Geopolitical challenges in the Balkans in the shadow of the pandemic

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Geopolitical challenges in the Balkans in the shadow of the pandemic

Wednesday, 10 June 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Webinar
Speaker(s): 
Dimitar Bechev (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Arolda Elbasani (ChinaMed Project, Turin World Affairs Institute)
Anastas Vangeli (Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw)
Chair: 
Othon Anastasakis and Jessie Barton-Hronesova (SEESOX)
Convenor: 
Othon Anastasakis (Director SEESOX, St Antony’s College), Jessie Barton-Hronesova (ESRC Fellow, Oxford Department of International Development & SEESOX).
Series: 
SEESOX

The panel will be looking at the role of the EU and external actors in the Balkans during the course of the pandemic. More specifically we will be discussing:

1. What kind of influences/interferences/support from EU/China/Russia have we seen across the region since the start of the pandemic?

2. What have been the domestic reactions to competing interventions during the pandemic? 

3. Do we see a significant impact emerging out of this competing set of influences? Do we expect things to change in the future and how?

This seminar is the follow-up to our Hilary term seminar series on Security and geopolitics in South East Europe a brief summary of which will be delivered by David Madden (SEESOX).

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