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Adnan Cerimagic gave a lecture on the “Power Relations in the Western Balkans” at the Antall Jozsef Summer Schoo, where he presented ESI's research and analysis. 

ESI's Kristof Bender participated at the "Europe's Futures Cres Symposium 2021" where he spoke about the EU's role in the deadlock of Western Balkans enlargement.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a workshop on the 30 Year Break-Up of Yugoslavia, where he presented ESI‘s research and analysis on the Western Balkans. 

Adnan Cerimagic presented ESI's work on EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans in a roundtable discussion. 

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in a panel discussion organised by Caritas Austria for World Refugee Day 2021, where he outlined ESI’s proposal for a new, humane approach against the background of the EU Commission’s proposal for an asylum and migration pact.

Gerald Knaus presented ESI’s proposal to opening the EU Single Market to the Balkans as a credible goal in the accession process for the Western Balkan nations at the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft (SOG) and discussed Slovenia’s second EU Council Presidency.

Gerald Knaus participated in a panel discussion on the film "My Way – The story of Hussain Hussaini – one who survived", where he spoke about the current situation of refugees and migrants

Gerald Knaus presented his book “Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?” on the future of asylum and migration policy at the Freiburger Montagsgesellschaft. 

Gerald Knaus gave a lecture on International Approaches to Migration Policy and Fighting the Causes of Flight at the Federation of Social Democratic Academics in Vienna. 

Gerald Knaus presented his book “Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?” on the future of asylum and migration policy at Urania Berlin.

Gerald Knaus participated in a panel discussion on "Moria and then" at lit.Cologne with Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister and Minister for Immigration and Asylum, and Isabel Schayani. 

Gerald Knaus gave an online lecture at the Linköping University in Sweden on European Migration and Asylum Policy. 

Adnan Cerimagic spoke with students from the Ljubljana University on ESI's research and analysis on the relations between the EU and the Western Balkans. 

Gerald Knaus was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize recognition award for the Political Book 2020, for his recently published book “Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?”

Kristof Bender participated at an online debate about concrete perspectives for the Western Balkans. He presented ESI’s proposal to make membership in the EU’s Single Market a credible and reachable interim goal in the accession process.

Gerald Knaus participated in a panel discussion organised by the Bruno Kreisky Forum on Refugees and Human Rights. 

Gerald Knaus gave an online lecture at the Nato Defence College on the Western Balkans. 

ESI senior analyst Adnan Cerimagic participated in a panel discussion titled “Bosnia and Herzegovina in the process of EU integration.”

Gerald Knaus gave an online lecture on humane borders and addressed illegal pushbacks at the EU's borders. 

Gerald Knaus participated in an online debate on the rule of law, where he addressed the fragility of the EU's institutions and the need for cooperation between member states.