More than two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Europe continues to grapple with the war’s myriad consequences. While the European Union showed unprecedented unity and speed in providing aid to Ukraine, ensuring the intensity and sustainability of that support has proven challenging.

This eighth ENGAGE webinar will explore the EU’s evolving space policy and the challenges of establishing an autonomous space strategy that advances Europe’s global ambitions.

This seventh ENGAGE webinar will unpack the complexities of the European Union’s engagement with the region, shedding light on recent developments and exploring how the union’s long-term strategic objectives balance commercial interests and security imperatives.

This sixth ENGAGE webinar will explore how transatlantic partners can navigate domestic developments and external shocks, and secure a cooperative future in spite of electoral uncertainty, different worldviews, and competing interests.

This fifth ENGAGE webinar will explore the complexities of the bloc’s trade policies and strategies in light of its foreign policy ambitions, internal pressures, and international contestation.

In this fifth ENGAGE high-level lecture, José Briceño Ruiz will unpack the obstacles to and opportunities for a renewed EU-Latin America partnership.

In this fourth ENGAGE high-level lecture, Lay Hwee Yeo explores the evolution of the EU’s engagement with Asia, the Union’s relations with ASEAN in the context of the rise of China, and the many challenges ahead.

The lack of a clear strategic vision for engagement with its Southern neighbours has hindered the European Union’s response to emerging crises in the region and prevented the bloc from becoming a more assertive global actor.

In this fourth webinar, Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Marc Pierini and Amberin Zaman discuss the implications of the elections for the EU and the MENA region.

In this third ENGAGE webinar, Christian Kremer, Yana Popkostova and Marie Vandendriessche examine how the European Union and its Member States can best deal with the challenges of energy security.

Our third ENGAGE high-level lecture in which Alexander Stubb explores the notion of power in today’s contested world and discusses how the EU can remain relevant.

In this second ENGAGE high-level lecture, Mary Kaldor will explore how recent events, such as the Russian war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic, have impacted human security in Europe and how they can shape the EU’s external action in the long term.

In this second ENGAGE webinar, in which Benjamin Martill, Alena Kudzko and Ester Sabatino will explore how the Russian war in Ukraine affects the Strategic Compass and whether it can give new momentum to European security and defence cooperation.

At this first ENGAGE webinar, Ana Hernández Sierra, Viktor Szép and Jan Wouters will discuss how the EU uses sanctions to respond to violations of international law and threats to European security.

ENGAGE’s first high-level lecture will feature Robert Cooper, who will shed light on EU diplomatic history between 2002 and 2012 and explain how lessons from Kosovo’s independence, the nuclear negotiations with Iran and Ukraine’s Orange Revolution can advance the quest for European strategic autonomy.

This virtual conference launched ENGAGE, a project that examines how the EU can effectively and sustainably meet strategic challenges by harnessing all of its tools to become a more assertive global actor.