{"id":1020,"date":"2021-05-13T17:32:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T15:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/eu-in-the-changing-world-perspectives-from-poland-and-slovenia\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T14:56:22","slug":"eu-in-the-changing-world-perspectives-from-poland-and-slovenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/eu-in-the-changing-world-perspectives-from-poland-and-slovenia\/","title":{"rendered":"EU in the changing world, Perspectives from Poland and Slovenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>13 May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;EU in the changing world, Perspectives from Poland and Slovenia&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0points of discussion: zoom SDMO s PISM (Polish Institute of International Affairs)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demands internally and externally have grown for a stronger and more\u00a0active European global role. The current European Commission has\u00a0ultimately defined its geopolitical aspirations. Is the EU capable to\u00a0retain a leading position in the world? Where is EU as the global player\u00a0\u2013 in the first or the second league?<\/li>\n<li>The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the political and economic landscape of the EU. Has pandemic become the major game changer of the world order that could jeopardise EU\u2019s geopolitical ambitions?<\/li>\n<li>Is enlargement in the strategic interest of the EU? If yes, what\u00a0should EU do? Should EU refocus its external strategies by\u00a0reinvigorating its neighbourhood policies (Southern and Eastern)?\u00a0Western Balkans accession to the EU \u2013 important priority of Slovenia\u2019s\u00a0presidency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the side of the SDMO, the panel featured Ambassador Dr. Jo\u017ee Kuni\u010d, Honorary President of SDMO, and Mr Mirko Cigler, a member of the SDMO. On the side of the PISM (Polish Institute of International Affairs), the participants included Dr. Marta Szpala, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw (OSW), and Dr. Melchior Szczepanik, Senior Research Fellow at the European Union Programme, The Polish Institute of International Affairs. The discussion was opened by Dr. \u0141ukasz Jurczyszyn, Director of the Brussels Office at The Polish Institute of International Affairs, and Mr. Marjan \u0160etinc, President of SDMO, who provided introductory remarks for both segments of the discussion. PISM&#8217;s Brussels office ensured seamless technical support for the event.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attachment: <a href=\"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/S\u030cetinc-Kunic\u030c-Future-of-Europe-contribution-by-SDMO-members.docx\">S\u030cetinc, Kunic\u030c \u2013 Future of Europe contribution by SDMO members<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ndFsIK_vuuo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU in the changing world. Perspectives from Poland and Slovenia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Points of discussion: zoom SDMO s PISM (Polish Institute of International Affairs)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-panel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}