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… by numerous sub-fields related to European foreign and security policy. Prof. Christiansen highlighted Simon’s ability to deliver leading, innovative and meticulously executed research over the last two decades while working as a Professor at EIPA, where his tasks were many. Indeed, at EIPA, Simon trained and organized seminars for officials and diplomats on a vast number of subjects related to security and foreign policy. Simon capitalized on his exposure to practitioners in his writing and his … Ojanen focused on the EU’s relations to international organisations, in particular NATO, while Dr. Noutcheva focused on the EU’s eastern neighborhood. Dr. Ojanen argued that, though often overlooked, the EU’s participation in other organisations has helped it define its own actorness. At the same time, the EU’s participation also shaped the other organisations. In particular, the EU’s relationship to NATO has long been debated in academia and among policy-makers. At the forefront of this debate is … and engage publics in Europe on these issues. One of the main conclusions was that despite commitments to an integrated/comprehensive approach, different EU policy communities (and institutions) in the security, development and public diplomacy spheres tend to approach conflict prevention and peacebuilding from their own perspectives. The final panel, introduced and chaired by Dr. Roberta Haar (Professor, Maastricht University), focused on transatlantic relations. Dr. Mike Smith (Professor, …