Talking Europe – European defence and security

Conference on future European defence and security (organised with Scottish Council on Global Affairs)

In 1993, the Maastricht Treaty introduced the concept of a Common Foreign and Security Policy for the European Union. It was pre-dated by over 40 years by the North Atlantic Treaty, and the rejection of the European Defence Community Treaty.

The world has changed rapidly – in the former Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Georgia, Gaza, Syria and beyond. US support for NATO is questioned as never before, while the UK seeks a place in security and defence from outside of the EU.

An expert panel of academics and diplomats will look at what has changed, why, and what might lie ahead – for the continent and for the UK and Scotland.

• Consul General Christiane Hullmann, Federal Republic of Germany
• Consul General Stéphane Pailler, French Republic
• Professor Peter Jackson, Chair in Global Security, University of Glasgow; Executive Director, SCGA
• Professor Brigid Laffan, Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute; Chancellor, University of Limerick

Register for (free) places at the above event, here.

This event is part of the European Movement in Scotland’s Talking Europe Festival.