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On Sunday, June 2nd, 2019, from 11.00 a.m., the NTB Black Box Hall shall host Dan Dungaciu’s conference entitled Europe after the Storm. What Do Europeans Really Want?

About the conference

The conference looks at developments in the EU after the "perfect storm" it faced about five years ago. The "perfect storm" meant the synchronicity of phenomena such as the economic crisis, migration waves, a succession of terrorist attacks and Russia's threats. The effect of this genuine "Molotov cocktail", which includes Brexit or Donald Trump's election in the United States, is the almost radical change in the political configuration of the continent.

The disappearance of the political "centre" and so-called populist parties have become everyday reality. Nothing has remained unaffected, if not in form (traditional "mainstream" parties), then in content (their political discourse).

What's next? Where does Europe head to? What are the values ​​that hold us together? How muchis misinformation or fake news and how much natural evolution? What is the international relevance of our continent? How does the world of America and the world of Europe look like? Anti-Americanism is Westernism or Anti-Westernism? Are we witnessing the "decline of the West" or the break-up of Euro-Atlantic relations? What is the price paid by European civilization?

All of this in a conference that, even if it does not have all the answers, will ask, at least, the right questions. Dan Dungaciu

About Dan Dungaciu

Dan Dungaciu is a Ph.D. Coordinator at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the University of Bucharest (Department of Sociology) since 2009. He is the coordinator of the Master of Security Studies and Information Analysis at the University of Bucharest (Faculty of Sociology and Social Work), the oldest profile master in Romania. Since 2011, he is the Director of the Institute for Political Science and International Relations of the Romanian Academy "Ion IC Bratianu". Since 2013, he has been President of the Black Sea University Foundation, under the aegis of the Romanian Academy. In 2006-2007, he served as Deputy State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department for Romanians Abroad) and during 2009-2010 he was Counselor on European Integration Issues to the President of the Republic of Moldova. He is a member of several international and national associations.

He has been involved and has coordinated countless national and international projects. He is the author of dozens of specialized studies, specialized reports and over 25 volumes of the profile, counting among the most recent: Is Bessarabia Romania? Identity and (geo) political dilemmas in Moldova (2011), Elements for a theory of nation and nationalism (2012), Seven fundamental themes for Romania (2014), Encyclopedia of International Relations (2015), etc. In 2015 he was co-opted at the level of the Romanian Academy in the team of developers / coordinators of Romania's Development Strategy for the next 20 years (2015-2035), under the general coordination of the President of the Romanian Academy.

Among the most recent published / coordinated volumes, we mention: Romania: 100 Years since the Great Union (Editor), Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018; The Perfect Storm of the European Crisis (Editor), Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017; Encyclopedia of Diplomacy (coordinator and author), Bucharest, RAO Publishing House, 2018; Encyclopedia of Romanians Abroad (coordinator and author), Bucharest, RAO Publishing House, 2018; Encyclopedia of International Relations (coordinator and author), vol. I and 2, Bucharest, RAO Publishing House, 2017; Nihil Obstat. Elements for a Theory of Nation and Nationalism, revised and ammended edition, Libris Publishing House, 2018; The Reunification (co-author Petrişor Peiu), Bucharest, Litera Publishing House, 2017.

Translated by Simona Nichiteanu