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March 2010: Plenary meeting 3 and 4 March 2010

On 3 and 4 March 2010, MERCURY held its second plenary meeting in Brussels. During a public session on the first day, Prof. John Peterson and Prof. Wolfgang Wessels presented first results of the project work under the heading "MERCURY to date: understanding the EU as a multilateral actor". Afterwards, Prof. Zaki Laidi (CERI, Sciences Po, Paris) gave a lecture on "Understanding the European Union as a Risk Averse Power". The session was complemented by insights on the EU and multilateralism from Matthew Baldwin (Director in DG Trade, European Commission). For further information, please see here.

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Calendar of major MERCURY events

30 January 2009 MERCURY Lecture by Dr. Nathalie Tocci at Edinburgh University: "Political Islam"
12 and 13 March 2009 Kick-off conference, Edinburgh
12 March 2009 MERCURY Lecture by Prof. Chen Zhimin at Edinburgh University: "Understanding the Rise of China"
30 March 2009 MERCURY Lecture by Dr. Mark Aspinwall at Fudan University Shanghai: "Understanding the EU's Approach to Multilateralism"
30 April 2009 Launch of project website www.mercury-fp7.net
15 May 2009 MECURY Lecture by Prof. David Camroux at Fudan University Shanghai: "Interregionalism, a Critique: The Case of EU-ASEAN Relations"
9 July 2009 MERCURY Lecture by Prof. John Peterson at Cologne University: "Obama and Multilateralism - Hell No More?"
9 and 10 July 2009 Joint workshop Work Packages I (“Mapping Modes of Multilateralism”) and II (“Architecture of EU External Relations”), Cologne
16 October 2009 MERCURY Lecture by Prof. John Peterson at Edinburgh University: "Obama and Multilateralism - Hell No More?"
3 and 4 March 2010 Plenary meeting plus joint workshop Work Packages II (“Architecture of EU External Relations”) and III (“Multilateralism in Practice”), Brussels
3 September 2010 MERCURY Conference "Challenges for Global Europe", Brussels
6 September 2010 MERCURY Roundtable discussion with Dr. Mark Aspinwall at Pretoria University: "Green Regions? Comparing civil society activism in NAFTA and the European Union"
24 and 25 March 2011 Plenary meeting plus workshops of Work Package III (“Multilateralism in Practice”) and Work Package IV (“Organised Multilateralism”), Prague
October 2011 MERCURY joint conference with the projects EU4SEAS and EU-GRASP, together with Stakeholder conference, Brussels
16 to 18 April 2012 MERCURY final conference, Pretoria
   
  This list of events will be continuously updated during the project lifetime.

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