As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel to Brussels for the Brussels Study Tour in Summer 2020 was cancelled. To fill this educational gap for the educators already selected for the 2020 cohort, virtual programming was implemented.

In this second session, the 2020 educator cohort engaged in a moderated conversation with David O'Sullivan, former Ambassador of the European Union to the United States (2014-2019). Through this conversation, educators learned more about EU foreign relations, particularly with the U.S., and current issues.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel to Brussels for the Brussels Study Tour in Summer 2020 was cancelled. To fill this educational gap for the educators already selected for the 2020 cohort, virtual programming was implemented.

In this first session, Brianna Howell, a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, will present an Introduction to the European Union to the 2020 educator cohort followed by an interactive Q&A.

The EU's relations with Iran have strengthened since the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015. These relations have become more important now, as the current US administration is determined to further undermine the agreement by pressing the UN to restore economic sanctions and extend the arms embargo against Iran. The EU’s disagreement with the US position has brought the nuclear non-proliferation regime, the maintenance of international agreements, and the future of European relations with the US and Iran at a crossroads.

In the past year more people have become familiar with the graph of the epidemic curve than ever before. Beginnings, peaks and endings of COVID-19 occupy everyday discussions, inform policies, shape social interactions and provide bases for criticism and political action. What constitutes an ending, when that endpoint is and what might bring it about is more and more unclear, however. Through historical case studies, this talk explores some of the stakes in how we think about the temporalities of epidemics, and how their historical framing may impact on public health responses.

Around the world, countries are undertaking fiscal stimulus responses in order to accelerate their recovery from COVID-19. On 21 July 2020, EU leaders agreed to a €1,824.3 trillion (ca $2 trillion) package which includes a €1,074.3 billion budget for the next seven years and a major stimulus package of €750 billion. The Next Generation EU (NGEU) stimulus package will help to rebuild and to support investment in green and digital transitions.

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