Point? The Present and Future of the Transatlantic Trade Agreement
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Treaty, formally begun in 2013, have attracted a great deal of attention within the EU, individual member states and in the US. The subject—and the talks—are complex and involve trade and investment in both goods and services across the full spectrum of economic activity of the world’s two most active trading partners. Proponents argue that the treaty will strengthen economic ties and create jobs; domestic producers on both sides of the Atlantic focus on market penetration; and others worry about public access to key decisions. The panel will include Dan Hamilton of Johns Hopkins--SAIS, Elvire Fabry of the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris, Evgeny Postnikov - Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Glasgow, and Dan Beachy of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch in Washington. Panelists will assess where negotiations stand now, how the treaty relates to politics within the US and EU and what the consequences might be for a completion, or failure to achieve, a final treaty.

Whose Pivot Now? Implications of Growing EU-China Ties

Whose Pivot Now? Implications of Growing EU-China Ties
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

In recent months the Chinese have greatly increased their visibility and economic involvement in Europe. China is now the EU’s second leading trading partner and the EU is China’s first. EU leaders are increasingly attentive to Chinese views on a number of issues, including a range of economic and strategic topics. Panelists on this Conversation will explore both the current state of EU-China relations, the implications for Transatlantic ties and future directions of this dynamic relationship. The panel will include: Gemma Marolda, Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at Pitt (and an affiliated faculty member of our Center); Isabel Hilton, Editor at chinadialogue.net and former journalist for The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Guardian, and theNew Yorker; David Scott, former Lecturer at Brunel University London and a frequent speaker at EU Parliament on the EU-China relationship, and at the NATO Defence College in Rome on Indian foreign policy and on Asia-Pacific international relations; and Jing Men, an InBev-Baillet Latour Professor of European Union-China Relations and InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations at the College of Europe, Brugges.

Dear Madam High Representative:Tasks for EU Foreign Policy

Dear Madam High Representative:Tasks for EU Foreign Policy
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

In our first Conversation on Europe for 2015, panelists will consider the demands on and capabilities of the European Union as a major global actor. Panelists will use a Carnegie Europe “Memo to the European Union Foreign Policy Chief” as a starting point. The panel will include: Sir Michael Leigh of the German Marshall Fund (and former European Commission Director General for Enlargement); Stefan Lehne, Carnegie Europe (and former Director General for political affairs at the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs); Ulrich Speck, Carnegie Europe (and Editor of the weekly Global Europe Brief newsletter); Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of the Instituto Affari Internazionali (and advisor to EU Foreign Policy Chief, Frederica Mogherini); and Kostas Kourtikakis, political scientist and affiliate of the European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne

Panelists will be linked to audiences at Pitt and elsewhere and faculty and class participation is welcome.

Displaced: The Refugee Crisis in the Mediterranean Basin

Displaced: The Refugee Crisis in the Mediterranean Basin
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The number of refugees entering the EU and Turkey has risen dramatically as a result of conflicts and crises in North Africa and the Middle East. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHRC) reported that European countries recorded 264,000 asylum applications during the first six months of 2014, an increase of 24 per cent from the same period the year before. With conflict and destabilization in these regions continuing, European policy makers seek solutions that respond to both humanitarian concerns and an increasingly radicalized voting public.

Conversations on Europe: The Scottish Referendum--Results and Implications

The Scottish Referendum -- Results and Implications
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

“Should Scotland be an independent country?” On September 18th, 2014 voters in that country had an opportunity to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on that very question. The EUCE at Pitt devotes the first 2014-15 session of its award-winning Conversations on Europe virtual roundtable series to a discussion of the results of the referendum. Participants include Ailsa Henderson (University of Edinburgh), Luke Peterson (University of Pittsburgh), and André Lecours (University of Ottawa).

A Parliament Against Itself? The Far Right in the Upcoming European Parliament Elections

A Parliament Against Itself? The Far Right in the Upcoming European Parliament Elections
Thursday, April 17, 2014

In May, voters in the EU will elect some 751 members of a newly empowered European Parliament. Since the Treaty of Lisbon, the EP has gained “co-decision” rights areas, including agriculture, energy, immigration and EU funds. The EP must approve the budget and most visibly, the EP has gained the right to endorse the member states’ nominee to be President of the European Commission. The EP also must give its approval to the Commission as a whole. But it is the EP’s role as a sounding board of public opinion—on the EU as well as on national governments—that will get the most attention.

The Thorn & The Thistle in Europe's Side? English & Scottish Nationalism and the Future of the EU

The Thorn & The Thistle in Europe's Side? English & Scottish Nationalism and the Future of the EU
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

In this month’s installment of our Conversations on Europe series, a panel of experts and audiences from EU Centers across the U.S. discuss the upcoming Scottish referendum on independence from Britain scheduled for September of this year and the possibility of a UK referendum on EU membership that could occur as early as 2016. Presenters include John Curtice, (University of Strathclyde), Neill Nugent (Manchester Metropolitan University) and the University of Pittsburgh's Andrew Strathern, Andrew W. Mellon, and Pamela Stewart.

Spy Games: Technology and the Transatlantic Relationship

Spy Games Technology & Trust in the Transatlantic Relationship
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

At a time when U.S.-European cooperation is becoming more formalized in talks to create a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), have the NSA spy scandals dampened European enthusiasm to work closely with American allies? More generally, how have new technologies changed intelligence gathering practices? And to what extent can comprehensive surveillance programs like PRISM be subject to legal limitations on a national or global scale? The discussion will be moderated by EUCE Director and Professor of Political Science, Ronald Linden. Audience participation is encouraged.

The "Big Bang" 10 Years Later: East Europe & the EU After Expansion

The "Big Bang" 10 Years Later
Thursday, January 16, 2014

The EUCE/ESC is pleased to present the first Spring 2014 Conversations on Europe Videoconference. Panelists will discuss the 2004 enlargement, which witnessed the growth of the EU from 15 member states to 25, and assess the impact of that expansion on the entering member states and the institutions of the European Union. Participants will include Geoffrey Harris (European Parliament Liaison Office), Zoltan Barany (University of Texas), Jacques Rupnik (Sciences Po), Carolyn ban (GSPIA), and Andrew Konitzer (REES, Political Science). Ron Linden, Director of the EUCE/ESC, will moderate.

Conversations on Europe: France as a Global Leader

France as a Global Leader
Thursday, November 21, 2013

On February 19, 2013, Newsweek published an article that was provocatively titled “France: Leader of the Free World", taunting U.S. leaders to consider France's foreign policy in recent years. Experts commented on recent developments and how they relate to domestic and regional concerns. The Conversation was moderated by Professor Pierre Landry (University of Pittsburgh) and presenters included Laird Boswell (University of Wisconsin-Madison), David Pettersen (University of Pittsburgh) and Jean-Philippe Mathy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).