International Conference & Workshop Papers

500 - 550

550. “From Euromissiles to CSDP: the EU’s strategic relations with Russia and the US from Brezhnev and Reagan to Putin and Biden”, Keynote address to International Conference on Ten Years of Hopes for a New Europe, University of Pisa, 26 January 2023.

549. “The European Union’s Reactions to the War in Ukraine”, Paper to Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 18 October 2022.

548. “The EU, NATO and the Ukraine Conflict”. Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever? hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, 8 March 2022.

547. “NATO and Transatlantic Relations through the prism of the Ukraine War”, NATO Defense College, Rome, 21 February 2022.

546 “The NATO/ EU Partnership: beyond the bromides”, Paper to the NATO Strategic Concept seminar, Westpoint, 4 February 2022.

545. “Whither European Defense under the Biden Presidency?”, Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever? hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, 2 March 2021.

543. “The CSDP in Transition: options under President Biden”, Seminar given to Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, 30 November 2020.

542. « L’Europe de la Défense : Quel Bilan ? Quel Avenir? », Keynote speech, Conference of the same title, Sciences-Po, Université de Grenoble, 10 November 2020.

541. « L’Avenir de la PSDC sous une Présidence Joe Biden », Keynote speech, Sorbonne European Defence Conference Entretiens de la Défense, European Commission, Brussels, 4 November 2020.

540. “What perspectives for the European Defense Policy?”, Interview with Saint Louis University in Madrid, October 2020: http://crisesobservatory.es/what-perspectives-for-the-european-defense-policy/

539. NATO Defense College, “NATO and the EU: what division of tasks based on what comparative advantages?”, Paper on Panel Partnering with institutions, Conference on: NATO 2030 – NATO’s Partnerships and Security Networks in a Contested Multilateral Order, Rome, NATO Defense College,10-11 December 2020

538. Martens Centre for Euroopean Studies, “EU Defence Cooperation after Covid-19: Quo Vadis?” Debate with Radoslaw Sikorski, Jolyon Howorth, Niklas Novaky and Alice Billon-Galland, Brussels, 15 June 2020.

537. “The EU’s Security and Defence Policy: What Future? Harvard National Model UN paper, 14 February 2020.

536. European External Action Service, “The Security landscape and the EU’s approach to security and defence”, Paper to conference on Europe’s Common Security and Defence Policy, Brussels, December 2019.

535. European External Action Service, “European defence in the transatlantic context: the challenge of strategic autonomy”, Paper to conference on Europe’s Common Security and Defence Policy, Brussels, December 2019.

534. Association France-Grande Bretagne, “Comment sortir de l’impasse euro-américaine ?”, Keynote speech to AFGB, Paris, December 2019.

533. “‘Brain Dead’? The US, NATO, the EU and the UK: towards new defense arrangements for the transatlantic relationship”, Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever? hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, 5 December 2019.

532. “Pour en finir avec l’impasse euro-américaine”, Keynote speech to Conference organised by Institut de Sciences Politiques, L’Europe de la Défense, University of Bordeaux, November 2019.

531. Austrian Institute for European Security Policy, “Europe’s Role in International Politics”, Paper to conference on Europe’s Roe in the Face of Increasing Global Power Shifts, Vienna School of International Studies, November 2019.

530. Austrian Institute for European Security Policy, “Europe’s Role in International Politics”, Paper to conference on Europe’s Role in the Face of Increasing Global Power Shifts, Vienna School of International Studies, November 2019.

529. “Strategic autonomy and EU-NATO relations”, Paper to Beyond the Horizon “European Defence Cooperation” conference, Brussels, October 2019.

528. “UK defence policy post-Brexit”, Paper to academic conference on “The UK and Europe post-Brexit”, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, September 2019.

527. “Towards a ‘European Army’?”, Breakout dinner address, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Brussels Forum, 28 June 2019.

526. European People’s Party/Marten’s Centre, “European Strategic Autonomy: realism, idealism or a pipe-dream?” Keynote address to Marten’s Think-In Policy Debate, Prague, 8 June 2019.

525. European People’s Party/Marten’s Centre, “What approach should the EPP take towards China as a rising global power?” Lead speaker, Marten’s Think-In Speed-dating session, Prague 7 June 2019.

524. “The Arctic Commons: Europe’s last ‘new frontier’”, Paper to the European Union Studies Association, Denver, Colorado, 9 May 2019.

523. “Vers Une Armée Européenne ?”, Keynote address to Conference on : Entretiens de la Défense Européenne, Paris, Sorbonne, 16 May 2019.

522. Egmont Institute/ International Institute for Strategic Studies, Keynote address to Expert Seminar on Autonomy and Strategy: What Should Europe Want? Brussels, 12 March 2019

521. NATO Policy Planning Unit, Keynote address, “EU Strategic Autonomy: Grand Strategy or Pipe Dream?”, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, 7 February 2019.

520. Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, “European Strategy in the Twenty-First Century”, Book Launch talk, 6 February 2019.

519. “A European Defence Renaissance? Russia, NATO and the State of Defense and Security in Europe”, Chair/Discussant, Conference at Institut d’Etudes Politiques – Sciences-Po, Paris, 8 February 2019.

518. “America First, Europe on its Own? The Question of Autonomy”, Paper to Council on Foreign Relations, Washington DC, 30 November 2018.

517. “The State of the Atlantic Alliance: The EU’s bid for strategic autonomy”, Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever? hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, 29 November 2018.

516. “Strategic Autonomy for the European Union: Grand Strategy or Pipe Dream?”, Keynote address to Columbia University “Thinking Europe Now” series, 15 November 2018.

515. “Differentiation in Security & Defence Policy”, Paper on panel “Imagining the Future of Europe: Institutional Cleavages and Future Tensions”, American Political Science Association, Boston, 31 August 2018.

514. “EU-NATO Cooperation: the road to ‘strategic autonomy’?”, Keynote speech delivered to the Conference on The Future of EU-NATO Relations, Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (Paris) and the NATO Defence College (Rome), Ecole Militaire, Paris, 1 July 2018.

513. “A-strategic Europe: the powerlessness of ill-defined objectives”, Paper on panel: “Last Liberal Standing? EU Foreign Policy in the Era of Trump” KFG Closing Conference on The Transformative Power of Europe Re-Visited, Berlin 6-9 June 2018.

512. “Remarks on Retrenchment and Great Power survival” Paper to panel discussion of Paul Macdonald and Joseph Parent’s Twilight of the Titans: Great Power Decline and Retrenchment Notre Dame University campus, Rome, 4 June 2018.

511. “A-strategic Europe: the powerlessness of ill-defined objectives”, Presentation to the Conference on Anne-Marie Le Gloannec’s Continent by Default, Sciences-Po/CERI, Paris, 17 May 2018.

510. “Building A New European Defence Identity”, Paper at Conference Towards a new European Defence Identity, Wilfried Martens Centre, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Sofia Security Forum and Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 4 May 2018.

509. “European Defence Union: Time to Aim High”, Public launch of paper For a True European Defence Union, Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels, 21 March 2018.

508. “Differentiation in Security & Defence Policy”, Paper to Conference on Differentiation in European Integration, Luiss University, 19 March 2018.

507. Ecole de l’Air, Salons de Provence, “La Stratégie Européenne de Sécurité : forces et faiblesses”, Paper to Conference on L’Europe de la Défense, 23 November 2017.
506. “The new European Security Dynamic and Transatlantic Relations in the era of Trump”, Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever? hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, 2 November 2017.
505. Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale, “Europe de la défense : un nouveau départ ?” Paper to Conference on the Relaunch of European Defence, Egmont Palace, Brussels, 5 July 2017.
504. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Wilfried Martens Centre, “The EU and UK security and defence after Brexit”, Paper t Conference on Brexit Begins: How to Avoid Disaster and Make the Best of it for Both Sides, London, Royal Society, 27 June 2017.
503. “Geopolitics Today: The US Presidency and the Challenge of Brexit”, Chief Executives Leadership Conference, Oxford University, May 2017.

502. “Strategic Autonomy and EU-NATO Cooperation: Squaring the Circle”, Paper to Jour Fixe Workshop, Kolleg Forschergruppe, Free University of Berlin, May 2017.

501. “The Global Strategy: present and future of EU foreign policy”, Conference on The European Global Strategy, Luiss Guido-Carli University, Rome, March 2017.

500. Keynote: “The Future for European Security post-Brexit and post-Trump”, Paper to Conference on The European Defence of Europe, Egmont Palace, Brussels, 6 February 2017.

401 - 500

499. “European Security Autonomy and NATO: Grasping the Nettle of Alliance EU-isation”, Paper to Conference on Global Europe in Crisis, University of California, Berkeley, 12 December 2016.

498. “The European Global Strategy, Brexit and EU-NATO cooperation: four scenarios”, Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever?, hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, 8 December 2016.

497. “Towards the Europeanisation of NATO”, Paper to Conference on EU-NATO Relations: Running on the Fumes of Informed Deconfliction, Egmont Palace, Brussels, November 2016.

496. “The US, the UK and Europe after Brexit and Trump”, Paper to Conference on 21st Anniversary of Euromasters, University of Bath, November 2016.

495. “Brexit, Populism and Radical Violence”, Paper to Conference on Racism, Violence and Democracy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 2016.

494. “The EU and Power Transition in a Multi-Polar World”, Paper to Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Conference on Europe’s Multiple Crises, Hydra, Greece, July 2016.

493. “BREXIT and the UK’s security dilemma”, Paper to Conference on BREXIT: the Stakes, Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome, May 2016.

492. “Contrasting Perspectives on the EU-Russia Relationship”, Paper to Workshop on Europe’s Parallel Foreign Policy: the Ukraine-Russia Crisis, Northeastern University, April 2016.

491. “The Internal-External Security Nexus in a Turbulent Europe”, Paper to panel on Immigration and Security: Debates and Challenges in Contemporary Europe, Council on European Studies, 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia, April 2016.

490. Keynote: “CSDP between Sovereignty and Insignificance: the troubled relationship with NATO”, Paper to The Polish National Academy of Defense, University of Warsaw, April 2016.

489. Netherlands Presidency of the European Union, Keynote dinner speech, to Conference on The Parliamentary Dimension of Defence Cooperation, hosted by Clingendael-Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Marine Establishment, Amsterdam, March 2016.

488. “A Grand Strategy for the European Union”, Paper on panel: Grand Strategy as a Research Program in International Relations, International Studies Association, Atlanta, March 2016.

487. “Europe in the Global Order”, Paper to panel of same title at the 31st Norris and Margery Bendetson EPIIC International Symposium on Europe in Turmoil, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, February 2016.

486. Keynote: “European Security after the Ukraine Crisis”, Inaugural seminar, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania, February 2016.

485. Keynote: “Allocution de Conclusion: Edouard Vaillant et le socialisme: de son époque à la nôtre”, Paper to Centenary Conference, Edouard Vaillant (1840-1915): De laCommune de Paris à l’Internationale, Auditorium de l’Hôtel de Ville, Paris, December 2015.

484. “European Security Faces an Existential Crisis”, Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever?, hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, 2 December 2015.

483. “The European Union and the Ukraine Crisis: a dangerous cacophony”, Paper to Workshop on The Ukraine Crisis in Perspective, Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies, University of Wroclaw, November 2015.

482. “European Integration Began With Defence (1940s). Is that Where It Will Grind to a Halt (2010s)?”, Paper to International Workshop on The European Union as Peacemaker and Peacekeeper, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, November 2015.

