Moderated by Emilio Dabed, York University (Toronto)
Abstract
This final panel provides an epistemic framework to show how Europe has defeated the two-state solution. Perpetually circumventing the rules laid down by their own institutions, Europe's leaders have directly undermined their own principles, serving the interests of individuals rather than those of member states and regional players. This gap between saying and doing has now led to accusations of complicity in the genocide, as the EU has failed to respond adequately to the opinions of the two international courts of justice.
Speakers
- Andrea Teti, University of Salerno: The cost of alignment: how EU policy towards Palestine dooms peace and weakens the modern state.
- Sonia Boulos, Nebrija University / CEARC: From rhetoric to complicity: Europe and the crisis of international law in Gaza.
- Dimitris Bouris, University of Amsterdam: The European Union and the murder of the two-state solution.
Andrea Teti
Andrea Teti is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Salerno, Italy, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Middle East Critique. He is a recognized expert on EU-MENA relations, democratization, authoritarianism and the politics of social science knowledge production on the Middle East. He is the lead author of The Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia (2018) and Democratization Against Democracy: How EU Policy Fails the Middle East (2020).
Sonia Boulos
Sonia Boulos is Associate Professor of International Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law and International Relations, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija. Her research focuses on the international protection of human rights. She is head of the SEGERICO research group (Security, Risk and Conflict Management) and a founding member of CEARC (Centro de Estudios Árabes Contemporáneos). She is also co-editor of Palestine/Israel Review.
Dimitris Bouris
Dimitris Bouris is Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. He is also Associate Editor of the academic journal European Security and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Natolin). He is the author of The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories: state-building without a state (2014) and has published widely on the EU's role in Palestine and Israel. His research focuses on critical perspectives on the EU's role as a global actor, as well as on issues of international recognition and contested states.
Emilio Dabed
Emilio Dabed is a Palestinian-Chilean jurist and Doctor of Political Science (Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, France), specializing in constitutional law, international law and human rights. He is currently Associate Professor of International Law at the Arab American University in Palestine. He has lectured at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in Toronto, Columbia Law School, Al-Quds/Bard College, An-Najah University in Nablus and Diego Portales University in Santiago. His research focuses on the links between law, political and social change.
