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Pre-sessional Programme in Brussels: 4 August to 13 September

We are delighted to announce that we will offer a six week pre-sessional programme in Brussels which is designed to help students to prepare to study at Masters level in English. The programme will start on 4 August and end of 13 September. Orientation Week for new students then begins 23 September and the term officially starts 30 September. To apply you should already have an English level of at least IELTS 6.0. For infor...
The Iranian nuclear crisis and the dialectic of world order

Given the track record of failed attempts at diplomacy, PhD research student Moritz Pieper questions whether some tacit agreement can bring a long-term resolution to this new Cold War. The full article can be found online at http://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/moritz-pieper/iranian-nuclear-crisis-and-dialectic-of-world-order The focus of Moritz Pieper's research is on regional and inter-regional power dynamics in the Middle East and C...
Global Europe Workshop Brussels

Following the launch of the Global Europe Centre in Canterbury, our campuses in both Canterbury and Brussels are currently organising a series of Global Europe workshops, held for interested postgraduate research students at the University of Kent. Panels will cover all aspects of the study of Europe at large. These range from the practicalities of academic research, including information on funding and publishing opportunities or Brussels as a fieldwork loc...
Why 2013 will not be the year of an Iranian Spring.

In his research published this week by openDemocracy, BSIS PhD researcher Moritz Pieper, argues that it cannot be assumed that the upcoming presidential elections in June will bring about radical change: http://www.opendemocracy.net/moritz-pieper/no-prospects-for-iranian-spring The focus of Moritz Pieper's research is on regional and inter-regional power dynamics in the Middle East and Central Asia, with a special interest in non-Western foreign policies tow...
Joint Workshop with Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

The Brussels School of International Studies is delighted to host a Joint Workshop with National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Ukraine "The EU's Association Agreements with the Eastern Partnership Countries" May 31, 2012, at 10:00-16:30, Wilson Room, Brussels School of International Studies Boulevard de la Plaine 5, Third Floor, BE-1050 Ixelles, Bruxelles https://www.facebook.com/events/150115945154528/ ..............................................
Help those helping Syrias refugees

In the latest of a series of articles focussing on conflict in the broader Middle East, Moritz Pieper and Octavius Pinkard, two BSIS PhD researchers, publish their research in Daily Star (Lebanon) arguing that the ongoing struggle in Syria is one in which delicate internal politics and the competing interests of external actors have combined to create a major refugee crisis. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2013/May-21/217776-help-th...
The European Unions Role & Responsibility in International Mediation

On behalf of the University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS), the Brussels Negotiation and Mediation Forum has the great pleasure of inviting you to a Roundtable Discussion on The European Unions Role & Responsibility in International Mediation, scheduled to take place on Monday, May 27th, 2013 at the European Parliament. We present to you a student-led roundtable that will address topics such as...
West Can Ill Afford to Get It Wrong on Syria

Moritz Pieper and Octavius Pinkard, two BSIS PhD researchers, publish their research in The Moscow Times arguing that foreign governments need to exercise caution in their reactions to the conflict in Syria. History and recent events provide useful guidance for policy-makers and implementers. In the case of the rebel groups in Syria, say Pieper and Pinkard, the handwriting has been on the wall or more than 18 months. This column is the latest in a series of ...
Economic and Social Rights in the Age of Neo-liberalism

Kent Law Schools Centre for Critical International law is holding a workshop on 6 June 2013 entitled Economic and Social Rights in the Age of Neo-liberalism . The aim of the workshop is to generate debate and scholarship on development policies that are designed to assist rather than undermine states efforts to protect the economic social and cultural rights of their peoples. Critical scholarship in the field of economic social and cultural rights reve...
Long-term peace implications between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers Party

In an article published in The Daily Star (Lebanon), two BSIS PhD researchers (Moritz Pieper and Octavius Pinkard) discuss the implications of a long-term peace between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). They focus on the likely effects on Turkish domestic politics, as well as the implications for Syria and the broader region. They argue that any peace between Ankara and the PKK must include the extension of full...
Perceptions from the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region

BSIS Guest Lecturer Series in Conflict Analysis, March 2013 As part of the Brussels School of International Studies guest lecture series, PhD student Robert Zaman hosted the Pakistan and Afghanistan ambassadors to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg in a lecture on Perceptions from the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region. This lecture series aimed to address the scheduled 2014 drawdown of allied forces from Afghanistan and the subsequent shift of security responsibility ...
Jean Monnet lectures, Spring 2013

Brussels School of International Studies & Global Europe Centre, University of Kent With the Support of the LLP Programme of the European Union In March the Brussels School of International Studies and the Global Europe Centre (University of Kent) are organising a series of Jean Monnet lectures to reflect and debate on the EUs strategic diplomacy. We have the pleasure to invite you to this week's lecture and debate. Wednesday 27 March, 13:00-...

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Dr Lucy Williams

Lucy Williams teaches the module Humanitarian Issues in Forced Migration
Dr Yutaka Arai

Yutaka Arai is a Reader in International Human Rights Law and teaches International Human Rights Law and the Law of Armed Conflict at the Brussels School of International Studies
Dr Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels

Dr Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels is a Lecturer in Migration and Politics. She convenes the MA in International Migration and teaches the modules "Theories of Migration, Integration and Citizenship", and "Migration: Conflict, the State and Human Rights".
Dr Nikolas Rajkovic

Dr Rajkovic teaches modules in Public International Law, Legal Aspects of Contemporary International Problems and Diplomatic Law at the Brussels School of International Studies.
Professor Richard Whitman

Richard Whitman teaches European Foreign and Security Policy at the Brussels School of International Studies
Dr Tom Casier

Tom Casier is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and holds a Jean Monnet Chair. He convenes the MA in International Relations and the MA in European Public Policy and teaches the modules International Relations Theory, EU Politics and Governance and Europe and Global Change.
Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma

Miguel Leon-Ledesma teaches on the module Development Economics.

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