481. “What political level of ambition for CSDP? A realist critique”, Paper to Expert Seminar on EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy, Belgian Royal Military Academy, Brussels, October 2015.

480. “Où en sommes-nous avec la défense européenne? Comment sortir de l’impasse PSDC—OTAN”, Paper to conference on La France et la Défense Européenne, Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale, Ecole Militaire, Paris, July 2015.

479. “EU Strategy and the Future of CSDP”, Remarks to academic brainstorming on the new security strategy, Egmont Institute, Brussels, June 2015.

478. “Implications for European Security & NATO of the US Rebalance towards Asia”, Paper to Conference on Origins and Evolution of the US Rebalance Toward Asia, Sciences-Po, Paris, May 2015.

477. “The European Integration Process in the 1970s: the origins of European Foreign Policy”, Discussant on papers presented at Doctoral Research Seminar, Luiss University, Rome, May 2015.

476. “Exploring New Horizons: Defence Economics, Military Missions and the Defence Industry”, Paper to Sixth EU-India Forum, Brussels, May 2015.

475. “Response to Federica Mogherini”, Remarks to High Level Conference on The EU in a Changed Security Environment, Brussels, April 2015.

474. “Wake Up Europe: Time to Join the New Global Order”, Keynote address to Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Lecture series: The US in World Affairs: the Cold War and Beyond, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 2015.

473. “Transatlantic Security in an age of anxiety”, Paper to Navair Conference on Global Perspectives, Naval War College, Newport Rhode Island, April 2015.

472. “EU-NATO Relations in a volatile new world order”, Paper to Conference on Renewal or Retrenchment: US grand strategy in a volatile world, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 2015.

471. “Dissident Voices: Europe’s Past, Present and Future”, Keynote address to Graduate Centre for Europe’s 9th annual conference, University of Birmingham, UK, March 2015.

470. “Strategy-less in a world of Power Transition”, Paper to panel on Declinism, Myopia or Sleeping Sickness? The EU Faced with a Shifting World Order, 14th Biennial Conference of European Union Studies Association, Boston, March 2015.

469. “The Ukraine Crisis, ISIS & Terrorism: New Challenges to the EU and the US”, Round Table Panel Discussion, Harvard University, February 2015.

468. “Security & Defence Policy in the European Union”, Remarks to special session of the Royal Institute for International Relations and the Royal Higher Defence Institute, Brussels, December 2014.

467. “The Geopolitical and Economic Context of European Defence Cooperation”, Panel remarks at Special Joint Academic Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the European Defence Agency, hosted by EDA and European Security & Defence College, Brussels, December 2014.

466. “2014: Back to the Future?”, Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever?, hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, 3 December 2014.

465. “Europe: Réveillez-Vous!”, Keynote speech to Eurodéfense France, Ecole Militaire, Paris, November 2014.

464. “The European Union's Security and Defence Policy. The Major Challenges for the Future”, Paper to Conference on Building a New State, hosted by Sobirania I Justicia & University of Barcelona, La Pedrera, Barcelona, October 2014.

463. “The European Union in an Evolving International System”, Paper to Conference on The EU and Global Governance: State of the Art and Research Agenda, University of Vienna, October 2014.

462. Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sports, Vienna and European Council on Foreign Relations, London, Paper on “Where Stands Europe?” to high-level closed conference on Liberal Interventionism in a time of adversity, Vienna, 8-9 July 2014.

461. Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Paper on “Security and Defence Governance” to high-level conference on the Imagining Europe Project, Santo, Stefano di Sessanio, Italy, 27-29 June 2014.

460. European External Action Service, Brussels: Invited Participant to closed high-level conference on Learning by Doing: Military Lessons Learned within the Comprehensive Approach, Centre Borschette, Brussels, 19-20 June 2014

459. Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, Paris, Paper on “L’Ukraine va-t-elle enterrer la défense européenne?”, Maison de l’Europe, Paris, 17 June 2014

458. European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris and Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire, Paris, Paper to high-level workshop on What Role for the Military in CSDP Institutions and Operations?, Paris, EU-ISS, 6 June 2014

457. “The Global and Regional Context behind CSDP-NATO Relations”, Paper to Plenary session “What Way Forward for European Defence?”, Conference on The European Union in International Affairs, hosted by Vrije Universiteit Brussel, United Nations University and Egmont Institute, Brussels, 23 May 2014.

456. Chair/Discussant, Panel on “Quo Vadis European Defence Cooperation?”, Conference on The European Union in International Affairs, hosted by Vrije Universiteit Brussel, United Nations University and Egmont Institute, Brussels, 23 May 2014.

455. Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin, “Leaving Europe’s Waiting Room: 10th Anniversary of the Eastern Enlargement”, Conference on The Enlarged European Union in a Time of New Challenges, Brazilian Foreign Ministry Palacio do Itamaraty, Rio de Janeiro, 8 May 2014.

454. “The EU, NATO and the Eastern Partnership”, Paper to 2014 Conference on the European Union, hosted by the Escola de Cienias Sociais, Getulio Vargas Foundation (CRI/FGV) & the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) Rio de Janeiro, 6 May 2014

453. Istituto Affari Internazionali and Notre Europe, Paper on “European Defence and Security Post-Libya and post-Ukraine: Avoiding Irrelevance”, Permanent Representation of the European Parliament, Paris, April 2014.

452. Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique and NATO, Remarks on “The Future of the Transatlantic Link” to High Level Conference on NATO Transformation, Paris, April 2014.

 451. “Commonalities and Divisions on Security Between the EU and the US”, Paper to Conference on The Relevance of the Transatlantic Relationship in the Current Global Security Environment, University of Florida, April 2014.

450. Discussant on paper by Anne Marie Le Gloannec, “Divergence and Consensus on Transatlantic Security Policy”, Harvard University Center for European Studies, March 2014.

449. Discussant on paper by Bogdan Klitch, “The Future of NATO and CSDP”, Harvard University Center for International Affairs, March 2014.

448. “European Security Policy after the December Council: still in strategic limbo”, Invited seminar at the London School of Economics, February 2014.

447. Center for Strategic and International Studies and Allied Command Transformation, Invited participant in High Level Conference on “Rebalancing and Reinforcing the Transatlantic Bond”, Washington DC, January 2014.

446. “A Decade of Debate: Revisiting the ESS?”, Participation in Round Table at Conference sponsored by the Belgian Royal Institute of International Affairs, the EU Institute for Security Studies, and the Lithuanian Presidency of the European Union, Egmont Palace, Brussels, December 2013.

445. “2013: Preparing for the Defense Summit” Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever?, hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, 5 December 2013.

444. “Promoting Peace, Security and Justice: Between European and Global Approaches”, Participation in Round Table at European Peace and Security Studies Conference, Free University of Brussels, November 2013.

443. “ Is there a future for European Security and Defence ?”, Paper to Workshop sponsored by the Transatlantic Relations Seminar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Future of the European Union Study Group, Harvard University, November 2013.

442. « La Sécurité européenne au 21e siècle: vers une fusion entre l’OTAN et la PSDC? », Paper to Conference on L’Autonomie Stratégique de l’Union Européenne, sponsored by the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Administratives et Politiques, Université de Paris 13, Paris, November 2013.

441. “European Defence and the December Council: strategy and leadership”, Paper to Conference on CSDP between internal constraints and external challenges: the road ahead, Kings College, University of London, 19 September 2013.

440. Chair of Plenary session on Working Group Reports, Conference on CSDP between internal constraints and external challenges: the road ahead, Kings College, University of London, 20 September 2013.

439. “Core and non-Core Relations in CSDP”, Paper to Workshop on Towards a More United and Effective Europe, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, 16 September 2013.

438. “The European Union’s External Action: Poster Child or Smoke and Mirrors?”, Opening speech to Marie Curie eXact Conference on the European External Action, Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, July 2013.

437. “European Defence Policy in Flux: NATO-CSDP Relations after Afghanistan”, Paper to Conference on The EU's CSDP and NATO, and the future of European security, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies and Oslo University, Oslo, 20 June 2013.

436. “The Changing Nature of Security in the EU’s Eastern Neighborhood”, Keynote speech to Conference on Security & Strategy in the XXI Century: The Caspian Crossroads, hosted by Università Degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, 15 May 2013.

435. “Europe in a Changing International Environment: The first decade of the European Security Strategy and the Challenges Ahead”, Paper given to the Conference on A Secure Europe in a Multipolar World?, hosted by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (CRI/FGV) & the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) Rio de Janeiro, 8 May 2013.

434. “The European Security and Defence Project fifteen years on: a balance sheet”, Invited Paper hosted by Department of Politics, Brandeis University, 11 April 2013.

433. “What Future for CSDP and NATO?”, Participant in Round-Table convened by the European Union Study Group and the Study Group on Transatlantic Relations, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 2 April 2013.

432. “Humanitarian intervention in the post-Cold War era: a provisional balance-sheet in light of Libya, Syria and Mali”, Keynote speech hosted by the Fundacion Chile 21, and Universidad Central, Santiago, 21 March 2013.

431. “The EU’s External Action: International Security Challenges and Crisis Response”, Keynote paper to Conference on The European Union External Action In Times of Crisis and Change, hosted by Agora Forum and GR:EEN FP7, Brussels, 28 February 2013.

430. “What does the United States expect from the EU’s CSDP?”, Paper to Conference on The Common Security & Defence Policy at Risk, hosted by Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, Centre for Liberal Strategies, European Council on Foreign Relations, Directorate for Security Policy of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Defence and Sports, Balkan Trust for Democracy Vienna, 22 January 2013.

429. “Identifying the EU as a Security Actor”, Paper on panel “European Identity and its Consequences” at Conference on Transformative Power of Europe 2.0: The Road Ahead, hosted by Freie Universität Berlin-Kolleg Forschergruppe, Berlin 14 December 2012.

428. “CSDP at the Crossroads: Effectiveness of Irrelevance?” Keynote speech to Conference on St Malo’s impetus for European Security and Defence: Much Ado About Nothing?, hosted by University of Cambridge, Vesalius College, Brussels & Globall Governance Institute, Cambridge, 7 December 2012.

427. “2012: CSDP at the Crossroads?” Paper to Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe – US Allies for Ever?, hosted by Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, December 2012.

426. “Whither CSDP after Libya and Afghanistan”, Paper to workshop on European security project hosted by United States Military Academy, Westpoint, 27 November 2012.

425. “The Strengths and Weaknesses of Europe’s Security and Defence Project”, Paper to 20th Promotion of the Ecole Militaire, Paris, 21 November 2012.

424. “CSDP and NATO post-Libya : towards convergence ?”, Paper to Conference on Les Etats-Unis et le Monde: entre refondation de la puissance et déclin du leadership. Bilan de la politique étrangère de l’administration américaine, hosted by Aix-Marseille Université & Sciences-Po Aix, Aix-en-Provence, 15 November 2012.

423. « Une Erosion des Stratégies Nationales? », Opening Speech to Conference on Peut-il y Avoir Encore Des Stratégies Nationales ?, hosted by Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM) Paris, 14 November 2012.

422. Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm. Paper “European Global Strategy in a World of Power Transition” to Workshop on European Global Strategy, Stockholm, 13 November 2012.

421. “Foreign and Defence Policy”, Paper to Jean Monnet Symposium on Evaluating the French Elections of 2012, hosted by University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2 November 2012.

420. “The EU and the World Around It: Strategic Interests, Partners and Rivals”, Paper to Conference on The EU as a Foreign Policy Actor post-Lisbon, hosted by Institut für Europäischer Politik, Berlin, 18 October 2012.

