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DPP Faculty Member Nick Sitter gave talk on "The EU, Energy Security and the 2012 Elections in the Ukraine: Just another BRIC in the wall?" conference

November 21, 2012
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Nick Sitter spoke on "The EU, Energy Security and the 2012 Elections in the Ukraine: Just another BRIC in the wall?" at the "Where is Ukraine Headed in the Wake of the 2012 Parliamentary Elections?" conference organized by the Center for EU Enlargement Studies and the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, held on November 14, 2012.

Listen to the talk on the link below.

 

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DPP's Mundus MAPP student Steve Butterfield publishes an op-ed in the leading paper in Maine, USA

November 21, 2012
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Steve Butterfield, a first-year Erasmus Mundus MAPP student here at CEU, wrote an op-ed on President Obama's visit this week to the country of Myanmar. The piece touches not only on the significance of the visit not only for Myanmar's nascent democratic development, but explores the ramifications for U.S.-Chinese relations and "great game" geopolitics in southeast Asia between the two world powers.

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Martin Kahanec (DPP) speaks about migration policy at the European Parliament

November 20, 2012
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On November 14, 2012, Martin Kahanec (DPP) spoke at the conference "Mobility - how to make it work? : Towards a new European paradigm on migration" organized by the Greens/European Free Alliance at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Drawing on his recent research projects, Kahanec reviewed what we know about "Migrants and their contribution to social protection systems". In particular, in his talk he challenged widespread beliefs that migrants abuse the welfare state, "shop" for welfare, and are net beneficiaries from the social security system.

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DPP hosted Case Study Integrity Forum for the GR:EEN FP7 research project

November 16, 2012
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On October 18th and 19th 2012 the CEU Department of Public Policy hosted a Case Study Integrity Forum for the GR:EEN research project (Global re-ordering: Evolution through European Networks). The GR:EEN project, funded by an FP7 grant of the European Commission, involves 16 universities from across the world and explores and examines Europe’s role in the emerging global order.

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Fulbright Commission Appoints DPP's Professor, Karoly Jokay New Executive Director for Hungary

November 16, 2012
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The Hungarian-American Commission for Education Exchange (“Fulbright Commission”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Károly Jókay as Executive Director, effective November 1, 2012. The Commission was established by the US Department of State and by the Hungarian Ministry of Education. The Commission is governed by a 10 member Board representing Hungarian academia, the Ministries of Human Resources and Foreign Affairs, as well as American diplomats and business people appointed by the Ambassador.

 

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