News

2022

April

9 April 2022

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “Refugees, migration and the future of the EU-Turkey Relations.”

7 April 2022

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on the Western Balkans and Russia for the Working Party on the Western Balkans Region (COWEB) organised by the Council of the European Union.

7 April 2022

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a workshop titled “How to deal with the threat of authoritarianism? Europe after the elections in Serbia and Hungary – and beyond.”

6 April 2022

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “Effective Policy Advocacy” at a methodological breakfast organised by Think Tank Lab and the German Council on Foreign Relations.

6 April 2022

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a roundtable titled “The Security Situation in Western Balkans vis-à-vis the Russian-Ukrainian War.”

5 April 2022

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “2015 to 2022: how do we manage? Empathy and its limits.”

1 April 2022

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a roundtable titled “The Security Situation in Western Balkans vis-à-vis the Russian-Ukrainian War.”

March

31 March 2022

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a conference titled “Launching of the digital civic centre of the Western Balkans.”

30 March 2022

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation at a debate on “Europe and the refugee crisis: what needs to be done.”

28 March 2022

Kristof Bender was invited to an off-the record expert meeting to discuss the process of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM).

24 March 2022

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “Empty promises or a real perspective? The EU and the Western Balkans.”

22 March 2022

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation at a hearing on “Respect for the rule of law and fight against corruption within the Council of Europe.”

22 March 2022

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a panel discussion titled “The Balkan relations in the time of war in Ukraine.”

22 March 2022

Kristof Bender travelled to Kosovo for talks with officials in the prime minister’s office, the interior ministry, and the foreign ministry on how to revive the EU accession process.

17 March 2022

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a conference titled “Balkans Dialogues Initiative: EU integration perspective of the Western Balkans in times of crisis.”

16 March 2022

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a high-level background discussion titled “Implications of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine for the Western Balkans. Challenges and Options for the New German Government.”

15 March 2022

ESI’s Kristof Bender was invited to give a presentation about the mismatch between EU law and actual practice at the EU’s external borders to students at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies. 

12 March 2022

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “How strong is the West still? Thoughts on the future of peace and democracy in Europe.”

11 March 2022

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a panel titled “Impacts of the War in Ukraine on the Western Balkans.”

7 March 2022

Gerald Knaus gave a presentation on EU Migration Policy for the Bavarian State Chancellery’s internal training program.