419. Cyprus Presidency of the European Union, Conference on Innovative European Defence Cooperation – Pooling and Consolidating Demand, Brussels 19 September 2012: invited delegate.

418. Egmont Institute-IRSEM, Working Group on Transatlantic Security Relations: 1st meeting, Brussels, 18 September 2012; 2nd meeting, Paris 26 October 2012.

417. European Geostrategy. Interview with Jolyon Howorth, 4 September 2012, accessed at: http://europeangeostrategy.ideasoneurope.eu/2012/09/04/interview-with-jolyon-howorth/

416. “CSDP post-Lisbon: the strategic imperative of ever closer integration with NATO”, Paper to panel on “EU Foreign Policy & the pressing need for a revised global strategy”, at Conference on Global Europe in a Changing World” How to Avoid Irrelevance, hosted by ELIAMEP, the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Poros Island, Greece, 23 June 2012.

415. “The Lisbon Treaty, CSDP and the EU as a Security Actor post-Libya”, Paper to Conference on The EU’s CFSP in a Multi-Polar World, hosted by Instituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (Milan), Italian Foreign Ministry and Luiss Guido-Carli University, Rome, 18 May 2012.

414. “CSDP after Libya: what prospects?”, Round table plenary panel at Biennial Conference on The European Union in International Affairs, hosted by Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (IES-VUB), the Institut d'Études Européennes at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (IEE-ULB), the United Nations University Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and Egmont - the Royal Institute for International Relations Brussels, 4 May 2012.

413. “Human Security and the EU’s External Relations”, Paper to Biennial Conference on The European Union in International Affairs, hosted by Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (IES-VUB), the Institut d'Études Européennes at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (IEE-ULB), the United Nations University Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and Egmont - the Royal Institute for International Relations Brussels, 4 May 2012.

412. Keynote speech: “European Security Policy post-Libya: just another existential crisis?, to Conference on Responsibility to Protect, Responsibility to Rebuild: Lessons from Libya, hosted by Global Governance Institute, Centre for European Policy Studies and Vesalius College, Brussels, 25 April 2012.

411. “An external view on the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty within the Security Field”, Paper to Conference on The EU: a Legitimate and Efficient Institutionalized Actor in the Making: Institutional Analysis – EU’s External Action, Institutions and Governance after the ‘Reform Treaty’, Institut d’Etudes Européennes at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (IEE-ULB 25 April 2012.

410. “Re-thinking CSDP in light of the lessons of Libya”, Paper to IR Seminar, Fletcher School, Tufts University, 20 April 2012.

409. “Responding to Multi-polarity: The EU’s Need for a Grand Strategy”, Paper to panel on “Rethinking EU Security Priorities in the Eastern Neighborhood”, at Conference on Securing Europe: The EU’s External Relations in Troubled Times, European Union Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 13 April 2012.

408. Keynote Address: “The Common European Security and Defence Project since Libya: an existential crisis?”, to Conference on Securing Europe: The EU’s External Relations in Troubled Times, European Union Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 12 April 2012.

407. « L’Union Européenne et l’OTAN: la convergence stratégique inévitable », Paper to panel on « La coopération entre institutions internationales » to Conference on Rencontre des Académies et Instituts Diplomatiques: La Gestion des Crises Internationales, sponsored by Ecole Nationale d’Administration and Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Paris, ENA, 23 March 2012.

406. “The European Union as a Model for Regional Regimes Worldwide”, Paper to panel on “The External Dimension”, Conference on The State of the Union (s): Comparative regional integration and the EU model, University of Miami: Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, 24 February 2012.

405. “Explaining post-Cold War Military Interventions”, Paper to Conference on 20 Years of Western Military Intervention: Protecting Whose Interests?, Annual Political Studies Conference, University of Manitoba, 1 February 2012.

404. “France and the UK as Interventionist Powers: the lessons of Libya”, Paper to Conference on Comparative Interventions in the 21st Century, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III, 20 January 2012.

403. Keynote Presentation: “Can the European Union still be a security and defence actor on the international stage? – Discussants: Camille Grand, President of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris; Etienne de Durand, Head of Strategic Research Group, IFRI ; and Jean-Dominique Merchet, Founder-Director, Secret Défense, Paris; Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Paris, 19 January 2012.

402. “La gestion politique européenne de la crise libyenne: trou noir au sein de la PSDC ?”, Paper to Conference on L’Union Européenne et la Crise Libyenne, Paris, IRSEM, December 2011.

401. “The EU, NATO and Libya: Where next for CSDP?”, Paper to Seminar XXI, Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, December 2011.

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400. “The Common Foreign and Security Policy after Lisbon” Paper to conference on EU Foreign Policy after Lisbon, London, London School of Economics, November 2011.

399. “The EU’s Military Operations and Multilateral Intervention”, Discussant of paper by Katarina Engberg, Deputy Director General, Swedish Ministry of Defense, Harvard University, 15 November 2011.

398. “Setting the Agenda: European Security and Defence beyond 2000”, Chair and Opening Remarks, Final Panel, Conference on European Security and Defence: Setting a Future Agenda, London, Royal Institute of International Affairs/Istituto Affari Internazionali, November 2011.
397. European Defence Agency, Brussels. Meeting of Strategic Advisory Group, October 2011.

396. Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM), Paris. Meetings of Conseil Scientifique, Paris, October and December 2011

395. “Security and Defence Policy in the EU post-Libya”, Paper to Conference on The EU – A Military Actor?, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, October 2011.

394. “Libya, the EU and NATO: A Sea-Change in European and Trans-Atlantic Security Arrangements”, Macmillan International Relations Seminar Series, Yale University, October 2011.

393. “Principles and values underpinning EU foreign and security policy in an emerging multipolar world”, Paper on panel “The European Union as a global actor since Lisbon: ideals, institutions and interests”, American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Seattle, September 2011.

392. “The US, the EU, NATO and Libya: who is leading whom?”, Paper to Colloquium on The Libyan War, Egmont Institute, Belgian Royal Institute for International Affairs, Brussels, June 2011.

391. “The Challenges facing an EU Common Foreign and Security Policy”, Paper given to Colloquium: Europe Day: challenges to the EU in the aftermath of the Lisbon Treaty: adoption and global developments, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 2011.

390. “EU Foreign Policy: Does it Exist?” Panel Presentation, Future of the European Union Study Group and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, April 2011.

389. “Institutions, Capacity and Missions: the Challenges to the EU’s CSDP”, Paper to European Studies Seminar, New York University, April 2011.

388. “Institutions, Capacity and Missions: the Challenges to the EU’s CSDP”, Paper to the 4th Annual Transatlantic Symposium on The End of National European Armies?, ACDIS (Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, March 2011.

387. “CSDP and Development Aid: Crisis Management in Holistic Context?”, Paper to Roundtable on The European Union and the Developing World, European Union Studies Association, 12th Biennial Conference, Boston, March 2011.

386. “The European Union and the Great Powers”, Chair/Discussant of panel of same title at European Union Studies Association, 12th Biennial Conference, Boston, March 2011.

385. “The ‘new faces’ of Europe: assessing the performance of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton on the global stage”, Paper to panel on European Foreign anmd Security Policy post-Lisbon: Sisyphus in Action, European Union Studies Association, 12th Biennial Conference, Boston, March 2011.

384. “Decision-Making in Security and Defence Policy: Towards Supranational Inter-governmentalism?”, Paper to Conference on Supranational Governance and European Security, Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Salford, January 2011.

383. “The Way Forward: ensuring the consistency of the EU’s external policies to address long-term security threats”, Paper to Conference on The European Security Strategy: Using the Instrument for Stability to address long-term security threats, European Commission, Brussels, December 2010.

382. “The European Union in a Quest for a Global Role”, Paper to “Seminar XXI” on Japan and Europe: US Allies for Ever?, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Cosmos Club, Washington DC , December 2010.

381. Chatham House and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Expert Workshop on “The European External Action Service and the EU’s evolving Foreign and Security Policy”, London, December 2010.

380. Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (Paris), International Working Group on « Europe Deploys : towards a civil-military strategy for CSDP », Paris, November 2010.

379. “EU Foreign and Security Policy after Lisbon”, Roundtable opening session at EU-ISS Annual Conference on Global Governance: Building on the Civil Society Agenda, Paris, October 2010.

378. “Strategic Objectives for CSDP”, Paper to Conference on Europe’s Ambitions as a Global Security Provider¸ Egmont Institute, the Royal High Institute for Defence and Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Brussels, October 2010.

377. “Decision-making in security and defence policy: towards supranational intergovernmentalism?”, Paper to Eurotrans Workshop on Simply Uploading Executive Power?, ARENA, Oslo, October 2010.

376. “The Challenges of Defence Cooperation among EU Member States”, Keynote Address to Expert Seminar on Permanent Structured Cooperation, Belgian Presidency, Council of the European Union, Brussels, July 2010.

375. “Global Challenges and the EU Means of Action”, Paper to Conference on EU External Policy under the Lisbon Treaty: The Principle of Coherence and the Challenges of Global Governance, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris, June 2010.

374. “CSDP as Discourse”, Paper to Workshop on Discursive Institutionalism, KFG, Freie Universität Berlin, June 2010.

373. “Going Global? CSDP post-Lisbon”, Paper to Conference on: Cautiously Global: the New EU as World Power?, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, Berlin, June 2010.

372. “Les Etapes Historiques des Rapports Euro-Américains depuis 1989: Où en est l’ « Occident » en 2010?, Paper to Conference on: Mondialisation, Occident, Europe, Société des Internationalistes, Sorbonne, Paris, June 2010.

371. “European Security and Defence Policy and NATO: institutional features and political realities”, Lecture in: Vienna Lectures on the European Union series, Institute of European Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, June 2010.

370. “Austria, the EU and Strategic Vision”, Paper to: Expert Workshop, Landesverteidigungsakademie, Austrian Ministry of Defence, Vienna, June 2010.

369. “Fifteen Years of Europe; fifteen years of Euromasters 1995-2010”, Keynote address to: Euromasters Alumni Association, Brussels, June 2010.

368. “The EU and NATO’s “new strategic concept”, Brainstorming Workshop: European Perspectives on NATO’s Strategic Concept, European Union-Institute for Security Studies, Paris, May 2010 (2nd session Brussels, July 2010).

367. “Transatlantic Relations since the end of the Cold War”, Round Table for Harvard Alumni, Freie Universität Berlin, May 2010.

366. “The EU as a Global Actor: Grand Strategy for a Global Grand Bargain?”, Paper to: Euromasters Seminar Series, University of Bath, April 2010.

365. European Union-Institute for Security Studies Brainstorming Workshop: European Perspectives on NATO’s Strategic Concept, Paris, May 2010.

364. “Making Strategy for Europe, the EU and NATO”, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Conference on The EU in International Affairs, Brussels, April 2010.

363. “European Security and Defence Policy after Lisbon”, European Workshop, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai, April 2010.

362. “The EU as a Global Actor: towards a Grand Strategy”, China Institute for Contemporary International Relations International Seminar Series, Beijing, April 2010.

361. “The EU as a Global Actor: towards a Grand Strategy”, University of New South Wales/ADFA, Special Seminar Series, Canberra, March 2010.

360. Land Warfare Studies Centre, Paper on “The EU, NATO and crisis management missions: towards a new global division of labour?”, Changing Character of War Seminar Series, Australian Army, Canberra, March 2010.

359. “The Lisbon Treaty and the Potential Role of the High Representative/Vice President”, Keynote Address, Institute for International and European Affairs, Dublin March 2010.

