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The EU Today podcast covers cutting-edge research on current events within the EU, including political divides, migration, and the EU's global connections. The podcast is produced at the Center for European Studies, a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. EU Today is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

  1. 06/12/2023

    NATO Enlargement & the EU

    How are NATO and the EU responding to Russian aggression in Ukraine? Dr. Ingo Peters outlines implications for the transatlantic relationship and European geopolitics.

    36 min

  2. 05/24/2023

    Zeitenwende: Sea-Change in European Security

    The rhetoric and reality of tectonic shifts in Europe and transatlantic relations since the Russian attack on Ukraine will be analyzed from various angles. Defense relations have been altered within Europe as well as Nato. Energy security moved front and center, altering and accelerating moves towards alternative and renewable energy sources. Despite these enormous pressures, the German traffic light coalition had difficulties adjusting its budget accordingly, while the French nuclear industry struggled to meet expectations. Beyond breathing new life into Nato (which was declared “brain dead” by President Macron and put into question by President Trump not long ago), Russia tries to influence the political discourse in the West, supporting anti-establishment groups and spreading disinformation. This major land war in Europe has changed the equation for European security cooperation and Nato as much as it has upended German and EU “Ostpolitik.” The US is asking for a stronger European pillar in Nato but is weary of any strategic autonomy. How can this and other transatlantic conundrums be resolved? What could Europe’s contributions be to a stable peace in the East?

    35 min

  3. 05/09/2021

    Populism in Poland and the EU

    This podcast features an interview with Dr. Milada Vachudova, Associate Professor of Political Science at UNC–Chapel Hill and Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Key Faculty Member. Dr. Vachudova discusses her ongoing research into populist and ethnopopulist movements in the transatlantic context, as well as democratic backsliding in post-communist European countries.

    18 min

  4. 04/20/2021

    Refugees & Borders in the EU

    This podcast features interviews with the organizers of the fall 2020 virtual conference "Encountering Difference, Embodying Boundaries, and Unsettling Borders: Middle Eastern Refugees and Immigrants in the European Union". Hosted, and with introduction and conclusion, by UNC Geography faculty Dr. Banu Gökarıksel. Conference organizers include UNC Geography alumni Dr. Devran Koray Öcal and Dr. Nathan Swanson, and current students Betül Aykaç, Suad Jabr, and Lily Herbert.

    49 min

  5. 01/12/2021

    Sci-Fi & The EU

    This podcast features an interview of Dr. Sherryl Vint (UC Riverside) by Dr. Priscilla Layne (UNC-CH). Dr. Layne is an Associate Professor of German, Adjunct Associate Professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, and Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Key Faculty Member. Dr. Vint is is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and director of the Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science program. During their conversation, Drs. Vint and Layne discuss how sci-fi texts shape and inform understanding of contemporary biopolitical trends in Europe and the US.

    38 min

  6. 09/08/2020

    Welfare States and Inequality

    This podcast features an interview with UNC-CH professors Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens. Evelyne Huber is the Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political Science. John D. Stephens is the Gerhard E. Lenski, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology. He is also the Director of the Center for European Studies, a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. They discuss different models and outcomes of welfare states in the EU and beyond, as well as their ongoing project, Increasing Inequality in Post-Industrial Knowledge Economies.

    33 min

  7. 08/12/2020

    The European Parliament and the US

    This podcast features an interview with Joseph Dunne, the Director of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington D.C. He discusses the European Parliament’s work in the US, including their relations with US congress and how EU and US politics have changed over the years.

    32 min

  8. 08/12/2020

    EU-US Military Relations

    This podcast features an interview with staff at German think tank The Atlantic Academy. Director David Sirakov and Education Manager Sarah Wagner discuss EU-US military relations. The Atlantic Academy is located in Kaiserslautern, Germany, near Ramstein Air Base and also home to the largest community of Americans outside of the US.

    32 min
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The EU Today podcast covers cutting-edge research on current events within the EU, including political divides, migration, and the EU's global connections. The podcast is produced at the Center for European Studies, a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. EU Today is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

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    EU Today
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2023
  • Episodes
    15
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