Chatham House will host a private discussion of findings from the C3EU project - Crisis, Conflict and Critical Diplomacy of the EU - on 17 April 2018. Ben O'Loughlin and colleagues Natalia Chaban and Patrick Müller will present analysis on productive ways for the EU to communicate with and engage audiences in Ukraine and Israel-Palestine.

Crisis, Conflict and Critical Diplomacy: Narratives and Perceptions of the EU in Ukraine, Israel and Palestine

Tuesday, 17 April | 14.00 - 15.30

Speakers:

Natalia Chaban, Professor of European Union Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Ben O'Loughlin, Professor of International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London

Patrick Müller, Ikerbasque Research Fellow, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Chair:

Yossi Mekelberg, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House

Location:

Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

This roundtable will explore findings from a Jean Monnet-funded 3-year study of strategic narratives and perceptions of the EU in two conflict spaces, Ukraine and Israel-Palestine. By identifying how different local actors (elites, media and youth) narrate the international system and the role of their nation in it, is it possible to explain how and why they offer specific narratives about future prospects for peace and the EU’s role as potential mediator?

The roundtable will be held under the Chatham House Rule.