358. “The EU as a Global Actor: Grand Strategy for a Global Grand Bargain?”, Research Paper to Jour Fixe Workshop, Kolleg-Forschergruppe, Freie Universität Berlin, February 2010.

357. Bureau of European Policy Advisers, European Commission, Paper on “CSDP after Lisbon: forging a global grand bargain”, First Expert Session, Europe’s Role in a New World Order, Brussels, February 2010.

356. “L’Unione Europea e il Trattato: le Implicazioni Internazionali”, Inaugural Conference of the Luiss School of Government, Come Governare l’Unione Europea Con Il Trattato di Lisbona, Luiss-Guido Carli University, Rome Conference, February 2010.

355. European Commission. Paper on “The Way Forward: (Re-)Building an EU-US Strategic Partnership”, Conference on Mapping the Future of the EU-US Partnership: Policy and Research Perspectives, Brussels, January 2010.

354. “What is in it for France? The Prodigal Son or the Trojan Horse?”, Paper to Conference on France’s Return to NATO: Practical Implications for Transatlantic Relations, McGill University, Université de Montréal & Queens University, Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, December 2009.

353. “ESDP in a post-Lisbon World: Global Actor or Chambermaid?”, Paper to Conference on Japan and Europe: US Allies for Ever?, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Cosmos Club, Washington , December 2009.

352. “The EU as a World Power: Grand Strategy for a Global Grand Bargain”. Europe Workshop, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, December 2009.

351. Transatlantic Forum, Washington DC, Invited Participant, November 2009.

350. “Europe as a Power”, Paper to Conference on EU Grand Strategy, Egmont Institute, Brussels, November 2009.

349. “The European Union Facing External Challenges”, Discussant/Chair of Day Conference at Pembroke College, Cambridge, October 2009.

348. European Union-Institute for Security Studies. Invited delegate to Annual Conference, Paris, October 2009.

347. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung & Fundacion Alternatives. Keynote speech on “Opportunities for a more strategic approach to CSDP”, Conference The EU as an International Actor under the Spanish Presidency, Madrid, October 2009.

346. “The Consequences of the Lisbon Treaty for CFSP and CSDP”, Paper to IR Workshop, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, October 2009.

345. “The Consequences of the Lisbon Treaty for CFSP and CSDP”, Paper to IR Workshop, Yale University, October 2009.

344. “Treaties, Principles and Values Guiding CFSP and ESDP”, Paper to Conference on European Security Culture and National Traditions, Magdalene College, Cambridge, July 2009.

343. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Invited Delegate to International High Level Conference on NATO’s “New Strategic Concept”, Brussels, July 2009.

342. Bertelsmann Foundation “A Framework Chapter on ESDP and the European Parliament”, Paper to Venusberg Workshop on European Parliament Briefing Book, Brussels, July 2009.

341. “The Strategic Challenges facing the EU’s Role in the World”, Paper for Panel on Europe’s Global Role at 6th ELIAMEP European Seminar, The Delphic Oracle on Europe: Politics and Policies, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Delphi, June 2009.

340. Egmont Institute, Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations “Brainstorming Grand Strategy”, Expert Workshop, Brussels, June 2009.

339. EUR-IFRI, “A New Institutional Architecture for the Transatlantic Relationship?”, Paper to International Conference, Brussels, June 2009.

338. Helsinki Defence College, “CFSP and ESDP: the major challenges ahead” Paper to Conference on Future Perspectives of ESDP - Changing Nature of Crisis and Conflict and the Demands for Missions/Operations, at National Defence University, Helsinki, June 2009.

337. “European Integration in the 1980s: the great leap forward”, Paper given to conference on The 1980s in Historical Perspective, University Luiss-Guido Carli, June 2009.

336. “European Security and Regional Governance”, Paper to Economic and Social Research Council Conference on Comparative Regional Governance: Environment, Economics, Security, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, May 2009

335. “The Lisbon Treaty and its impact on ESDP: transformation or face-lift?”, International Seminar Series, IMT Lucca, May 2009.

334. Chief Executives Organization, Paris University 2009, “NATO at Sixty: a Health Check”, Hôtel Georges V, Paris, May 2009.

333. “EU-US Relations after George W. Bush: Evolution or Revolution?”, Round Table Panel Member, European Union Studies Association 11th Biennial International Conference, Los Angeles, April 2009.

332. “ESDP Ten Years On: Politics, Institutions and Operations”, Chair & Discussant on Panel of this title at European Union Studies Association 11th Biennial International Conference, Los Angeles, April 2009.

331. “The Changing Governance of European Security”, Chair & Discussant on Panel of this title at European Union Studies Association 11th Biennial International Conference, Los Angeles, April 2009.

330. “The EU in the New World Order: Does Europe Need a Grand Strategy?”, Journal of Common Market Studies Keynote Lecture, European Union Studies Association 11th Biennial International Conference, Los Angeles, April 2009.

329. “France back in, Georgia in Limbo, Afghanistan going down? What are the new rules of the NATO-ESDP Game?”, Paper given to Conference on The EU and NATO in the 21st Century: Cooperation or Competition?, University of Pittsburgh, April 2009.

328. “NATO & ESDP, NATO & The UN: a trilemma?”, Paper to Conference on ­France, NATO, Europe: What Perspectives on Security? Paris, Institut des Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS), Paris, 3-4 March 2009.

327. Rand Corporation & Bertelsmann Foundation. Teleconference Launch of Revitalising the Transatlantic Security Partnership, Brussels, 3 March 2009.

326. Venusberg Group,Bertelsmann Foundation, European Briefing Book on Security and Defence Workshop, Brussels 2-3 March 2009.

325. “Sarkozy and France’s return to NATO: Prodigal Son or Trojan Horse?”, Keynote banquet speech, Annual Conference of Society for French Historical Studies, St Louis, March 2009.

 324. “The ESDP-NATO relationship: grasping the difference in order to manage the interface”, Paper given to 50th Annual Convention of International Studies Association, New York, February 2009.

323. “Revisiting the European Security Strategy: the Case for an EU 'Grand Strategy’”, Paper given to European Studies Colloquium, Cardiff University, UK, February 2009.

322. “‘Supranational Intergovernmentalism’ in the EU: a case study of the Political and Security Committee”, Paper given to Yale University International Relations Seminar, January 2009.

321. “A New Dawn? Europe, the US and transatlantic relations under the Obama Presidency”, Public Lecture and Debate, Aston University, Birmingham, 11 December 2008.

320. “Quelles avancées pour la politique europénne de sécurité et de défense?”, Paper to Conference on La Présidence Française de l’UE : bilan et perspectives, Université de Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle) & Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), Paris December 2008

319. “Europe and the New Transatlantic Pact”, Paper to Conference on Japan and Europe: US Allies for Ever?, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Cosmos Club, Washington , December 2008.

318. EU-Institute for Security Studies, Transatlantic Forum. Invited delegate, Washington DC November 2008.

317. European Commission: Bureau of European Policy Advisors, Brussels. Paper on “A New Dawn for Transatlantic Relations” to Workshop on Towards a More Coherent and Effective European International Action,, Brussels November 2008.

316. Ministère de la Défense Nationale (France), High Level Seminar on ESDP Capabilities and Missions, Paper on « What Capabilities for What Missions ? », Marseille, October 2008.

315. European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris. Official Delegate to Annual Conference, Paris October 2008.

314. European Union Institute for Security Studies; Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Paris. Final Workshop on European Interests and Strategic Options : Which Strategy to Serve EU Security Interests ? - Invited Delegate, October 2008.

313. European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris. Official Delegate to Annual Conference, Paris October 2008.

312. “Georgia on my Mind – Can the European Union Cope?”, Workshop organised by Future of the EU Study Group, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 20 October 2008.

311. “Georgia on my Mind – Can the European Union Cope?”, Public Debate organised by Boston University Institute for Human Sciences, 20 October 2008, available at: http://www.buworldofideas.org/shows/2008/11/georgia-on-my-mind/   

310. Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris. Invited Delegate to Inaugural World Policy Conference, Evian, France, October 2008. http://www.worldpolicyconference.com/

309. European Union Institute for Security Studies; Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Paris. Final Workshop on European Interests and Strategic Options : Which Strategy to Serve EU Security Interests ? - Invited Delegate, October 2008.

308. Finnish Institute of International Affairs; European Union Institute for Security Studies; Swedish Institute of International Affairs; “How to Improve ESDP Tools, Capabilities and Financing”, Paper to High Level Workshop on: Strengthening ESDP: The EU’s Approach to International Security. Helsinki, September 2008.

307. “Integration and Security: Sticks and Carrots in the Treatment of Immigrant Minorities in America and Europe”, Chair of Panel, American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Boston, August, 2008.

306. “Sarkozy and the ‘American Mirage’: or why Gaullist continuity will overshadow transcendence”, Paper to the American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Boston August 2008.

305. Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Paris. High Level Seminar on the EU-NATO Relationship, Paris, July 2008 – Invited Delegate.

304. “Transatlantic security and defence cooperation: the agenda for the incoming presidency”, Theseus Summer School for Young European Leaders, Brussels, July 2008.

303. “Revisiting the European Security Strategy: challenges and objectives”, Theseus Summer School for Young European Leaders, Brussels, June 2008.

302. Institut Français des Relations Internationales and Bertelsmann Stiftung, Paper on « The French White Book on Defence : Implications for ESDP », Roundtable Debate, Brussels, June 2008.

301. Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI-Bruxelles), Paper on « La Politique Etrangère et de Sécurité Commune » at Colloquium on Les Enjeux de la Présidence française de l’Union européenne, Brussels, June 2008.

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300. Bertelsmann Foundation & Rand Corporation, Paper on “ESDP and NATO: Demystifying the Relationship”, Paper to 3rd Meeting of EU-US Working Group on Security and Defense, Washington DC, June 2008.

299. Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “The European Union’s Overseas Missions: Lessons Learned since 2003”, Workshop at The Diplomatic Round Table (Japan Forum on International Relations; The Global Forum of Japan; The Council of East Asian Community), Tokyo, May 2008.

298. Japanese Ministry of Defence, “Security and Defence Policy in the European Union: the EU and Peace-Building”, Workshop at National Institute for Defence Studies (NIDS), Tokyo, May 2008.

297. Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Paper on “ESDP over the next five years: prospects and challenges”, Helsinki, May 2008.

296. Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Paper on “The Future of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy” at Workshop on the Finnish White Book on Defence, Helsinki, May 2008.

295. Royal United Services Institute (London) and Bertelsmann Foundation (Gutersloh), “How best to organise Europeans to strategic effect: towards a Saint Malo 2?”, Paper to Workshop on Where Next for ESDP? , London, May 2008.

294. “Nuclear Modernization: A Franco-British Perspective”, Colloquium on “Nuclear Survival”, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 2008.

293. “France, Sarkozy and NATO: the Return of the Prodigal Son?”, Contemporary French History Colloquium, Washington University, St Louis, April 2008.

292. “Teaching Constructivism along with Realism and Liberalism”, Round-Table Member, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 2008.

291. “Integration and Security: Sticks, Carrots and the Treatment of immigrant minorities in Europe and the US”, Discussant, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 2008.

290. “The EU’s Normative Muscle-Flexing: European Security and Defence Operations in Critical Perspective”, Round-Table Member, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 2008.

288-289. Bertelsmann Foundation & Rand Corporation. Member of US-European Working Group on Security & Defence. Meetings in Brussels (January), Munich (April) and Washington DC (June) 2008.

