2018 | 25 to 27 de June, Estoril, Palace Hotel
26th International Meeting in Political Studies | Estoril Political Forum 2018
Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Democracy
IEP and Estoril Political Forum in Forbes
The 26th annual edition of the Estoril Political Forum, on 25-27 June 2008, focused on the relationship between the national sentiment and cosmopolitan views — a crucial question that has recently returned to the centre of political and academic debates. Refusing the unfortunate dichotomy between nationalism and internationalism, we have encouraged a civilised conversation between different views on patriotism and cosmopolitanism, as well as on the the contribution of both to modern democracies.
in association with:
The International Forum for Democratic Studies [Washington D.C.];Europaeum [Oxford]; Jagiellonian University [Kraków], NATO [Brussels],Pázmany Péter Catholic University [Budapest], Real Instituto Elcano[Madrid], Royal Institute of Philosophy [London]; The Abigail Adams Institute [Boston]; The Catholic University of Mozambique, Universidad Francisco Marroquin [Guatemala], EPD - European Partnership for Democracy [Brussels]; IRI - International Republican Institute [Brussels]; Forum 2000 Foundation [Prague]
Papers:
Opening Session: In remembrance of Ambassador Frank Carlucci by Carlos Carreiras, João Carlos Espada and Rita Seabra Brito
Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Democracy by Amichai Magen, Daniel Johnson and Ghia Nodia
The Dahrendorf Memorial lecture "Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Democracy", by William Galston , Anthony O'Hear and Marc Plattner
Raymond Aron Memorial Dinner "Recalling Raymond Aron and George Orwell", by Antoine Capet
"Brazil and Latin America" by Luiz Felipe Pondé and Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Luidgi Einaudi Memorial Luncheon "The Thirth Republic in Italy: the last season of an ungovernable democracy?" by Giandomenica Becchio
Adolfo Suarez Memorial Debate: Europe: Populism and Democracy in Europe by Angel Rivero
"Africa: The Rising Continent" by Alfândega Manjoro, Domingos Simões Pereira and Raul Tati
After Dinner Conversation 'Isaiah Berlin and James Bond at the Estoril Palace Hotel', by Henry Hardy
George Washington Memorial Luncheon "Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Democracy: George Washington And The Jews", by Clifford Orwin
Faith and Liberty Lifetime Tribute to Fernando Magalhães Crespo by Manuel Braga da Cruz
Konrad Adenauer Memorial Dinner by Wilhelm Hofmeister
2017 | 26 to 28 de June, Estoril, Palace Hotel
25th International Meeting in Political Studies | Estoril Political Forum 2017
Defending the Western Tradition of Liberty Under Law
In 2017, the Estoril Political Forum, which evolved from the International Meeting in Political Studies launched in the Arrábida Convent in 1993, will celebrate its 25th anniversary. This year will also mark the 20th anniversary of the Catholic University's Institute for Political Studies, whose founding in 1996/97 was inspired by the Arrábida meetings.
The title of this year's meeting, “Defending the Western Tradition of Liberty Under Law” expresses the commitment that has animated both the Forum and the Institute since their inception. As always, the meeting will bring together a broad range of political perspectives. It will seek to address new challenges while recalling the old lessons bequeathed to us by the "Western Tradition of Liberty Under Law.”
