Spain must take the lead in EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy

This is the English version of the original Spanish-language podcast, which you can listen to in Agenda Pública.

The European Union's Open Strategic Autonomy (OSA) is a policy framework aimed at strenghten the EU's capacity to act independently in critical sectors while remaining engaged in global trade and partnerships, achieving a functional balance between self-reliance and multilateralism. In this podcast we talked to leading researchers Eva Michaels, Ester Sabatino and Catherine Barnard on the future of EU’s OSA. They draw on the conclusions of the event Integration and resilience: Single market as a basis for Europeanopen strategic autonomy that took place atthe Esade campus in Madrid and was organized by EsadeGeo and Agenda Pública. 

Eva Michaels is an assistant professor at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs and a senior fellow at IBEI. Her research is situated at the intersection of European security, Intelligence Studies and International Relations. It explores how Europeans anticipate and respond to crises due to the escalation of violent conflict. 

Ester Sabatino is the Research Associate for Defence and Military Analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). She conducts research on the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy, and her areas of expertise are EU defense policy, defense innovation and defense procurement.  

Catherine Barnard is a professor of EU Law and Employment Law at the University of Cambridge and Senior Fellow/Deputy Director at UK in a Changing Europe, where she researches migration issues connected to Brexit. Unther the umbrella of EU Law, her research areas cover the internal market, employment law — especially equality law and dismissal law — and international trade law. 

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