287. German Marshall Fund of the United States. Invited Participant at Brussels Forum 2008, Brussels, March 2008.

286. European Parliament, Brussels, Paper on “The Future of the European Security Strategy: towards a White Book on European Defence” given to Workshop organised by the EP Sub-Committee on Security and Defence, 6 March 2008. Paper to be published as EP Working Paper in April 2008.

285. “ESDP and EU-NATO Relations: which is the cart and which is the horse?”, Paper to Conference on Transatlantic Security Relations – Five Years after the Iraq Divide, Munk Center for International Affairs, University of Toronto, February 2008

284. “ESDP and NATO: Three Scenarios for unblocking the impasse”, Massachusetts Institute for Technology Seminar XXI: Japan and Europe: US Allies for Ever?, Washington DC, Cosmos Club, December 2007.

283. « Strategic Culture, Operations and Capabilities », Chair of Panel at Conference on Global Europe: Strategy and Identity, organised by Swedish Institute of International Affairs and Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels, December 2007.

282. « La Politique Européenne de Sécurité et de Défense: vers une identité sécuritaire européenne? », Paper to Defence and Security Workshop, Ecole Normale Supérieure, rue d’Ulm, Paris, December 2007.

281.“The Political and Security Committee as Policy Entrepreneur in ESDP”, paper on panel “Do Experts Advance the Cause of Europe?”, IntUne Conference on A Quest for Citizenship in an ever closer Europe, Central European University, Budapest, November 2007.

280. Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques and Centre for European Reform. Invited Participant in 3rd Franco-British Forum, Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, November 2007.

279. “The Political and Security Committee: a case-study in supranational inter-governmentalism ?” , Connex Workshop on “How Much is Known about the Community Method?”, Sciences-Po, Paris, November 2007.

278. European Union Institute for Security Studies, Invited Participant in Annual Conference, November 2007.

277. Rand Corporation and EU Institute for Security Studies. Participant in Brainstorming “Europe’s Role in Nation-Building”, EU-ISS, Paris, October 2007

276. “A European Foreign and Security Policy in the Making?”, Chair/Discussant at session of same title, Conference on A Common European Foreign and Security Policy in the Making? Competences, Institutions and National Interests, Institut für Europäische Politik, Brussels, October 2007.

275. “Towards a European Strategic Culture: ESDP, Crisis Management and Euro-Russian Interests”, Paper given to Conference on “European Russian Relations at a Turning Point?”, MGIMO, Moscow, September 2007.

274. Auswaertiges Amt & Bertelsmann Stiftung, Paper “How to Respond to Missile Proliferation”, Expert Round Table on Missile Defence, Bertelsmann Haus, Berlin, September 2007.

273. Royal Institute of International Affairs, London. Member of Commission on “Europe After Fifty: Policy Implications for Britain”, London, June 2007 to February 2008. Discussion Paper for Session on ESDP, September 2007.

272. “Complexité et Institutions Internationales: pourquoi l’Union Européenne n’est pas en train d’équilibrer les USA”, Paper given to Conference on « Dimension extérieure de l’Union Européenne : synthèses et théories », Institut Européen de l’Université de Genève, September 2007.

271. “New Instruments in Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management”, Chair/Discussant of session at EUCPCM conference on “European Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management Policies”, Brussels, July 2007.

270. Invited Participant, Nobel Institute Symposium on the United States and Europe, Oslo, June 2007.

269. Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC. Paper entitled “NATO, the New Strategic Concept” for Conference on Terms of Engagement: The Euro-Atlantic Partnership at Sixty, Brussels, June 2007.

268. « L’action militaire extérieure et l’influence de la France sur la scène internationale », Paper to Conference on L’action militaire extérieure de la France, organised by CERI-Sciences-Po, Paris, June 2007.

267. “Riding the Tiger: the EU, the Middle East, state actors and non-state actors and understanding the difference”, Paper for 10th Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Montreal, May 2007.

266. “And Yet It Works!: Institutions and the European Security and Defence Policy”, Paper for 10th Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Montreal, May 2007.

265. “Thou Shalt Democratize!. Comparing EU and US Strategies of external democracy promotion”, Discussant on papers by Tanja Börzel/Thomas Risse, Amichai Magen/Michael McFaul, Vera Van Hüllen/Andreas Stahn and Stefan Gaenzle at 10th Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Montreal, May 2007.

264. German Marshall Fund of the United States. Invited Participant at Brussels Forum 2007, Brussels, April 2007.

263. “The International Impact of European Integration: key events, players and trends”, Paper for Conference Reflections on European Integration: Fifty Years of the Treaty of Rome, UACES and European Commission, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, March 2007.

262. “The German Presidency and the International Role of the EU”, Paper for the Conference on The European Union between National Interests and International Influence: What to Expect from the German Presidency of the EU?”, University of Trento, March 2007.

262. India International Centre, New Delhi. “Transatlantic Relations in the Shadow of Iraq: Convergence or Divergence?” Paper to the international policy community, February 2007.

261. “The European Union and Regional Crisis Management – a post-Westphalian Initiative?”, Workshop at Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, February 2007.

260. German Government, Conference to launch the German Presidency of the EU: “ESDP from Cologne to Berlin and Beyond: Operations, Institutions, Capabilities”, Berlin, January 2007. Invited participant.

259. Geneva Centre for Security Policy, “The EU as a Security Actor”, Seminar for military officers and career diplomats of PfP countries on 11th European Security Policy Training Course, January 2007.

258. Centre for European Reform, Seminar on the “Future of the European Foreign Policy”, Egmont Palace, Brussels, January 2007. Invited participant.

257. “The State of the Transatlantic Partnership”, Paper delivered to Conference on The Transatlantic Partnership after the Bush Revolution, University of Toronto, December 2006.

256. Invited Participant at Conference on The EU-US Partnership: Delivering Results?, Center for Transatlantic Studies and EU Institute for Security Studies, Washington DC, November 2006.

255. “NATO’s Continued Political and Military Transformation”, Paper to Conference on Transforming NATO: Risks, Challenges and Opportunities, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, October 2006.

254. “Soeurs jumelles-Frères ennemis: La Grande Bretagne, la France, la PESD et l’OTAN à l’heure de l’Irak”, Colloquium on Le Canada, l’Union européenne, l’OTAN et les relations transatlantiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, October 2006.

253. “The Role of Experts in EU Public Policy”, Conference on European Citizenship, University of Exeter, UK, October 2006.

252. “ESDP and the Problems of Balkan Accession to the EU”, Paper to Conference: “EU Enlargement and South East Europe”, Tufts and Yale Universities, October 2006

251. Invited Participant at European Union Institute for Security Studies annual conference: “Les Défis du Futur”, Paris, October 2006.

250. “ESDP and the Challenge of Regional Peace-Making”, Paper to Conference: “The EU: A World Security Actor? An Assessment after 50 years of the external action of the EU”, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris, September 2006.

249. “The European Security and Defence Policy: Neither Hard nor Soft Balancing – Just Policy-Making”, Paper to American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, September 2006.

248. “Global Trends and European Norms in the Field of Security and Defence Policy”, Paper to Conference on Are European Preferences Shared by Others? The Fate of European Norms in a Globalized World, organised by Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Garnet/JERP, Centre d’Etudes Européennnes¸ Sciences-Po, Paris, June 2006.

247. “The EC/EU, NATO and the Origins of CFSP/ESDP”, Paper to Conference on Europe and the End of the Cold War, organised by Universities of Paris I, Paris III, London School of Economics and the Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies, Paris June 2006.

246. “European Security and Counter-Terrorism Post-9/11”, Paper to Conference The Immigration, Integration and Security Initiative – a transatlantic collaborative project underwritten by the Ford Foundation, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques & University of Pittsburgh, Paris, Sciences-Po, June 2006.

245. “Mai 2005-Mai 2006: Quelles Stratégies pour l’Union Européenne?” Déjeuner-Débat, IFRI/Press Club de France, May 2006.

244. “The Future of CFSP & ESDP”, Paper to Conference on “The Future of the European Union and Turkey’s Accession Perspectives”, Bogadici University, Istanbul, May 2006.

243. “France and Britain, Soeurs jumelles, frères ennemis?”, Paper to Conference on « Mésentente Cordiale : Franco-British Views on Europe’s Global Role », Maison Française d’Oxford, The European Studies Centre, Oxford and Sciences-Po Paris, Oxford, May 2006.

242. “European American Perspectives on Counter-Terrorism: a Research Agenda”, Paper to Conference on “Comparative Counter-Terrorism”, University of Washington, Seattle, April 2006.

241. “Does Europe Have a Grand Strategy?”, Paper to Conference on “Enlargement & the European Union: Strategy, Impact, Limits”, Yale University, April 2006.

240. Franco-British Council. Invited Participant in Conference on “Defence Europe: the role of France and the UK”, Army and Navy Club, London, March 2006.

239. Bertelsmann Stiftung Conference on “Overcoming National Impediments to ESDP: The Big Three”, Venusberg Group, Berlin, March 2006.

238. “Policy Fora in CFSP/ESDP”, Paper for Conference of Intune, European Commission Framework Six Conference, University of Bologna at Forli, March 2006

237. “The Significance of ESDP’s Fifteen Missions: an initial evaluation”, Paper to IR Seminar Series, Yale University, February 2006.

236. Geneva Centre for Security Policy, “ESDP as a functioning security instrument”, Seminar for military officers and career diplomats of PfP countries on 10th European Security Policy Training Course, January 2006.

235. “Theorising ESDP: Hard and Soft Balancing and the US Debate”, Watson Institute for International Studies, Security Symposium, Brown University, December 2005.

234. “The US and the EU after the Referendum”, Keynote Address to Teach Europe Conference, Yale University, November 2005.

233. “France and the US: from Desert Storm to Iraq. Influence, Internationalism and Independence”, Paper to Australian Army Conference on “Entangling Alliances: Coalition Warfare in the 20th Century”, National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia, October 2005.

232. “The European Security and Defence Project: What It Probably Is And What It Certainly Is Not”, Paper to MIT Security Studies Program, October 2005.

231. “The US National Security Strategy: European Reactions”, Paper to Conference organised by European Policy Centre, Brussels, on “US and European Security Strategies”, September 2005.

230. European Union: Institute for Security Studies. Invited participant at Annual Conference, “L’Union Européenne en Questions”, Paris, September 2005.

229. “The European Approach to Counter-Terrorism”, Paper to Conference organised by the Ford Institute for Human Security, University of Pittsburgh, on “Immigration and Terrorism, US, European and Russian Approaches”, Pittsburgh, September 2005.

228. “Les Conséquences des ‘Non’ pour la poursuite de la PESD”, Paper to Conference organised by Pôle Européen, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris,on “L’Europe après les ‘Non’”, Paris, June 2005.

227. Institut Français des Relations Internationales (Paris), Public Round Table on “Après le 29 Mai : quelle Europe?”, 15 June 2005.

226. “L’Elaboration de la capacité militaire de l’UE”, Paper to Conference organised by Centre Inerdisciplinaire pour La Recherche Comparative en Sciences Sociales, on « La gestion de la sécurité au sein de l’UE avec l’essor de la RESC/PESD », Paris, June 2005.

225. “Le Rôle militaire de l’Union Européenne et le Rapport transatlantique”, Paper to Institut d’Etudes Politiques – Paris, European Research Seminar series, June 2005.

224. “The EU Constitutional Draft and Security and Defence Policy”, Paper to Conference on Constituting a European Future: Perspectives on European Constitutionalism, University of Trento, Italy, May 2005.

223. “ESDP post-Iraq and Post-Constitution: the dynamics of pragmatism”, Paper to Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, University of Austin, Texas, April 2005.

