31/08/22: John O Brennan spoke to Claire Byrne on RTE's "Today with Claire Byrne" on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev and how he impacted on Europe.
The link to the interview can be found here:
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22140817/
Professor John O' Brennan was a guest speaker and panel chair at the MacGill Summer School in Donegal in July 2024. He chaired a panel on the potential impact of a Donald Trump presidency and participated in a discussion on the rise of populism in Europe, alongside scholars and journalists.
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Prof. Hana Cervinkova spoke at the "Critical Approaches to Militarisation and Space" workshop in Leipzig, Germany, organized by the Leibniz Institute and partner universities in March 2024.
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Professor John O' Brennan participated in several prominent public events in the Spring of 2024, focused on European themes. His involvement spanned locations like Spain, Poland, Ireland, and the UK.
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Prof. Hana Cervinkova was a Visiting Professor at the University of Vienna and Grinnell College, USA in Spring 2024. She delivered public lectures on militarization and national identity, including talks on "Militarization and Nation-Building in the 21st Century Czech Republic" and "Legitimate Violence after the 'Transition.'"
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Professor John O' Brennan participated in a workshop with other Jean Monnet chairs, on the future of European security and EU Enlargement policy at Jagiellonian University, Krakow on 17 November 2023. He also spoke to Euronews about Ukraine's prospects of joining the EU and how enlargement policy is likely to evolve in the years to come.
Date: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Professor John O' Brennan published a new piece in The Irish Examiner newspaper on 27 November 2023, arguing that the far right constitutes a real threat to European democracy in the 2024 European Parliament elections, and that there are too many people across Europe who are very complacent about the nature of this threat.
Date: Monday, 27 November 2023
Maynooth University has today welcomed former president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko to campus for what was his only speaking engagement in the Republic.
Date: Monday, 23 October 2023
John took part in a debate on Ireland’s security and defence policy on Today with Claire Byrne, RTE Radio One on 2nd June 2023.
Date: Thursday, 15 June 2023
Professor John O'Brennan took part in discussions recently about Ireland's Military Neutrality.
Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
Politicians, diplomats, academics and civil society groups examine highs and lows of Ireland’s membership
Date: Thursday, 11 May 2023