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SUMMARY:Viable\, Equitable\, and Ecological? Tourism as Sustainable Development in the North Caucasus
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocation\n  \n3312 Turlington\n  \nCES Lunchtime Symposium\n  \nChristine Le Jeune\, Ph.D. student\, Anthropology\n  \nThe North Caucasus is a region of high biodiversity. Its mountain systems are a valuable natural resource\, but they are especially vulnerable to human impact. The region’s abundant natural attractions have drawn tourists since the nineteenth century. At the same time\, Russian governance of the North Caucasus has a complicated and troubled history. The geographical challenges\, harsh environmental conditions\, and high cultural diversity of the North Caucasus mountain territories have often rendered state institutions ineffective and have hindered the reach of the Russian state in these areas. The geography of mountainous areas in the North Caucasus also presents a challenge for economic development. Since 2010\, the Russian central government has pursued the development of tourism as part of an official plan for the region’s economic development and as a means toward solving the region’s persistent issues of unemployment\, depopulation\, and social problems.\n  \nI examine the social-ecological dynamics of tourism destinations in the North Caucasus. I am interested in how the promotion of tourism as a mode for socioeconomic development aligns with the ability to preserve the rich biodiversity of the region’s environmentally vulnerable mountain systems and protected areas.\n 
URL:https://ces.ufl.edu/event/viable-equitable-and-ecological-tourism-as-sustainable-development-in-the-north-caucasus/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190404T123000
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SUMMARY:The European Union’s Authoritarian Equilibrium
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocation\n  \n284 Holland Hall\n  \nBrief Intro\n  \nR. Daniel Kelemen\, Rutgers University\n\n  \nOver the past few years\, the European Union (EU) has experienced a profound rule of law crisis. In their effort to consolidate autocratic rule\, EU member state governments in Hungary and Poland have systematically undermined the independence of their judiciaries. Attacks on judicial independence and the rule of law appear to be spreading to other member states\, including Bulgaria\, Romania\, and Malta. Because the EU is a community based on the rule of law\, the breakdown of the rule of law in its member states constitutes a profound threat to the operation of the EU as a whole. Why then has the EU done so little to counter the destruction of the rule of law in some of its member states? Ironically\, efforts to address the EU’s supposed “democratic deficit” by encouraging more partisan competition at the EU level have created a half-baked system of party politics that shields populist governments who attack the rule of law from EU censure. The problem is not that the EU has become to politicized\, but that the EU party politics is trapped in a mid-range\, “authoritarian equilibrium”: the EU’s nascent system of party politics generates powerful incentives for Europarties (EU level party coalitions) to provide political protection to populist member governments who deliver votes to their coalitions\, while it imposes almost no political cost on the mainstream parties who ally with them – even if their regimes dismantle the rule of law and backslide into authoritarianism. To date\, this has allowed some member governments to dismantle the rule of law with near impunity\, while still enjoying political protection from mainstream allies.\n\n 
URL:https://ces.ufl.edu/event/the-european-unions-authoritarian-equilibrium/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190404T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190404T190000
DTSTAMP:20260818T103229
CREATED:20200727T203737Z
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SUMMARY:BREXIT and Europe’s Perfect Storm
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocation\n  \nPugh Hall Ocora\n  \nBrief Intro\n  \nR. Daniel Kelemen\, Rutgers University\n  \nOver the past several years\, Europe has faced a perfect storm of intertwined crises- including the eurozone crisis\, the refugee crisis\, the crisis of democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland\, the crisis of Russian aggression\, and of course BREXIT – which together have shaken the project of European integration to its very core. Professor Kelemen will examine how BREXIT has interacted with other crises and policy challenges facing the EU\, contributing to some of the EU’s problems while at the same time prompting more European unity than most had expected.\n  \nWith funding and support from the Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant and the Bob Graham Center.\n 
URL:https://ces.ufl.edu/event/brexit-and-europes-perfect-storm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190408T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190408T143000
DTSTAMP:20260818T103229
CREATED:20200727T204248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T205323Z
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SUMMARY:BREXIT and the Political Economy of Disintegration
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocation\n  \n216 Anderson\n  \nBrief Intro\n  \nErik Jones\, Johns Hopkins University SAIS\n  \nWhen the British people voted to leave the European Union in June 2016\, they embarked on an unprecedented experiment in disintegration with their closest allies and trading partners. The goal was to allow the British parliament to take back control over the country’s borders\, regulations\, and decision-making procedures. Nevertheless\, the process was anything but liberating. With hindsight\, the peculiarities of the British situation are easily understood. The history of Northern Ireland\, the oversized role of the City of London\, the country’s dependence on imported foodstuffs\, and Britain’s position in trans-Atlantic supply chains have all proved problematic. The question is whether the British case is exceptional or representative. The answer is more general than the British might want to believe. Despite the country’s idiosyncrasies\, Britain’s exit from the European Union (or BREXIT) is indicative of just how challenging disintegration would be for any government\, both politically and economically.\n  \nWith funding and support from the Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant and the UF Department of Economics.\n 