222. “Path Dependency and the Construction of European Defence Policy” Discussant on panel at Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, University of Austin, Texas, April 2005.

221. “From Alliances to Coalitions of the Willing: the new regional dynamics of transatlantic relations”, Paper to International Studies Association Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2005.

220. Japanese Defence Ministry: “European Analyses of the Prospects for Transatlantic Harmony and the Fight Against Terrorism Under the Second Bush Administration”, Conference for MOD and MFA officials on “The Security Policy of the United States during the Second Bush Administration and its Implications”, NIDS, Tokyo, February 2005.

219. “Europe’s Security Strategy and Prospects for CFSP and ESDP”, Paper given to Conference on “The New Security Challenges and Europe’s International Role”, Institüt für Europäische Politik, Berlin, January 2005.

218. “European Security in a Global Context”, Paper given to Yale IR Seminar Series, December 2004.

217. “Foreign Policy & Defense: a Stable Equilibrium?”, Conference on “The European Union and the New Constitution: A Stable Political Equilibrium?”, Princeton University, November 2004.

216. “Transatlantic Relations after the Election: what happens now?”, Paper to Council on European Union & Yale Program on European Studies, Yale University, November 2004.

215. “European Intervention and International Legitimacy and Credibility”, Center for Applied Policy Research, Munich, Conference on “Transatlantic Crisis Management Simulation on ESDP – ‘Europe in Crisis’”, November 2004.

214. UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Romania-UK Seminar on ESDP, Keynote Address, “European Security in the Coming Decade: Transatlantic and Global Perspectives”, Bucharest, October 2004. Workshop for UK and Romanian officials from Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence.

213. “European-American Relations since 2000: the transatlantic context”, Keynote address to Conference “Teach Europe”, Yale University, October 2004.

212. European Union: Institute for Security Studies. Invited participant at Annual Conference, “L’Union Européenne: Acteur de Sécurité Globale”, Paris, September 2004.

211. “The European Draft Constitutional Treaty and the Future of the European Defence Initiative: a question of flexibility”, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 2004.

210. “ESDP 2004: new scope, new policy, new initiatives”, Paper for closed conference organised by Dutch Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs on “European Security: the Agenda for the Dutch Presidency”, Clingendael Institute, The Hague, June 2004.

209. “A European Union with Teeth”, Paper for Conference on With US or Against US? A State of the European Union, Organised by the Maxwell Center, Syracuse University at CERI, Sciences-Po, Paris 24-25 June 2004.

208. “L’Union Européenne, peut-elle devenir un acteur influent sur la scène internationale ?”, Paper given to Forum Européen, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, May 2004.

207. “The IGC Debate as a Constraint for ESDP”, Conference on The European Union Constitution and the Future of Europe, University of Miami, April 2004.

206. “The Capacities at Europe’s Disposal”, Paper given to Conference “Able and Willing” on Europe’s Military Capacity, Royal Institute for International Relations (Belgium) and Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael), Royal Military Academy, Brussels, March 2004.

205. “European Security Autonomy: a Threat, a Promise or just a Mirage?”, European Union Series, Yale University, February 2004.

204. “Can Diverging British and French Perceptions of ESDP and NATO Still Be Brought Together?”, Keynote Opening Lecture at Cicero Foundation Conference on European Security and Defence Policy: How does It Fit into a Broader Transatlantic Security Policy?, Paris, December 2003.

203. “The US, the EU and the Transatlantic Crisis: sorting essentials from epiphenomena”, Boston University Centre for International Relations, Foreign Policy Workshop, November 2003.

202. “France and the 2003 Iraq War”, Conference on The New Cleavages in France, organized by Program in European Politics and Society, Princeton University and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Princeton University, October 2003

201bis. “Round Table on Europe and the USA”, Alliance Française, Providence, R.I., October 2003.

201. “The Political-Military Structure in Brussels: Capabilities and Limits” (Discussant on Major General Messervy-Whiting paper), Conference on The European Union and Peace Operations, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, September 2003.

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200. “Franco-British Defence Relations and the Future of the European Defence Project”, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2003.

199. “A European Union with Teeth?”, Workshop on Transatlantic Convergence and Divergence: European Trends in American Perspective, Maxwell European Union Center, Syracuse University and Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, Paris July 2003.

198. “The European Security and Defence Policy: Asset or Liability for NATO?”, Public Lecture/Workshop at Institute for Advanced Studies (HIS), University of Vienna, July 2003.

197. “Managing Transatlantic Divergence: Lessons from Africa” (Discussant) National Committee on American Foreign Policy, (New York): Second Round Table on Reinventing the Transatlantic Relationship, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, June 2003.

196. “European Security and Defence Policy and the Crisis of the Transatlantic Relationship”, Conference on The Atlantic Alliance in Crisis: From September 11 to Iraq, University of Washington (Center for West European Studies and European Union Center), May 2003.

195. “France, the United States and the Iraq Conflict” Invited Workshop, United States Naval War College, Newport, RI, April 2003.

194. “The Greek-Turkish Dispute, Cyprus and ESDP: ongoing fly in the ointment?”, Conference on Cyprus’s European Accession and the Greek-Turkish Rivalry, Yale University, April 2003.

193. “ESDP Since September 11 2001: back to the drawing board?”, 8th Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Nashville, Tennessee, March 2003.

192. “Transatlantic Relations in an age of terror: foreign and defense policy cooperation”, 8th Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Nashville, Tennessee, March 2003.

191. “La politique européenne de sécurité et de défense et l’OTAN: avenir commun ou impasse?”, Invited Workshop, Groupe d’Etudes Stratégiques/Institut Européen, University of Geneva, February 2003.

190. “Peace and International Security” Chair/Rapporteur, Sixth ECSA-World Conference on ­Peace, Security and Stability: International Dialogue and the Role of the European Union, European Commission, Brussels, December 2002.

189. “ESDP and NATO: joint future or deadlock?”, Conference on Evaluating NATO’s Future and the Consequences for Europe’s Security, Bertelsmann Foundation/Venusberg Group, Clingendael Institute, The Hague, December 2002.

188. “Ideas and Discourse in the Construction of a European Security and Defence Policy for the Twenty-First Century”, Conference on Opening the Black Box: Europeanisation, Discourse and Policy Change, Oxford University, November 2002.

187bis. “Europe and the Future of the Atlantic Alliance”, Paper to Center for European Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, November 2002.

187. “Security and Foreign Policy Implications”, International Workshop on The European Union’s Coming Enlargement: European and Global Implications, Columbia University, November 2002.

186. “Why ESDP is necessary and beneficial for the Alliance”, 5th International Security Forum on Setting the 21st Century Security Agenda, Zurich, October 2002

185. “European Security and Defense Policy and the future of the Atlantic Alliance: healthy complement or foolish irrelevance?”, New York Consortium for European Studies Workshop on Transatlantic Security Relations, New York University, October 2002.

184. “France, NATO and European Security: an impossible balancing act”, Keynote Address to Annual Conference of Western Society for French History, Baltimore, October 2002.

183. “Researching the European Security and Defence Policy”, Short Course on “United Europe: New Approaches to Research and Training”, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, August 2002.

182. “European security interests: what are the crisis scenarios and areas of intervention”, Round Table Chair/Rapporteur, 1st European Military Academies Conference, Saint-Cyr/Coëtquidan, Brittany, July 2002.

181. “NATO, ESDP and the Europeanisation of regional security”, ESRC Conference on Security Governance in the New Europe, Brussels, June 2002.

180. “ESDP, Russia and NATO”, Invited Workshop at Center for Integration Research and Programs, Saint Petersburg, May 2002.

179. “The European Security and Defence Policy since 11 September”, Invited Workshop at MGIMO (Russian Foreign Ministry), Moscow, May 2002.

178. “Transatlantic Relations after 11 September 2001”, Conference on Managing Continental Security Areas: Comparing Europe and North America, Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy and Security Studies, Montreal, May 2002.

177. “The EU, Peace Operations and Terrorism” Workshop on Peace Operations in Light of the Events of September 11th 2001, Geneva Centre for Security Policy¸ Geneva, April 2002.

176. “The Constitutional Implications of ESDP: intergovernmentalism and supranationalism”, Invited Seminar at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, March 2002.

175. “NATO-EU Relations: latest developments”, Conference on “Security Dimensions of EU Enlargement”, Czech Institute for International Relations, Prague, March 2002.

174. “Domestic Politics in France and their impact on Franco-US, Franco-Russian and Franco-German relations”, Conference on “Russia, Europe and the United States in 2002”, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, March 2002.

173. “The Franco-British Defence Relationship after 09/11: balancing national reflexes with European imperatives”, Conference on “France, the Anglo-Saxons and Defence Policy”, Maison Française, Oxford, February 2002.

172. “Foreign and Defense Policy Cooperation: a European Perspective”, European University Institute, Florence, Conference on “Continuity and Change in Transatlantic Relations”, February 2002.

171. “The Implications of 11 September for ESDP”, Copenhagen, Danish Institute for International Affairs, November 2001.

170. “Franco-British defence cooperation” conference, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris. Overall organiser and paper on “Finalité”, Paris, October 2001.

169. “The Completion of the Institutional Set-Up: the Political and Secueity Committee and the New Military Infrastructure”, Institut fur Europaische Politik, Berlin, Conference on New Dynamism for the CFSP –the Impact of the Nice Treaty and ESDP, Brussels, September 2001.

168. “The CESDP and the Forging of a European Security Culture?”, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August-September 2001.

167. Official participant in “Fachgespräch: Die europäische Verteidigungspolitik und die Deutsch-französischen Beziehungen” Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Paris, July 2001.

166. Official participant in “2001 Paris Transatlantic Conference: Transatlantic Relations and the Bush Administration”, Western European Union-Institute for Security Studies, June 2001.

165. “Can/Should European Defence Policy be Europeanised?”, Conference on L’Européisation des politiques publiques”, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences-Po) Paris, June 2001.

164. “Forging a Common European Security Culture: the ultimate challenge”, European Community Studies Association: Seventh Biennial Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 2001.

163. “Towards a European Defence Industrial Base?”, European Community Studies Association: Seventh Biennial Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 2001.

162. “Transatlanticism and a Fortress Europe?”, Conference on Canada and European Security: transatlanticism and NATO’s changing role, Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, May 2001.

161. “Ideas and Discourse in the Construction of a European Security and Defence Policy”, Conference on Ideas and Discourse in European Integration, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, May 2001.

160. “CESDP and the Changing Politics of the European Union”, Open Lecture to the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, April 2001.

159. “The new institutional framework of CESDP: making it work”, Public lecture at Monterey Institute of International Affairs, Monterey, California, April 2001.

158. “European Integration post-Nice: Still a Journey to an Unknown Destination?”, Speech to World Affairs Council, Anchorage, Alaska, April 2001.

157. “CESDP and the Changing Politics of the European Union: hanging together or hanging separately?” ESRC/JCMS Joint Conference on The Changing Politics of the European Union, Chatham House, London, March 2001.

156. “Vers une Europe de la Défense?”, Public Lecture to the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris in series Penser l’Europe, March 2001.

155. “CESDP: the positive outcome of the French Presidency of the EU?”, UACES Conference on The French Presidency of the EU, Loughborough University, March 2001.

154. “CESDP after Nice: the real problems emerge”, Conference on The European Union as an Assertive Force in the World, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, February 2001.

153. Official participant in Task Force on The Coherence of the CFSP, WEU-ISS, Paris, January 2001.

152. “CESDP: The Ultimate Challenge?”, New Europe Conference, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, January 2001.

