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­ On behalf of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs – oiip, I want to remind you of our Stakeholder Forum

Securitizing migration: The new norm? Misconceptions and the allure of simple explanations

Find below the agenda including the concrete topics relating to security challenges and migration challenges the EU is currently dealing with.

As we are moving into a new phase of global insecurity, the debates on migration become increasingly securitized. The waves of internal and external conflicts in the last years have undoubtedly affected the security constellation of the continent, while internal political dynamics have opened the door to ideas focused on the externalization of borders, forceful return and xenophobia of a feared (cultural) other. At the same time, multiple forms of security threats, not least through domestic and international terrorism and the Russian war on aggression, require realistic and evidence-based analyses and responses. This event aims to disentangle simplistic discourses on security and migration by discussing with various stakeholders fundamental approaches to migration and security in order to unravel misconceptions, animate to new thinking and foster exchange on solution-based approaches that go beyond reactive responses and short-sightness.

The event is conceptualised as a stakeholder forum, whereby members of the public are invited to participate in the discussion.

10.00-10.10
Opening remarks:
Dr. Wolfgang Petritsch
President of the oiip

10.10-10.30
Keynote:
Dr. Othmar Karas
Member of the European Parliament

10.40.-11.30
Panel discussion 1:
Challenges in European Migration Politics 

Dr. Othmar Karas
Member of the European Parliament

Dr. Judith Kohlenberger 
Vienna University for Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Social Policy; oiip
Input topic:
Externalizing asylum procedures, externalizing responsibility? “Trends” in EU migration policy and their implications for European cohesion


Dr. Federica Zardo
University for Continuing Education Krems, Department of Migration and Globalisation
Input topic:
Constructing a hybrid threat: the EU external relations and the instrumentalisation of migration


Moderation:
Dr. Vedran Dzihic
oiip

Coffee break 11.30-12.00

12.00-12.45
Panel discussion 2:
Challenges in European Security Politics 

Prof. Iulian Chifu
President of the Center for Conflict Prevention & Early Warning, Romania, Associate Professor, National Defense College, Bucharest
Input topic:
The war in Ukraine and implications for European security at the Eastern front


Erik Hacker, LL.M.
SCENOR
Input topic:
(Social) Media jihad: jihadists’ co-optation of global crises


Dr. Thomas Eder
oiip
Input topic:
Risks of escalation in the Taiwan Straits after the presidential election in January


Dr. Daniela Pisoiu
oiip


Date:
Friday, 24 November, 2023

Time:
10:00-13:00

Venue:
Haus der Europäischen Union
Wipplingerstraße 35, 1010 Wien

Registration

In cooperation with the University for Continuing Education Krems and the Austrian Ministry of Defence.

Best regards,
 
Petra Podesser
 
Österreichisches Institut für Internationale Politik
Währinger Straße 3/12
A-1090 Wien
Tel. +43 1 581 11 06-12
[email protected]
www.oiip.ac.at
 
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oiip - Österreichisches Institut für Internationale Politik
Währinger Straße 3/12
1090 Wien

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