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In-Person
Seminar

The EU Constitution in Time of War: Legal Responses to Russia's Aggression against Ukraine

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The seminar examines how the European Union has responded to Russia's illegal aggression against Ukraine across five key policy areas: foreign, security, and defense policy; economic and fiscal policy; justice and home affairs; energy and industrial policy; and enlargement and reform. 

For more information, contact susan_lynch@hks.harvard.edu

Date: Time: - Location: One Brattle Square, 350

Speaker
Federico Fabbrini

Federico Fabbrini
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification Valdis Dombrovskis
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification Valdis Dombrovskis address a media conference regarding Ukraine's financing needs for 2026-2027 at EU headquarters in Brussels, Dec. 3, 2025. 

Speaker: Federico Fabbrini, Research Fellow, International Security Program

The seminar, which is based on a monograph published by Oxford University Press in 2025 (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-eu-constitution-in-time-of-war-9780198963486?q=fabbrini&lang=en&cc=gb# ) examines how the European Union has responded to Russia's illegal aggression against Ukraine across five key policy areas: foreign, security, and defense policy; economic and fiscal policy; justice and home affairs; energy and industrial policy; and enlargement and reform. The speaker investigates how EU treaties have been interpreted to authorize war-related actions, and whether these responses have adhered to constitutional limits, but also evaluates the long-term constitutional implications of war for EU governance and proposes legal reforms that could shape a more perfect EU for both times of war and peace.

Admittance is on a first come–first served basis.  Tea and Coffee Provided.

 

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