151. “European Security after the Nice Council”, European Community Studies Association World Conference, Brussels, December 2000.

150. “Towards a European Security Culture?”, Conference on Enlargement and the European Security Challenge, at Centre for European Security Studies/PROGRES, University of Groningen, Groningen, Holland, November 2000.

149. Invited Participant at WEU Conference on United Nations Intervention in the Balkans, WEU-Institute for Security Studies, Paris, October 2000.

148. “In Europe or Outside? What is EU Defence Autonomy For?”, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Anglo-Portuguese Security Conference, A European Security Policy: Affordable? Feasible? British Embassy, Lisbon, October 2000.

147. “CESDP and Institutional Change in the EU”, Keynote speech to Conference on The New European Security Challenge, University of Turku, Finland, October 2000.

146. “CESDP and Security Governance in Europe”, ESRC One Europe or Several” Conference, University of Sussex, September 2000.

145. “Enlarging the EU Eastwards: Problems and Prospects of Integration in Europe”, Discussant, XVIIIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Quebec, August 2000.

144. “External Dimension of the Union: CFSP, CESDP, Enlargement”, Symposium of Jean Monnet Chairs on “The Intergovernmental Conference 2000 & Beyond”, Brussels, European Commission, July 2000.

143. “Introductory Remarks”, Franco-British Defence and Security Conference, IFRI, Paris, June 2000.

142. “La politique européenne de sécurité et de défense et le rapport UE-OTAN après le conseil de Feira”, Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) Annual Conference of “anciens auditeurs”, Ecole Militaire, Paris, June 2000.

141. “L’Union européenne, l’UEO et l’OTAN”, Colloque on La Présidence Française de l’Union européenne, Universities of Paris 1 & 2, FNSP, Paris, June 2000.

140. “European Defence Autonomy: a strengthening of NATO or the blind leading the blind?”, Royal Aeronautical Society Annual Barnwell Lecture, Bristol, June 2000.

139. “The ESDP-NATO Dialogue post-Helsinki”, Conference on The Transformation of NATO and the Question of European Unity, University of Washington, Seattle, May 2000.

138. “The Evolution of the Continent’s Security Equilibrium during the Eastward Expansion of NATO”, Conference on What Security for Hungary in the New Regional and International Context?, Budapest, March-April 2000..

137. “La France, la Grande Bretagne et la PESD: lune de miel ou dialogue de sourds”, Public Lecture to Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris, 27 March 2000.

136. “Britain, NATO and ESDP”, Conference on Redefining Security: the role of the EU in European security structures, ESRC/Arena, Oslo, March 2000.

135. “The Helsinki Summit and the problems of ESDP”, Conference at European Institute, South Bank University, December 1999.

134. “NATO and ESDP Compatibility post Kosovo”, Conference on France in Europe, Europe in France at Harvard University, December 1999.

133. “Franco-British Defence Cooperation since Cologne”, Conference on ESDP at European Institute for Public Administration, Maastricht, November 1999.

132. “Europe and the CFSP: towards a common defence and security policy”, Paper to Russian Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Training School (MGIMO), Moscow, September 1999.

131. “The European Security and Defence Identity after Kosovo”, Conference on International Order and Disorder in the Twenty-First Century”, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, June 1999.

130. “Franco-British Defence Cooperation: defining the right questions”, European Community Studies Association Sixth Biennial Conference, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, June 1999.

129. “Agenda Setting in Franco-British Defence Cooperation”, ERI Conference on France, Britain and ESDI: Building on Saint-Malo, University of Bath, May 1999.

128. “France and the Rationalisation of the Defence Industry: edging towards EADC?”, Conference on NATO: the first Fifty Years, NATO HQ, Brussels and Gustav-Stresemann Institute, Bonn, May 1999.

127. “Franco-British Defence Cooperation post-Saint Malo: not yet the beginning of the end, but perhaps the end of the beginning?”, WEU-ESRC Conference on New Building Blocks for European Defence Cooperation: Saint-Malo, Washington: What Next?, WEU Institute for Security Studies, Paris, April 1999.

126. “Franco-American Relations since 1981: renegotiating the marriage contract?”, Conference on EU-US Interactions since the Cold War, University of Washington, Seattle, March 1999.

125. “Integration or Cooperation in Foreign and Security Policy”, Conference on Integration versus Cooperation in Europe, University of West of England, Bristol, March 1999.

124. “The Common Foreign and Security Policy and NATO enlargement: complementarity or contradiction”, Public Lecture at Russian Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Training School, MGIMO, Moscow, November 1998.

123. “A Comparison of British and French Attitudes to NATO enlargement”, Conference on An Ostpolitik for Europe, Southbank University, London, November 1998.

122. “The Euromasters and Transatlantic Masters Project: revolution in distance learning”, Conference of Directors of EU-US Programmes, Richmond, Virginia, November 1998.

121. “L’élargissement de l’OTAN et de l’Union européenne: pourquoi, pour qui, comment?”, 9e Festival International de la Géographie, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, October 1998.

120. “Setting the Agenda in Franco-British Relations”, ERI/CSSD Conference on France, Britain and European Security: Constructive Cooperation or Dialogue of the Deaf?, University of Bath, June 1998.

119. “Le double élargissement et les risques de division de l’Europe”, Pugwash/CIRPES Colloque on Les Elargissements et la Sécurité de l’Europe, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, May 1998.

118. “The European Common Foreign and Security Policy and NATO enlargement: complementarity or contradiction”, University of Southampton Seminar Series, Southampton, May 1998.

117. “France in the World: Foreign, Defence and Security Policy: from European Vision to the Reality of Europe”, Conference on The Fifth Republic at Forty, French Institute, London, May 1998.

116. “La Grande Bretagne face aux élargissements de l’UE et de l’OTAN : les dilemmes de la stratégie euro-atlantique”, Colloque on Les Défis de l’Elargissement, University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), April 1998.

115. “The Marshall Plan, WEU and NATO: a double-edged legacy”, Conference on Fifty Years of the Marshall Plan, New York University, February 1998.

114. “France and the Amsterdam Treaty”, UACES Annual Conference on `Europe Today and Tomorrow’, University of Leicester, January 1998.

113. “The UK Presidency and Defence Policy: resolving the transatlantic conundrum”, 13th Lothian Foundation Conference, University of London, December 1997.

112. “The Transatlantic Masters Programme”, EU-US Program Directors Conference on EU-US Cooperation in Higher Education Project, University of Valencia, November 1997.

111. “CFSP and the post-Amsterdam Challenge”, UACES Conference on European Security Policy through the 1996 IGC, Manchester Metropolitan University, November 1997.

110. “Emile Noel and the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference”, Conference on Emile Noel and European Integration”, London, Offices of the European Commission, October 1997.

109. “The Europeanisation of NATO in the context of NATO enlargement”, Anglo-Russian Conference on NATO enlargement at ISKRAN, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, September 1997.

108. “New Directions in Research into France”, Conference of the Association of Professors and Heads of French, UK, University of Bristol, June 1997.

107. “La Grande Bretagne, le gouvernement Blair et les perspectives de la PESC”, Colloque “Europe: projets politiques et questions de Sécurité”, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, June 1997.

106. “The UK Government and the CFSP chapter of the 1996 IGC”, Jean Monnet Panel at the US conference of the European Community Studies Association, Seattle, May-June 1997.

105. “Towards a Common Foreign and Security Policy for Europe?”, Twenty-Fifth Conference of the European-Atlantic Movement, Bedales School, April 1997.

104. “La Grande Bretagne et l’Union économique et monétaire: un débat sans fin?”, Colloque L’Europe en Mouvement, Universities of Montpellier 1 and 3, Maison d’Europe, Nîmes, March 1997.

103. “A Common Foreign and Security Policy for Europe: Problems and Prospects”, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, February 1997.

102. “Being and Doing in the construction of European Identity”, Conference: Why Europe? Keele University, September 1996.

101. “Jacques Chirac, the French Presidency and France’s Nuclear Status: the management of grandeur”, Conference on “French Worlds, Pacific Worlds: France, Australia and Pacific Nuclear Testing”, Newman College, University of Melbourne, July 1996.

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100. “Chair/Comment on Session: “Imagining French History”, Tenth George Rudé Conference, University of Melbourne, July 1996.

99. “France and Gaullist `Euroscepticism’: re-reading the French blueprint for a united Europe”, Keynote speech to Tenth George Rudé Conference, University of Melbourne, July 1996.

98. “Report on the Brussels Symposium on the IGC”, Conference of UK Jean Monnet Professors, Kings College, University of London, June 1996.

97. “Report from the Intergovernmental Conference: the progress of CFSP”, Charlemagne Institute Conference: “Europe - the Real Agenda”, University of Bath, May 1996.

96. “Towards a European Foreign and Security Policy”, Jean Monnet Colloquium on the Intergovernmental Conference-1996, Brussels, May 1996.

95. “Jacques Chirac’s Defence Reforms in Historical Context”, Conference on “1996 and Beyond: a constitution for Europe?” South Bank University, London, April 1996.

94. “French Defence Policy and Europeanisation”, Conference on “Chirac’s Challenge: Public Policy and Protest in France”, University of Washington, Seattle, April 1996.

93. “Géostratégies mondiales et unité européenne depuis 1945”, Conférence Jean Monnet, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, March 1996.

92. “La France, le Royaume Uni et les Etats Unis face aux Défis de la Sécurité européenne”, Séminaire européen sur les Etudes interculturelles, Université de Paris XII, Villetaneuse, February 1996.

91. “Towards a European CFSP?”, Colloquium on 1996 IGC, European Commission, Brussels, January 1996.

90. "European Union and Irreversibility", University Association for Contemporary European Studies Research Conference, Birmingham, September 1995.

89. "Is European Union Irreversible?", Introductory address to First annual conference of European Research Institute, Bath University, June 1995.

88. "The impact of the European Union on French national defence policy", Fourth Biennial Conference of the European Community Studies Association, Charleston, South Carolina, May 1995.

87. "Franco-German relations seen through British Eyes", Keynote address to 10th Annual Conference of Anglo-German Association and Franco-British Society, Goethe Institute, London, January 1995.

86. "The Enlargement of the European Union to the East", invited participant at international conference of Forum du Futur, Paris, National Assembly, December 1994.

85. "The enlargement of Europe: a French perspective", Twentieth Conference of European Atlantic Movement, Rugby School, November 1994.

84. "Europe: towards 1996", Official participant in 2nd Anglo-Italian symposium at Certaldo di Pontignano, October 1994.

83. "France and the creation of a European security entity (1944-1994): 15th Annual Conference of ASMCF, University of Portsmouth, September 1994.

82. "La Défense de l'Union européenne: armée de citoyens ou armée professionnelle?", 3rd Jean Monnet Political Science Conference, University of Namur, July 1994.

81. "The French Livre Blanc sur la Défense”, ESRC Conference on National Autonomy and European Security Integration, Oxford University, April 1994.

80. "Approfondir pour Elargir", Club Témoin Conference on Elargissement-Approfondissement: implications pour l'Union Européenne, Paris, National Assembly, April 1994.

79. "The Development of `European Studies' as an academic discipline in the UK", Arbeitstagung des Arbeitskreises des Sprachenzentren, Humboldt University, Berlin, February 1994.

78. Official participant in the Conclave de Fontevraud, on Réinventer la Politique dans une Europe qui se cherche, Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, November 1993.

77. Rapporteur on session "European Integration to 2000", British Council/University of Siena Symposium on Europe: Enlarged or Divided, Certosa di Pontignano, October 1993.

