Evens Foundation and The Villa Decius Association have the pleasure to invite of the “Cycle of Conferences” project and a lecture: “How to bridge the gap between European citizens and the European institutions” with the participation of Prof. Jonathan Holslag, Free University Brussels, Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission and a Nobel Fellow at the Nobel Institute on 7 July 2015 (Tuesday) at 10.00 a.m. at Villa Decius. Free admission.
After the lecture we will be pleased to host on a buffet reception.
Jonathan Holslag is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders and teaches international politics at the Free University Brussels. Among other things, in 2007 and 2008 he was a coordinator of the EU-China Academic Network (ECAN), an academic forum organized by the European Commission. In 2014 he became a Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission and a Nobel Fellow at the Nobel Institute. His research focuses on the impact of China’s rise on world politics, although also having a decided interest in Europe. His work often bridges different aspects of international relations, such as international political economy, diplomacy and military force. Recent books include China and India: Prospects for Peace and China’s coming war with Asia. He is also an active public intellectual, with articles being published in The Financial Times, The Guardian and Foreign Policy.
