Date: 15 December 2021 The EU's Foreign Policy: Trends and Perspectives Second International Conference organized by Beykent University European Union Application and Research Centre December 15, 2021 Click here for registration and more Online Registration (09.45 – 10.00) Opening Speeches (10.00 - 10.15) Prof. Murat Ferman - Rector, Beykent University Prof. Evren Ayrancı - Dean, Beykent University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences Panel 1 (10.15 - 11.45) Geopolitics of the EU’s foreign policy: Conceptual and institutional approaches Chair: Assoc. Prof. Sinem Kocamaz-Ünaldılar (Ege University, İzmir, Turkey) The Agenda for the Geopolitical European Commission Assoc. Prof. Kamil Zwolski, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. The EU in times of crises. Towards a new conceptualization of the EU’s foreign policy role? Assoc. Prof. Elena Baracani, University of Bologna, Italy. The Role of Soft Power in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood Policy Asst. Prof. Hakkı Göker Önen, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey. Panel 2 (12.30 - 14.00) Case studies Chair: Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas (Yıldız Technical University & Economic Development Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey) The Afghan question in the EU’s foreign policy Jean Louis De Brouwer, Senior fellow, Egmont-Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels, Belgium. Implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for the European Union in the Post-Covid Global Economic Governance Asst. Prof. Karina Jędrzejowska & Asst. Prof. Anna Wróbel, University of Warsaw, Poland. Understanding EU relations with Central Asian countries: Views from Central Asia Assoc. Prof. Kristina Juhász & PhD candidate Nosirkhon Qodirov, University of Szeged, Hungary. Towards a renovated global role: The EU-China relations under the Sinatra Doctrine Assoc. Prof. Montserrat Pintado Lobato, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Panel 3 (14.15 – 16.00) Turkey-EU relations in historical and comparative perspectives Chair: Prof. Akile Reşide Gürsoy (Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey) Democratisation and the EU’s role in its neighbourhood: the case of Belarus, Turkey and Ukraine Asst. Prof. Lucie Tungul, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Activism in Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Ruptures in the Relations with Europe Asst. Prof. Sima Baidya, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Implications over Turkey-EU Relations Asst. Prof. Zühal Ünalp-Çepel, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey. Closing Remarks & Discussion (16.00 - 16.45)