PRIMO - Power and Region in a Multipolar Order

ESRs Felipe Albuquerque and Eleonora Tafuro recently gave an interview to Gem-Stones PhD School about their experiences as part of PRIMO. The full interview can be found at

gem-stones.eu

ESR Ali Lantukh's piece viewing the Russian angle on the Xiamen BRICS Summit is now available online via Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies at

Xiamen BRICS Summit: The View from Russia Despite the propaganda from Russia BRICS’ approaches are less different from, and more reliant on, the collective West than they might purport

ESR Eleonora Tafuro's article entitled "Linking Status with Soft Power: Call for a Joint Research Agenda" is now available online via All Azimuth - check it out at

www.foreignpolicyandpeace.org

PRIMO is happy to announce that our annual conference on BRICS and the crisis of liberal order will be held next week on Wednesday 6th September at Autoworld Brussels.

Hiddo Houben from the European Commission will be delivering the morning's keynote address, and Nivedita Ray from the Indian Council of World Affairs is the keynote speaker for the afternoon outreach panel. Throughout the day we'll be holding interactive panel on a number of topics - from climate change to foreign policy.

Please share, find out more, and register here:

ANNUAL CONFERENCES - BRICS and the Crisis of Liberal Order Final Conference of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network PRIMO (Power and Region in a Multipolar Order) Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Venue: Autoworld Brussels Please click here to register for the conference 9:00 Welcome 9:30 Keynote speaker: Hiddo Hoube...

ESR Débora Terra speaks with Portal Martim Moniz on China, Brazil, and Portugal:

in Portuguese: http://ptmm.pt/pt/article-debora-terra-a-china-podera-influenciar-e-aprofundar-novas-praticas-e-normas-do-sistema-politico-economico-internacional

in Chinese: http://ptmm.pt/ch/article-debora-terra-a-china-podera-influenciar-e-aprofundar-novas-praticas-e-normas-do-sistema-politico-economico-internacional

Notícia-Débora Terra. “A China poderá influenciar e aprofundar no Notícia-Débora Terra. “A China poderá influenciar e aprofundar novas práticas e normas do sistema político económico internacional”

Our latest working paper is now online! Insa Ewert discusses EU policymaking in a changing world order and the case of EU-China bilateral investment agreement here:
http://www.primo-itn.eu/PRIMO/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WorkingPaper-8_Primo_Insa-Ewert_neu26.07.17.pdf

www.primo-itn.eu

ESR Felipe Leal's new blog post for socialprotection.org discusses trade and food standards, and is now available online. Take a look: http://socialprotection.org/learn/blog/trade-and-food-standards-another-step-towards-promotion-food-security

Trade and food standards: another step towards the promotion of food security? | socialprotection.org A pressing issue in international relations today is the need to implement standardized measures of food production and consumption, which can ensure harmonization and make food trade less costly and more inclusive. Having been relatively less studied in the academic landscape, discussed in national...

Dutch speakers can take a look at ESR Fleur Huijskens' blog post for CHINA2025.nl on her PhD experience in China as part of Primo Itn:
http://china2025.nl/promoveren-en-de-uitdagingen-van-onderzoek-doen-in-china/

Promoveren en de uitdagingen van onderzoek doen in China - http://china2025.nl Hoe is het om onderzoeker te zijn en te promoveren in China, waar loop je tegen aan en waar moet je rekening mee houden?

A roundup of ESR Fleur Huijskens' talk at the ESSCA Ecole de Management Centre in Shanghai on China's changing role in the global order from ‘norm-taker' to international ‘norm-shaper’ and ‘institution-creator’:
https://www.essca.fr/EU-Asia/chinas-role-changing-world-order/

China's Role in the Changing World Order - EU-Asia Institute

Our ESR Eleonora Tafuro contributes to this week's via Carnegie Europe:

Judy Asks: Is the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal on the Ropes? A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

ESR Eleonora Tafuro recently spoke to Esglobal on Turkey and Russia. Read her comments here: http://bit.ly/2u5CAPW (Spanish)

Turquía, una política exterior modelada para el rédito electoral local

Our ESR Fleur Huijskens will be speaking at the ESSCA Ecole de Management Centre in Shanghai on China's role in the changing world order. The event, part of the 18th Shanghai Social Sciences Colloquium, takes place on Tuesday 18th July at 7pm. RSVP to save your place!