Middle Powers, Diplomacy and Emerging Technologies in a Changing Global Order
09:45 a.m. | Institutional Greetings and Welcome Remarks
Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI
10:00 a.m. | A Changing Global Order. Middle Powers and the Role of Diplomacy
Chair: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI
- The EU as a Middle Power? Normative Power, Strategic Autonomy and Diplomacy in a Multipolar Order
Beata Piskorska, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Center for the Study of Diplomacy - Great Power, Middle Power, or No Power at All? Global South Perceptions of Europe
Riccardo Redaelli, Director of the Department of Political Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Diaspora, Historical Memory and Middle-Power Diplomacy: Poland in the Emerging Multipolar Order
Michał Dworski, Assistant Professor of History and International Relations, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Center for the Study of Diplomacy - Economic Diplomacy and Middle Powers in a Changing UN System. Study case: Poland
Anna Golec-Mastroianni, Polish Italian Business Council and Center for the Study of Diplomacy
12.30 p.m. | Lunch
Session 2
02.00 p.m. | Emerging Technologies and the Future of Global Governance References in Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy
Chair: Valentina Villa, Associate Professor of History of Political Institutions, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- From Battlefield to Global Actor: Ukraine's Military-Technological Capabilities and Its Emerging Geopolitical Role in a Multipolar World
Mateusz Błaszczak, PhD Candidate (Political Science), The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Center for the Study of Diplomacy - Drone Diplomacy, Defence Innovation and Regional Security in Poland and the Baltic States
Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik, Associate Professor of Political Science, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin - Beyond the EU: Sixth-Generation Fighters and the Future of European Defence Integration
Andrea Locatelli, Professor of Political Science, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Digital Resilience as Middle-Power Diplomacy: Poland’s Response to AI-Driven Disinformation and Cognitive Warfare
Urszula Soler, Associate Professor of Sociology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
4.00 p.m.| Coffee break
Session 3
4.30 p.m. | The European Union Navigating a Multipolar World
Chair: Giorgia Perletta, Researcher in History and Institutions of Asia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Laboratories under "Constraint": Italy, Poland and the Far-Right Test ahead of France and Germany
Valerio Alfonso Bruno, Research Fellow, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Securing Europe in a Multipolar World: The EU’s Evolving Role
Sonia Lucarelli, Professor of International Relations and European Security, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna - Beyond the Treaty: The European Commission and New Forms of Multilateralism in a Multipolar Order
Monica Spatti, Associate Professor of European Union Law, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
06.00 p.m. | End of Session and end of Conference
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