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ASERI is pleased to invite you:

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.

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

Chair: 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

Chair: 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 

Chair: 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

Chair: Riccardo Redaelli, Professor of History and Institutions of Asia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Speakers: Stephan Klement, Special Envoy Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and Abdolrasool Divsallar, Senior Researcher, UN Institute for Disarmament Research

Discussant: Giorgia Perletta, Researcher and Lecturer in Geopolitics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Thursday 09 April, 5.30 pm: Soft Power in a Hard World: Why Attraction Still Matters Today – and Why the United States Should Care

Chair: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Speaker: Hendrick W. Ohnesorge, Senior Lecturer, University of Bonn

Discussant: Federica Olivares, Director, International Program in Public and Cultural Diplomacy

Tuesday 21 April, 5.30 pm: A Renewed Pivot In International Politics? Latin American Politics

Chair: 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

Tuesday 5 May, 5.30 pm: Substance and appearance in Trump's America

Chair: Damiano Palano, Director of ASERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Speaker: Andrew Spannaus, Journalist and political analyst, Radio24