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The purpose, even existence, of our Union is being questioned. Yet, our

citizens and the world need a strong European Union like never before. Our

wider region has become more unstable and more insecure. The crises

within and beyond our borders are affecting directly our citizens’ lives. In

challenging times, a strong Union is one that thinks strategically, shares a

vision and acts together. This is even more true after the British referendum.

We will indeed have to rethink the way our Union works, but we perfectly

know what to work for. We know what our principles, our interests and our

priorities are. This is no time for uncertainty: our Union needs a Strategy.

We need a shared vision, and common action.

From the Foreword to "A Global Strategy for the

European Union’s Foreign And Security Policy" by Federica Mogherini, High Representative

of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Opening of the conference

10: 45-10:50

Anna Czyż PhD, Vice Dean for Students’ Affairs, Faculty of History and Social Science, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Prof. Sławomir Zaręba, Dean of the Historical and Social Science Faculty, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Prof. Radoslaw Zenderowski, Director of the Institute of Political Science of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

Piotr Womela, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Poland

Anna Skolimowska PhD, Collegium Interethnicum Foundation

10:50-12:40 European Union’s identity in the International Affairs

Moderation

Fr. Prof. Piotr Mazurkiewicz, Institute of Political Science Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Małgorzata Bonikowska PhD, President of the Centre for the International Relations

Prof. Sven Biscop, Egmont-Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels,

International identity of the European Union in the context of a new EU strategy in the world

Marcin Terlikowski PhD, Head of the European Security and Defence Economics Project, The Polish Institute of International Affairs

Prof. Joanna Starzyk-Sulejewska, Institute of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Warsaw University

Debate

13:20-15:20 Perception of the European Union’s global identity in third countries – an academic analysis

Moderation

Anna Skolimowska PhD, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University

Kamil Zajączkowski PhD, Warsaw University,

European Union and Africa – in search of the new model of common relations?

Beata Piskorska PhD, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)

European Union and countries of Eastern Partnership – what type of cooperation?

Marko Babić PhD, Institute of European Studies, Warsaw University

Perception of the European Union in the Western Balkans

Andrzej Szabaciuk PhD, Institute of Political Science and International Affairs, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Russian perspective of the European identity

Prof. Anna Peck, Bartosz Rydliński PhD (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University)

European identity from the American perspective

Olga Barbasiewicz PhD, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Science

The Far East and Europe: security perspective

Dorota Jurkiewicz-Eckert, Warsaw University,

Culture and the EU’s soft power foreign policies: is there a new chapter possible?

Anna Skolimowska PhD (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University)

In search of academic tools to evaluate Europe’s identity on the global stage

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