76. "France and the Security of Europe: Fifty Years: one agenda, 1944-1994", 21st Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, Missoula, Montana, October 1993.

75. "The French debate on military intervention in European conflicts, with specific reference to Yugoslavia", Conference on Military Intervention in Europe, Centre for Defence Studies, Kings College London, September 1993.

74. "A Federal European Defence Structure: Problems and Prospects", The Second Jean Monnet Symposium: Federal Conceptions in EC Member States: Traditions and Perspectives, University of Tubingen, 1-3 July 1993.

73. "The debate inside Germany on Out of Area operations:constitutional and political issues - a French perspective", Friedrich Ebert Stiftung/IPPR Conference on Germany in a cooperative security system, London 19 June 1993.

72. "La France, la Grande Bretagne et les problèmes de la conscience collective européenne", Maison des Sciences de l'Homme/European Public Policy Institute, 2nd Franco-British Seminar on European Security, Paris, EHESS, May 1993.

71. "Vers une Conscience collective européenne", Colloquium on L'Avenir de l'Alliance Atlantique, Association Française pour la Communauté Atlantique, Paris, April 1993.

70. "Les problèmes de la construction de l'`Etre' européen dans l'après guerre froide", Colloquium on Après Maastricht: vers un nouveau civisme européen, Fédération nationale André Maginot, Paris, February 1993.

69. "France and the North African Dimension", Conference on Security Issues in the Mediterranean, Centre for Defence Studies, Kings College University of London, December 1992.

68. "France and the Gulf War: diplomatic singularity, military rank and the quest for a new identity", International Conference on the 1990-1991 Gulf Conflict, Keele University, September 1992.

67. "La politique de défense française et l'UEO", Conference on La Politique étrangère de la France depuis 1981, Maison Française, Oxford, June 1992.

66. "Redefining Europe: Questions of Identity in a Time of Change", Keynote Address to Conference of same title, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1992.

65. "France, NATO and European Security", European Institute for Public Policy/Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Conference on Anglo-French Defence Cooperation, University of Warwick, April 1992.

64. "The Demythologising of French Politics", Conference on Contemporary France: Myths and Avatars, Institute For Romance Studies, University of London, March 1992.

63. Chair/Comment, Special Session on "La Crise de l'Agriculture européenne" with Edgard Pisani, Maison Française, Oxford, March 1992.

62. "Current French Thinking on NATO and Nuclear Weapons", Institute for Public Policy Research/Centre for Defence Studies Conference on The Dissolution of the USSR and the Control of Nuclear Weapons, Kings College, London, January 1992.

61. "Europe and the New World Order", Special Symposium on the New Europe, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, November 1991.

60. "The New Security `Architecture' of Europe", Western European Studies Colloquium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, November 1991.

59. "The Evolution of French nuclear doctrine since 1989", European Strategic Affairs Symposium, Department of National Security Affairs, US Naval Academy, Monterey, California, November 1991.

58. "The President's Special Role in Foreign and Defence Policy", Nuffield Foundation Conference on The French Presidential System, Maison Française, Oxford, June 1991.

57. "Defence and Security Cooperation in the Anglo-French Context", Parliamentary Defence Committee Conference on Anglo-French Relations, Kings College, University of London, March 1991.

56. "Le Consensus gaulliste en matière de défense et l'avenir de la stratégie européenne: un héritage à double tranchant", Colloque De Gaulle en son Siècle, Paris, UNESCO, November 1990.

55. "French Security Options in 1990: the debate intensifies", 11th Annual Conference of Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, September 1990.

54. "Quelques remarques sur la France, la Grande Bretagne et les Enjeux stratégiques de l'an 2000", Association des Auditeurs de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale: Voyage d'Etudes en Grande Bretagne, Bath University, May 1990.

53. "French Defence Planning in the Near Term", 31st Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Washington DC, April 1990.

52. "The Contradictions of the Gaullist Legacy for French Security Policy", French Study Group/Study Group on Nuclear Politics, Harvard University, October 1989.

51. "Coming to Terms with French Political Culture. Chair/Comment", 17th Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, New Orleans, October 1989.

50. "The Counter-revolutionary legacy. Cultural politics and the Twentieth Century French Right. A Comment", 17th Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, New Orleans, October 1989.

49. "The French People and War: 1914-1939-1989. Chair/Comment", 10th Annual Conference of Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France, Bath University, September 1989.

48. "Gaullism and the future of French defence policy: a double-edged legacy", Conference on De Gaulle and his Century, Maison Française, Oxford, June 1989.

47. "The Making of French Foreign and Defence Policy", ESRC conference on Developments in French Politics, London School of Economics, December 1988.

46. "Developments in French Defence Policy", Chatham House-MOD seminar on Anglo-Franco-German defence relations, November 1988.

45. "La France, l'Europe et le Tiers-Monde: imbrications sécuritaires dans le monde moderne", 2nd Annual Colloquium of Ligue internationale pour l'Enseignement et la Culture populaire, Paris, October 1988.

44. "Nationalisme et internationalisme chez l'ouvrier français, 1900-1914: l'importance de la xénophobie anti-allemande",  CNRS/Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Conference on Les Internationalismes devant la Guerre, Paris, December 1987.

43. "Anti-Marxism, Republicanism and Confusionism: New Reflections on Zeev Sternhell's recipe for `fascism'", 15th Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, Las Cruces, New Mexico, November 1987.

42. "Zola, Anzin and the Socialists: a historical analysis of class struggle", 13th Annual Conference of Nineteenth Century French Studies, Evanston, Illinois, October 1987.

41. "The role of History in the Teaching of French Civilisation", Anglo- American Conference on Teaching French Civilisation, Portsmouth, September 1987.

40. "Synchronic and diachronic perspectives on May 1968 Chair/Comment", 8th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France, University of Reading, September 1987.

39. "French security and arms control policy in the INF era", US/European Conference on Global Security and Arms Control, University of Sussex, August 1987.
38. "The Discrepancy between socialist theory and governmental practice in France", 101st meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, December 1986.

37. "Anti-Marxism and the French left: Fascism, Republicanism and Confusionism (1889-1914)", Public Lecture: New York University, December 1986.

36. "Foreign Policy and Security issues in the French elections of 1986", 14th annual conference of Western Society for French History, Johns Hopkins University, November 1986.

35. "Image and Political Culture in Contemporary France: la révolution enfin terminée?", 7th Annual Conference of Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France, Newcastle Polytechnic, September 1986.

34. "The Peace Movement in the post New-Cold-War world", Chair/Comment, Conference on Peace in the New Cold War Era, London School of Economics, June 1986.

33. "The Mitterrand governments and defence policy: more Gaullist than the General?", Conference of University Association for Contemporary European Studies on Social Democratic Parties and European Defence, Kings College, University of London, May 1986.

32. "Of Budgets and Strategic Choices", Conference on `Continuity and Change in Mitterrand's France' at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, December 1985.

31. "Euromissiles, Euromovements and Euroconsciousness: the European dimension", comment on session at Fifth International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Washington DC, October 1985.

30. "Alternative Visions of the Future of Europe", panel on "Interdependence and Intellectual Linkage in Foreign Affairs", Eurofest Conference, Harvard University, September 1985.

29. "French Defence Policy and the Modernisation Perspective", Chair/Comment, 6th Annual Conference of ASMCF, Aston University, September 1985.

28. "The French Labour Movement, Internationalism and Peace: 1900-1914 and 1980-1984 - some comparisons", Annual Conference of Society for the Study of Labour History, Birkbeck College, University of London, May 1985.

27. "The Right-Wing Parties and Defence Policy: farewell to Gaullism?" Joint French Study Group/Study Group on Nuclear Politics and Society, Harvard University, May 1985.

26. "Perceptions of the Republic in France since 1848", 31st Annual Conference of the Society for French Historical Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, March 1985.

25. "Gaullism and the Socialist Party in France in 1984", ESRC Conference on Gaullism since de Gaulle, Leeds University, October 1984.

24. "France and the Defence of Europe", Chair/Comment, 5th Annual Conference of Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France, University of Nottingham, September 1984.

23. "The Introduction of Marxism and the anti-Marxist revolt in France, l874-l900", 30th Annual Conference of Society for French Historical Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April l984.

22. "The Consensus of Silence: Socialists and Nuclear Weapons in Mitterrand's France", Joint French Study Group/Study Group on Nuclear Politics and Society, Harvard University, February 1984.

21. "Radical politics and medical progress: a comment", llth Annual Conference of Western Society for French History, Riverside, Ca., November l983.

20. "Defence thinking in France under Mitterrand: the dichotomy of politics and strategy", llth Annual Conference of Western Society for French History, Riverside, Ca., November l983.

19. "Historical recall and the contemporary Socialist and Labor movements in France", 97th Annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., December l982.

18. "De la République bourgeoise à la République sociale: les contradictions de la tactique socialiste: l87l-l940", 3rd Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, September l982.

17. "The Left and Foreign Affairs: Diplomacy, Defence and Foreign Economic Policies", Council for European Studies Conference on Periods and Cycles in Europe, Past and Present, Washington D.C., April/May l982.

16. "The Dichotomy of Socialism and Freedom: from Jaurès to Mitterrand", Guest lecture at Annual History Honors Banquet, University of Kansas, Lawrence,Kansas, April l982.

15. "French Trade Unions, the State and Direct Action: a century of dilemma, l884-l982", Rhode Island Symposium on the Labor Movement in Western Societies, Rhode Island College, April l982.

14. "Workers, Employees and Shopkeepers in fin de siècle Paris", Chair/Comment at 28th Annual Conference of Society for French Historical Studies, New York University, March l982.

13. "History and Foreign Policy in the French elections of l98l", 9th Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, University of Colorado, Greeley, October l98l.

12. "L'éclatement du Blanquisme après la mort de Blanqui (l880-l900)", Colloque international du Centenaire de Blanqui, University of Paris, October l98l.

11. "The French Communist Party and the crisis of May l947", Colloquium on Socialism and National Identity in Times of Crisis, Portsmouth Polytechnic, September l98l.

10. "The Dynamics of Disintegration: inner conflicts and contradictions in the PCF's handling of left-unity and foreign affairs, l945-l947", IVth International Colloquium of Interuniversity Center for European Studies, Montreal, March l98l.

9. "The French Communist Party and "intellectual workers": an ideological impasse",  Social Science Research Council Conference on Political Research in France, University of Leeds, January l98l.

8. "Socialists and the Republic in the Twentieth Century: Instrument of Integration, Agent of Alienation or Road to Revolution?", 8th Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, Eugene, Oregon, October l980.

7. "The French Communist Party and the forthcoming presidential elections", Conference of University Association for Contemporary European Studies, University of Leeds, May l980.

6. "The Collapse of Tripartism in France: a comment on l947", 94th Annual meeting of the American Historical Association, New York, December l979.

5. "Socialists and Syndicalists in France (l884-l890); the symbiosis of struggle", 92nd Annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Dallas, Texas, December l977.

4. “French and German socialists and War; reactions and inter-reactions”, Colloquium organised by the British Research Group into Nationalism and Socialism, Portsmouth Polytechnic, September l977.

3. “Edouard Vaillant et Jean Jaurès: éléments d'une influence latente”, preparatory papers for: Colloque Jaurès et la Classe Ouvrière, organised by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, National Assembly, Paris, November l976.

2. “The Myth of Blanquism under the Third Republic”, 2lst Annual Conference of Society for French Historical Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., USA, April l975.

1. “James Keir Hardie and popular opposition to the Boer War - a historical approach to the political speech”, Annual Congress of the Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement supérieur, University of Nantes, France, May l974.