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For centuries, political theorists and philosophers have written about ‘perpetual peace’ in Europe. In what way(s) are these ideas still relevant today for debate about European integration?

For centuries, political theorists and philosophers have written about ‘perpetual peace’ in Europe. In what way(s) are these ideas still relevant today for debate about European integration? It was once hoped that European Integration would reduce ‘nationalism’ and lead to “Ever closer union between the peoples of Europe” (EEC Treaty, 1957). Has the EU failed or succeeded in this mission? Why? The radical left and radical right both portray the EU in a ‘monolithic’ way as controlled by ‘the globalist elite’. Why are both wrong? Who does ultimately ‘call the shots’ (i.e. decide policy) in the EU? In what way(s) can Norris & Inglehart’s (2019) work on ‘cultural backlash’ be used to shed new light on rising ‘Euroscepticism’? Which other books and articles can be used to analyse the rise of Euroscepticism? Journalists often focus on ‘member-states’, ‘national governments’, and ‘national responses’ when commenting on the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and its ramifications for the EU. What is missing from such accounts? The current COVID-19 crisis will have many negative social and economic consequences for Europe. What will the consequences for the EU be? In what way(s) can EU studies scholarship be used to shed new light on possible EU futures? Europeans educated in European schools and universities will have been exposed to shared narratives (‘mythologies’) about what it means to belong to the ‘nation’, to be ‘European’, and to be ‘a good citizen’. In what ways can Indigenous Australian authors and perspectives enrich Europeans’ shared self-understanding?