09
May
12:00

Conference: «The Threat of the Islamic State: Checkmate in Europe?»

Charlemagne Institute for European Studies The Saló de Graus Room. Campus Barcelona

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As part of the celebrations for Europe Day, the Carlemany Institute for European Studies has organised a talk entitled “The Threat of the Islamic State: Checkmate in Europe?”  

Programa

12.00 h

Opening session by Carlos Espaliú, Director of the Carlemany Institute for European Studies

12.15 h

“Characteristics of DAESH and the Response from the International Community”, given by Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, Director of the Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies

12.35 h

Round table

  • “The Viability of a Diplomatic Solution to the Conflict in Syria and Iraq”
    Francisco Fernández Fábregas, Spanish Ambassador
  • “Military Perspective and Prospective of the Conflict in Syria and Iraq” 
    Pedro Baños Bajo, Coronel, analysis and expert speaker on international relations
  • “The Conflict from Political and Religious Points of View.  A View from ‘the other side’” 
    Soha Abboud Haggar, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Complutense University of Madrid 
  • “The Jihadism that is on its way:  Libya and the Sahel”
    Carlos Echeverría Jesús, Professor of International Relations at the UNED and an expert on the Islamic world
  • “The Political and Cultural Response to the DAESH Phenomenon in Europe” 
    Montserrat Nebrera, Professor of Constitutional Law and Political Analyst

13.30 h

Colloquium

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