SCHOOL OF GLOBAL POLITICS 19 January 2026
Discover all the appointments
ASERI is pleased to invite you:
School of Global politics, a series of meetings to read and interpret the changing world, together with international experts called to discuss the great challenges of global politics.
Possibility to acquire the Open Badge with 70% attendance only for participants in attendance, regularly registered.
The complete cycle of lessons will consist of 7 events, from January 2026 to May 2026.
Those who attend 70% of the lessons of the School of Global Politics (at least 5 out of 7 lessons) will be able to receive an Open Badge certificate at the end of the cycle.
Participation in the events can only be attested through registration and attendance in person at the individual appointments.
Please note that only in-person participation will be considered for the purposes of obtaining the Open Badge.
Those wishing to obtain the Open Badge certificate are requested to send an email to info.aseri@unicatt.it by May 10, 2026.
Further information on the Open Badge is available at this link.
Participation is free upon registration, live streaming is also planned
Info: info.aseri@unicatt.it
Monday 19 January 2026, 5.30 pm: Global politics in Trump's second term
Moderator: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Speaker: G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs - Princeton University
Discussant: Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Full Professor of International Relations, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Monday 2 February 2026, 5.30 p.m.: International Sport in a Multipolar World: Between Diplomacy and Contestation
Moderator: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Speaker: Leo Goretti, Head of the "Italian foreign policy" programme
Discussant: Francesco Berlucchi, journalist Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Tuesday 24 February 2026, 5.30 pm: Fourth anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion in Ukraine
Moderator: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Speaker: Kateryna Pishchikova Professor of International Relations eCampus, ISPI Associate Research Fellow
Discussant: Andrea Locatelli, Professor of Political Science, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Monday 23 March, 5.30 p.m.: Europe in a Global Nuclear Order: Opportunities, Challenges, and Ways Forward
Moderator: Riccardo Redaelli, Professor of History and Institutions of Asia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Speakers: Stephan Klement, Special Envoy Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European Union and Abdolrasool Divsallar, Senior Researcher, UN Institute for Disarmament Research
Discussant: Giorgia Perletta, Researcher and Lecturer in Geopolitics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Wednesday 25 March: Why Iran? Israel, the United States, and Regional Order in the "New" Middle East
Moderator: Paolo Maggiolini, Director of MIMES, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Speakers: Riccardo Redaelli, Professor of History and Institutions of Asia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Giorgia Perletta, Researcher of History and Institutions of Asia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Associate Professor of Middle East History, California State University, & International Relations, Central European University
Thursday 09 April, 5.30 pm: Soft Power in a Hard World: Why Attraction Still Matters Today – and Why the United States Should Care
Moderator: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Speaker: Hendrik W. Ohnesorge, Senior Lecturer, University of Bonn
Discussant: Federica Olivares, International Program in Public and Cultural Diplomacy Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Tuesday 21 April, 5.30 pm: A Renewed Pivot in International Politics? Latin American Politics in a Turbulent World Order
Moderator: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Speakers: Isabela Alcaniz, Associate Dean, Graduate Education of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland and Andrès Malamud, Senior research fellow, University of Lisbon
Wednesday 13 May, 5.30 pm: Substance and appearance in Trump's America
Moderator: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Speaker: Andrew Spannaus, Journalist and political analyst, Radio24
Discussant: Marilisa Palumbo, Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Affairs, Corriere della Sera