Moderated by François Ceccaldi, Collège de France
Abstract
Since the Treaty of Rome signed in 1957, the European Union has presented itself as the guarantor of respect for human rights and international law. Beyond this normative display, we need to analyze its concrete role in the political and diplomatic processes in Palestine. After looking back at the background to the creation of European institutions, this panel will examine the EU's policy-making and its effects on Palestinian political actors.
Speakers
- Daniela Huber, University of Rome III, University of Leuven : From the European Community to the European Union in Israel/Palestine : continuities and ruptures ?
- Mandy Turner, Security in Context / International State Crime Initiative - Queen Mary University of London : Western peace-building as counter-insurgency in occupied Palestine.
- Muriel Asseburg, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik : A critical reading of the European Union's role in Palestine.
Daniela Huber
Daniela Huber is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Roma Tre University (University of Rome III). She is also scientific advisor to the Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa program at the IAI, and co-editor-in-chief of The International Spectator.
Mandy Turner
Mandy Turner is a freelance writer and research associate at Security in Context (Queen Mary University of London's International State Crime Initiative), and at the development and humanitarian think tank ODI. Her work focuses on the political economy of conflict and peace, humanitarianism, multilateralism and the situation in Israel and Palestine. His most recent book is : From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of 'Peace' (2019, in Arabic : 2024).
Muriel Asseburg
Muriel Asseburg is a Senior Researcher in the Africa and Middle East Division of SWP, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, in Berlin, Germany. Her current research focuses on conflict dynamics and peacebuilding in the Levant (Israel/Palestine and Syria in particular) ; Middle East policies of Germany, Europe and the USA ; and issues of state-building, political reform and security in the Eastern Mediterranean.
François Ceccaldi
François Ceccaldi, PhD in Political Studies from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), is a research associate at the Contemporary History of the Arab World Chair at the Collège de France, and a temporary teaching and research associate in political science at the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord. His research focuses on power in Palestine and the Arab world, and on developments in the Palestinian political system.
