Welcome to The Future of Europe Podcast. Europe is at a crossroads and there are many predictions as to what direction it will take and in this podcast, we will look at key issues that will affect the European sphere in the next decade. Our podcast covers topics that will affect the future of the nations that inhabit the European continent. We will also bring an uniquely Irish perspective, and address how the smaller European states are going to progress by using Ireland as benchmark. Our guests will be from many different walks of life and backgrounds, each bringing their perspective on how the Europe of today will become the Europe of tomorrow. This series is presented in cooperation with the The Communicating Europe Initiative. The CEI was established in 1995 to raise awareness about the European Union and to improve the quality and accessibility of public information on European issues. You can find out more about the CEI by visiting our website at TheEuropeanNetwork.eu or logging on to the dfa.ie 

In this episode, we will be discussing the future of Neutrality in Europe with my guest Bárbara Matias. Bárbara works for the European Commission’s DG INTPA's Southeast Asia unit. Bárbara has previously  worked in Kosovo as Research Fellow at the Group for Legal and Political Studies and as a Programme Officer in NATO's Operations Division, on Iraq capacity-building and on Covid-19 aid coordination with the EU. Bárbara has written for online political platforms and peer-review journals since 2015. She holds a Master in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University, New York where she was a Fulbright Graduate Scholar and undergraduate lecturer. 

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