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The topic
Russia’s attack on Ukraine calls into question the political order of Europe with regard to the territorial sovereignty of nation states. The attack also violates core norms of international law. Finally, Russia’s war of aggression has sparked intense political, social and academic debates about what the future security policy of European states should look like and what role the European Union should play in it. This is where the 37th Bremen University Talks come in: at the heart of this year’s BUG is the question of the forms and extent to which the European Union can shape security policy in Europe in future, together with its member states, and which political debates significantly shape the formulation of the EU’s objectives, means and capacities in European security policy (Panel 2). We are also conducting this discussion against the backdrop of the political lessons taught by the history of European integration since the 1950s regarding the balancing of national responsibilities and European competences (Panel 1). Finally, we place European security policy in a global context by examining which global relationships are currently considered politically relevant to the European political order and with which states and international organisations outside Europe cooperation might be possible in the future to enhance the security of the European political order.
Academic coordinators: Professor Dr. Klaus Schlichte & Professor Dr. Arndt Wonka
Speakers
Correspondent for El Pais in Berlin
Head of the ‘European Critical Communication System’ working group at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (Brussels)
Journalist, former correspondent for Deutschlandfunk in Russia (Berlin)
Political scientist, University of Bremen
Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer at the University of Bremen
Legal historian, political analyst and writer, Centre for Liberal Modernity, Berlin
Director of Programme Co-ordination of the Council of Europe in Strasburg
Deputy Head of International Department, Swiss Red Cross in Wabern
medico International
Berlin Representative
Editor-in-Chief bulletin
Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ambassador at the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels, representative on the Political and Security Committee
Professor of International Relations and Global Society at the University of Bremen and academic coordinator of the 37th Talks
Director of Political Affairs, Client Relations and Communications at OHB Systems AG, Bremen
Board of the Wolfgang-Ritter-Foundation, Bremen
Professor of European Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bremen and academic coordinator of the 37th Talks
Program
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Opening lecture at the Forum am Domshof
Moderation: Professor Dr. Klaus Schlichte & Professor Dr. Arndt Wonka, University of Bremen
5:30pm Admission
6:00pm Welcome
Alexander Witte, Board Member of the Wolfgang-Ritter-Foundation
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
8:00pm Reception hosted by the Wolfgang Ritter Foundation
Friday, 14 November 2025
Closed conference
Moderation: Professor Dr. Klaus Schlichte & Professor Dr. Arndt Wonka, University of Bremen
9:00am Welcome and opening
Prof. Dr. Michal Kucera, Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer at the University of Bremen
9:15am Panel 1: States, Nations and European integration in the 20th century
Impulses
Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ambassador Dr. Martin Schäfer, Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union (Brussels)
10:45am Coffee break in the foyer
11:15am Panel 2: The European Union and European Security - Capacities and Potentials
Impulses
Prof. Dr. Philipp Genschel, University of Bremen
Sabine von der Recke, OHB Systems AG (Bremen)
1:45pm Panel 3: Threats to European security and cooperation for European security
Impulses
Claus Neukirch, Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
Dr. Gesine Dornblüth, Journalist (Berlin)
Astrid Nissen, Swiss Red Cross (Bern)
3:15pm Closing remarks
Prof. Dr. Michal Kucera, Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer at the University of Bremen
3:30pm End of the event
Status: 24.07.2025
Programme 37. Bremen University Talks
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