In association with: The International Forum for Democratic Studies [Washington D.C.]; Europaeum [Oxford]; Jagiellonian University [Kraków], NATO [Brussels], Pázmany Péter Catholic University [Budapest], Real Instituto Elcano [Madrid], Royal Institute of Philosophy [London]; The Abigail Adams Institute [Boston]; The Catholic University of Mozambique
Papers:
Opening Session: A Tribute to Mário Soares - Carlos Carreiras; João Carlos Espada and Rita Seabra Brito
The Weakening of the West? - Catherine Marshall; Daniel Johnson and Larry Diamond
The Challenge to Europe and the West - James W. Muller, Lord Plant of Highfield
Rediscovering Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) - Jeffrey Nelson and Karlis Bukovskis
Brazil: The Challenges Ahead - Paulo Roberto de Almeida and Bruno Garschagen
Tocqueville's Enduring Lessons of Liberty - Dominic Burbidge
The Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture "Troubling Times for Liberal Democracy" - Marc Plattner’s Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture will be published in the October edition of the Journal of Democracy; José Miguel Sardica
Challenges to Liberty around the World - Yeo Lay Hwee
Faith and Liberty Lifetime Tribute - Isabel Capeloa Gil, Guilherme de Almeida e Brito e Father João Seabra
2016 | 27 to 29 June, Estoril, Palace Hotel
24th International Meeting in Political Studies | Estoril Political Forum 2016
Democracy and its Enemies: New Threats, New Possibilities
In association with the International Forum for Democratic Studies, Washington, DC
The title of this year's meeting is reminiscent of the famous book by Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies, published in 1945. The book was an energetic defense of liberal democracy and Western civilization against its totalitarian enemies, both from the revolutionary left and the revolutionary right, communism and national-socialism.
This edition is inspired by the same commitment to liberal democracy and the West that inspired Popper's book more than 70 years ago. We will discuss and analyse the resurgence of authoritarianism around the world, following a persistent alert that is being issued by one of the main partners of the conference, the International Forum for Democratic Studies that publishes the distinguished quarterly Journal of Democracy. We will discuss and analyse how should the West and its multilateral institutions - first of all NATO and the European Union - respond to these new threats. And we will discuss also how these new threats and possibilities present themselves among the English-speaking, the Portuguese-speaking and the Spanish-speaking peoples.
Papers:
Opening Session: A Tribute To Maria Barroso - Carlos Carreiras, Maria da Glória Garcia, João Carlos Espada and Rita Seabra Brito
The Authoritarian Resurgence - Christopher Walker, Lilia Shevtsova and Sarah Cook
Faith And Liberty Lifetime Tribute - Father Roque de Aguiar Cabral
Winston Churchill Memorial Dinner - João Carlos Espada
Estoril Institute for Global Dialogue - Jorge Braga de Macedo
Luigi Einaudi Memorial Luncheon - Alberto Mingardi
Jan Karski's Statue Inauguration - Tzipora Rimon
Jan Karski Memorial Dinner - HE Bronislaw Misztal and Krzysztof Szczerski
The US-UK Special Relationship: Indispensable Partners In Defending Democracy - Dominic Burbidge
Adolfo Suarez Memorial Debate | Democracy And Its Enemies: Contemporary Challenges - José Miguel Sardica and Mauricio Rojas
George Washington Memorial Lunch | Marc F. Plattner Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture | Free Speech: Ten Principles For A Connected World - João Carlos Espada
2015 | 22 to 24 June, Estoril, Palace Hotel
23rd International Meeting in Political Studies | Estoril Political Forum 2015
800 Years After the Magna Carta: Law, Liberty and Power
Papers:
Openning Session - Pedro Norton, João Carlos Espada and Rita Seabra Brito
Magna Carta Today - Anthony O'Hear
Round Table - Clifford Orwin, Danilo Petranovich
Raymond Aron Memorial Debate - Nicolas Vaicbourdt
The Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture - João Carlos Espada
After the Eastern Partnership Summit: Where are the Challenges? - Daniel Johnson
Luigi Einaudi Memorial Lunch "Freedom and Dynamism" - Sebastiano Bavetta
Jan Karski Momorial Event - Tzipora Rimon
200 Years After Waterloo - José Miguel Sardica
