What Future for the Norms-Based International Order? Czech and German perspectives

Monday 13.05.2019, 17:00 – 19:00

Small Audotrium, Karolinum of the Charles University (Ovocný trh 5/560, 116 36 Prague 1.

The Representation of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in the Czech Republic and the Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences (FSV UK) of the Charles University are looking forward to hosting a public debate on the topic: "What Future for the Norms-Based International Order? Czech and German perspectives" with Dr. Gernot Erler and Prof. Hanns Maull. The debate will be held on 13th of May 2019 from 5 till 7 p.m. in the small auditorium of the Karolinum of the Charles University (Ovocný trh 5/560, 116 36 Prague 1).

The norm-based international order has been challenged by the complex agenda of the globalised world and by the three competing great powers – the disruptive power of Russia and the two ordering powers, the United States and the People's Republic of China. The existing multilateral institutions and their member states, the EU and Germany in the first place, are in search of an answer to the challenges. Responding to the new situation needs both deep practical and academic knowledge. The panel discussion will offer both with Gernot Erler introducing the event with a paper based on his newest book on world order and Hanns Maull as well as Jakub Eberle discussing the topic and bringing in their own thoughts and ideas in this regard. Moderation: Dagmar Rychnovská.

Dr. Gernot Erler: is the former Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany (2005 to 2009). He was from 1987 until 2017 a MP in the German Bundestag and is an expert on Russian Politics. Among others he served as the German government's Coordinator for Inter-Societal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries at the Federal Foreign Office (2014 until 2017) and as a Special Representative of Germany for the country's chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2016.

Prof. Hanns Maull: is the Senior Distinguished Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, where he has run a major project on transformation of the world order (German) with a related book publication (in English, available in the library FSV Jinonice). He is also Senior Policy Fellow for China's Global Role, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin and Adjunct Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Bologna. He held the Chair for Foreign Policy and International Relations at the University of Trier in Germany until 2013.

Dr. Jakub Eberle: Senior Researcher and Head of the Centre for European Integration at the Institute of International Relations Prague. He earned his Ph.D. in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick, UK (2016). He also holds degrees from the University of St Andrews (M.Litt., 2012) and Charles University (B.A., 2010). His areas of interest include German foreign policy, Czech foreign policy as well as theory and methodology of international relations. Jakub's work appeared in a range of journals including International Political Sociology, Foreign Policy Analysis and Journal of International Relations and Development. His book _Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy: Germany and the Iraq War_ is forthcoming with Routledge. He is also a member of the Peace Research Center Prague / Charles University Center of Excellence.

Dr. Dagmar Rychnovská is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) with a project SECCON exploring security controversies in emerging research and innovation. The main interest of her work is to understand how our societies balance the demands for scientific progress with security interests and with what implications for the practice of science and the politics of security. Dagmar is a political scientist specializing in critical approaches to International Relations and Security Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations (Charles University in Prague), an M.A. in Comparative and International Studies (ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich) and an LLM in Law and Politics of International Security (VU University Amsterdam). Prior to joining the IHS Vienna, she worked as a lecturer and researcher at the Charles University and Metropolitan University Prague.

The debate will be held in English and interpretation in to German will be provided.

Programme:

From 16:30 Registration

17:00 – 17:10 Welcome remarks by:

Tomáš Nigrin, Director of the Institute of International Studies

Anne Seyfferth, Director of the Representation of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in the Czech Republic

17:10 – 17:40 Opening speech by Gernot Erler

17:40 – 19:00 Debate with Hanns Maull and Jakub Eberle

Moderation: Dagmar Rychnovská

Registrace do 9. 5. 2019 na http://www.fesprag.eu/index.php/2019_1305/