URL:https://ces.ufl.edu/event/brexit-and-the-political-economy-of-disintegration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T153000
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CREATED:20200727T204430Z
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SUMMARY:Agroterrorism\, Threats to Plant and Food Biosecurity: Results from European Research
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocation\n  \nMcCarty Hall A\, Room 1151\n  \nBrief Intro\n  \nMaria Lodovica Gullino\nUniversity of Torino\n  \nBiosecurity is a strategic and integrated approach for analysing and managing relevant risks to human\, animal and plant life and health\, and associated risks to the environment. Plant biosecurity aims at protecting all plant resources  and the food supply from the natural or intentional introduction\, establishment and spread of plant pests\, pathogens and noxious weeds. Although most plant disease outbreaks have natural causes or are the result of inadvertent introductions of pathogens through human activities\, the risk of a deliberate introduction of a high consequence plant pathogen cannot be excluded. The considerable amount of research promoted by the European Union – which has also involved non-EU countries such as the United States\, Israel and Turkey – has made possible the development of a comprehensive set of tools covering the entire risk management cycle — from prevention to preparedness\, detection\, response and recovery – which are critically discussed. \n\n  \nSupport for this Jean Monnet Chair Speaker Series talk comes from Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Chair\, CES\, and One Health Center of Excellence \n\n 
URL:https://ces.ufl.edu/event/agroterrorism-threats-to-plant-and-food-biosecurity-results-from-european-research/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190412T090000
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SUMMARY:European Security Beyond Guns and Soldiers
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocation\n  \nDauer 215\n  \nBrief Intro\n  \nAnnual Workshop on the European Union sponsored by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence\n  \nPanel 1 – The RMA in Europe (9:00am-10:30am)\nKaija Schilde\, Boston University: The Political Economy of European Security\nRichard Bitzinger\, NTU: Can Europe’s Military-Industrial Base Still Innovate?\nDavid Galbreath\, University of Bath: Understanding Changes in European Militaries: A System Approach\n  \nPanel 2 – Agriculture and Health Security in Europe (10:45am-12:15pm)\nMaria Lodovica Gullino\, University of Turin: European Research on Plant and Food Biosecurity\nAlberto Ladomada\, IZZA: Emerging Animal and Human Diseases: A Threat for the EU and for the Whole World\nJacqueline Fletcher\, University of Oklahoma: Vulnerabilities\, Threats and Gaps in the Biosecurity of Plant-Derived Foods in the European Union\n  \nPanel 3 – Energy and Cyber-Security in Europe (1:45pm-3:30pm)\nBrandon Valeriano\, USMC University: What Do We Know About Cyber Conflict? Scope and Implications for Europe\nKevin Butler\, University of Florida: TBA\nZachary Selden\, University of Florida: European Energy Security in a Global Context\n  \nFree and Open to the Public\nThe European Commission support for this presentation does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflect the views of the presenter\, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information given.
URL:https://ces.ufl.edu/event/european-security-beyond-guns-and-soldiers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190415T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190415T140000
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SUMMARY:The Czech Republic: The European Union and the Rise of Populism
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocation\n  \n3312 Turlington \n\n  \nBrief Intro\n  \nMartin Nekola\nCES Lunchtime Symposium\n 
URL:https://ces.ufl.edu/event/the-czech-republic-the-european-union-and-the-rise-of-populism/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190429T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190429T130000
DTSTAMP:20260818T103229
CREATED:20200727T205635Z
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SUMMARY:Bulgarian Political Parties and European Integration: From Anticommunism to Euroscepticism
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocation\n  \n3312 Turlington\n  \nBrief Intro\n  \nPetia Kostadinova\, University of Illinois at Chicago\n  \nCES Lunchtime Symposium\nIn this article\, coauthored by Kostadinova and Dragomir Stoyanova\, we review the political developments in Bulgaria since the fall of communism in 1989\, including the process of European integration that it underwent. We pay a particular attention to the positions that political parties in the country take with respect to the country’s membership in the European Union (EU). The place of the EU in the profiles of Bulgarian political parties is assessed through quantitative data available from the Manifesto Project and expert assessments from the Chapel Hill expert database. The qualitative discussion of the extent of European Union support within each of the major players in Bulgaria’s party system adds to the quantitative data and provides the details on the specifies of Bulgarian socio-economic and socio-cultural Euroscepticism. We conclude that although Bulgarian political elite continues to have a pro-European orientation\, Bulgarian Euroscepticism is already part of the party competition\, and it is here to stay. lunch provided\n\n 
URL:https://ces.ufl.edu/event/bulgarian-political-parties-and-european-integration-from-anticommunism-to-euroscepticism/
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