Prof. Artur Gruszczak, head of the Department of National Security, took part in the 11th European Workshops in International Studies organised by the European International Studies Association (EISA) and Kadir Has University in Istanbul, on the 3rd to 5th July 2024.

Prof. Artur Gruszczak, head of the Department of National Security, took part in the 11th European Workshops in International Studies organised by the European International Studies Association (EISA) and Kadir Has University in Istanbul, on the 3rd to 5th July 2024.

Professor Gruszczak was the organizer and co-coordinator (together with Emel Parlar Dal from Marmara University in Istanbul) of the workshop on The EU's Actorness in Face of Regional and Global Crises and Security Imbroglios. The workshop was attended by 17 scientists who presented papers on various aspects of the European Union's actorness in the internal and external dimensions, concerning security and crisis management. Professor Gruszczak presented a paper on "The EU's Actorness in Face of Disruptive Actors: The Case of Terrorist and Extremist Groups", in which he presented the results of the research task "Unraveling disruptive performance of anti-democratic actors" carried out as part of the Future Democracy Lab, a flagship project of the programme Excellence Initiative at the Jagiellonian University.

Professor Gruszczak also took part in a debate organized by prof. Tomasz Stępniewski from the Catholic University of Lublin, on the basis of a policy paper published by the Institute of Central Europe, surrounding NATO priorities before the summit in Washington in 2024. Experts from Kadir Has University, led by Professor Mustafa Aydin, chairman of the Turkish International Relations Council, attended the debate.

Picture/photo courtesy: EWIS, Emel Parlar Dal / X.