Institutskolloquium/Departmental Seminar
ALL WELCOME
Richard G. Whitman, University of Kent at Canterbury
Edging towards the Exit? The Future for the UK in the EU
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 · 16:00 c.t. · R. 124, Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Richard G. Whitman is Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. He previously taught at the University of Bath and the University of Westminster. He is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House (formerly known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and an Academic Fellow at the European Policy Centre. Whitman regularly writes and researches for think tanks and contributes to leading journals. His current research interests include the external relations and foreign and security policies as well as defence policies, and the governance and future priorities of the EU.
Among his recent publications are ‘The Arab Spring, Eurozone crisis and the Neighbourhood: A region in flux’ (Journal of Common Market Studies, 2012), ‘A Diplomatic Entrepreneur: Making the Most of the European External Action Service’ (Chatham House Report, 2011, with Staffan Hemra and Thomas Raines), and ‘The EU as a Conflict Manager? The Case of Georgia and its Implications’ (International Affairs, 2010, with Stefan Wolff). He is the editor of Normative Power Europe (Palgrave, 2011), and the co-editor of a forthcoming special issue of Cooperation and Conflict on Normative Power Europe. Moreover, in 2012 Whitman co-edited and contributed chapters to The Routledge Handbook of European Security (Routledge, 2012, with Sven Biscop) and The European Union as a Global Conflict Manager (Routledge, 2012, with Stefan Wolff).