Faith and Liberty Lifetime Tribute - Alejandro Chafuen; Manuel Braga da Cruz; Mário Pinto and Father Lino Maia
Brazil: Challenges of an Emerging Power - Frederico Hilzendeger and Rodrigo Tellechea
Africa: The Rising Continent - Manuel de Araújo
Asia:Prospects for Democracy - José Manuel Féliz Ribeiro ; Eugénio Viassa Monteiro
George Washington Memorial Lunch "25th Anniverrsary of the Journal of Democracy" - Marc F. Plattner
2014 |22 to 24 June, Estoril, Palace Hotel
22nd International Meeting in Political Studies | Estoril Political Forum 2014
Papers: Maria da Glória Garcia Welcome Address / João Carlos Espada Welcome Address / Rita Seabra Brito Welcome Address / Adam Rotfeld Anthony O'Hear / Carlos Carreiras / Catherine Marshall / Constantin Ostermann von Roth / Francisco Pinto Balsemão / Fernando Ulrich Kálmán Pócza / Marc F. Platnner / Nuno Vieira Matias / Ricardo Heller / Robert Sherman Zdzislaw Mach
Faith and Liberty Lifetime Tribute
Maria da Glória Garcia / Alejandro Chafuen / Manuel Braga da Cruz / Alexandre Soares dos Santos
24 to 26 June 2012, Estoril, Palace Hotel
21st Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos | Estoril Political Forum 2013
Governance, Leadership and Democracy
Papers: Allen Packwood / Anthony O'Hear / Carlos Carreiras / Gordon Wood / João Carlos Espada / João Ferreira do Amaral / John O'Sullivan / Manuel Braga da Cruz / Marc Plattner / Michael Pinto-Duschinsky / Pedro Norton Viriato Soromenho Marques / Viriato Soromenho Marques (Power Point)
The following were the IEP summer course themes (some of which have since been published in book form) in recent years:
25 to 27 June 2012, Estoril, Palace Hotel
20th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos | Estoril Political Forum 2012
Open Societies, Open Economies and Citizenship
27 to 29 June 2011, Estoril, Palace Hotel
19th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos | Estoril Political Forum 2011
The Future of the Free World
24 to 26 June 2010, Estoril, Palace Hotel
18th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
Political Dimensions of the Economic Crisis: The Future of the Market Economy and Democracy
25 to 27 June 2009, Estoril, Palace Hotel
17th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
NATO 1949-2009: The Future of the Free World
26 to 28 June 2008, Estoril, Palace Hotel
16th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
Human Rights Today: 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
27 to 30 July 2007, Estoril, Palace Hotel
15th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
The Treaty of Rome at 50: The Future of Europe
28 de Junho a 1 de Julho de 2006, Estoril, Palace Hotel
14th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
Democracy and the Nation State in a Global World
29 June to 02 July 2005, Estoril
13th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
The Trans-Atlantic Relationship in a Global World
07 July to 10 de July 2004, Cascais
12th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
Ideas of Europe and the Trans-Atlantic Relationship
30 June to 05 July 2003, Cascais
11th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
New Challenges to Liberal Democracy in a Global World
03 to 05 de November 2002, Cascais
10th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
Culture Wars in the West
11 to 14 November 2001, Cascais
9th Encontro Internacional de Estudos Políticos
Civic Life in Market Societies
16 to 20 October 2000, Sintra
8th Encontro Internacional de Teoria e Ciência Política
Left and Right: Ideological Divides in the 21st Century
04 to 08 de October 1999, Arrábida
7th Curso em Teoria Política e Ciência Política
Pluralism and without Relativism: remembering Sir Isaiah Berlin
05 to 09 October 1998, Arrábida
6th Curso em Teoria Política e Ciência Política
Liberalism, Old and New
06 to 10 October 1997, Arrábida
5th Curso em Teoria Política e Ciência Política
Modernity and Its Critics
30 September to 04 October 1996, Arrábida
4th Curso em Teoria Política e Ciência Política
Liberty, Virtue and Self-Interest
09 to 13 October 1995, Arrábida
3rd Curso em Teoria Política e Ciência Política
Citizenship and Civil Society
03 to 07 October 1994, Arrábida
2nd Curso em Teoria Política e Ciência Política
Theories of Justice: Liberty, Equality, Opportunity
18 to 21 October 1993, Arrábida
1st Curso em Teoria Política e Ciência Política
Liberalism or Communitarianism
