As the last event in a series of engagement with its focus topic on Subnational Diplomacy, the Academy hosted a Webinar on Paradiplomacy during Global Crisis. Organised by Associate Fellow Debora Prado, the debate featured her, Anja Jakobi, Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska, and Associate Fellow Summar Iqbal Barbar. With a focus on the role of paradiplomacy in …

In cooperation with the Paradiplomacy Scholars Forum, a webinar was held at the initiative of AIA Fellow Débora Figueiredo M. Prado (Federal University of Uberlândia / AIA NRW) focusing on historical developments, institutions, and specific case studies of Brazilian paradiplomacy. With its 210 million inhabitants, Brazil is the seventh most populous country in the world …

Initiated by AIA Fellow Stuart MacDonald, a webinar on ‘Soft Power in Transactional Times’ took place on 3 February. This brought together potential consortium partners to identify the most suitable proposal for an application for a Horizon Europe research project on the topic of soft power under the conditions of transactional foreign policy. Based on …

As part of the Bonn Symposium, organized by the Development & Peace Foundation, the AIA NRW hosted the first panel discussion on the topic of “Peace with or protection from Russia? Rethinking Europe’s security after Ukraine.” Moderated by AIA Associate Fellow Mariia Levchenko, we discussed with Dr. Christina Horváth-Stenner, Head of the Europe Department at …