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September 21st, 16.30- 19.30, Residence Palace, Brussels

Exactly a week after the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum’s “New Champions” meeting ends in Dalian, the IMF and World Bank will open their annual meeting in Washington DC. That these meetings are being held in China and the USA is symbolic of the “new” and “old” centres of power in the global political economy, and the changing balance of authority between them; and the implications of this changing global order will be on the agenda at both events.

Europe is not just a passive observer; but it faces a number of challenges (both internal and external) to ensure that European interests are defined, articulated, and promoted in ways that influence these ongoing processes of global change. These challenges go to the very heart of the nature of the EU as a global actor – an issue which itself is at the heart of the GR:EEN research agenda.

On September 21^st, directly in between these two events, the GR:EEN project will address Europe’s role and place within this changing global order. Join us at our launch event in Brussels as we explore the nature of the EU in a multi-polar world through a panel discussion and open debate.

Please contact green@warwick.ac.uk if you are interested in attending

GR:EEN post-doc reseacher, Yong-soo Eu, Warwick, has been offered the position of Associate Fellow (Non-Resident Research Fellow) at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Seoul, Korea. IFES is one of the largest and most respected research-oriented think tanks in South Korea, which carries out research on the international relations of East Asia and publishes a number of policy reports and academic journals including Asian Perspective.

The GR:EEN Fund, a grant process set up to provide funding for researchers from selected non-GR:EEN (and non-EU) institutions, has made its first awards following Rounds 1 & 2 of its call for applications. The Fund, which is open to applications from GR:EEN partners, will operate throughout the life of the project, bringing in new researchers and broadening the GR:EEN horizon.

In Rounds 1 & 2, nominated scholars from India and China have been awarded funding for event attendance and a 1 month fellowship respectively.

"At a time when this part of the world is preoccupied with how to manage an increasingly powerful and assertive China, the EU experience is salutary" - Mark Beeson, The Age - theage.com.au