Ideas for the future of Europe
For the world with heart and courage
Ideas for the future of Europe
For the world with heart and courage
Welcome
The world is changing fast. We create space to reflect on scenarios for our future. This is a place to stop, think and bring out innovative ideas. Europe Future Centre is a hub created by a group of experts in the fields of international and EU affairs, diplomacy, strategic communication, media and civic literacy.
Who are we?
Ivana Dragičević
Ivana Dragičević
Ivana Dragičević
International Affairs Strategic Expert, STRATCOM Adviser, Founder of Europe Future Centre
Dragan Nikolić
Ivana Dragičević
Ivana Dragičević
International Affairs Strategic Expert, STRATCOM Adviser, Co-Founder of Europe Future Centre
NEWS
EUROPE'S FUTURES ANNUAL MEETING IN VIENNA
The Europe’s Futures joint project by IWM - Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen and ERSTE Foundation brings together thinkers from various sectors and disciplines, supporting their research and analytical exploration of new perspectives for a cohesive and democratic #Europe. To date, this initiative has engaged 48 of Europe's top think tank experts, academics and journalists as fellows. One of the Europe's Futures Fellows is our Ivana Dragičević, who was in Vienna from 2 to 4 December 2024 to discuss internal and external challenges to peace and democratic order in Europe, as well as to plan future activities within the Europe’s Futures alumni network. She also moderated a panel on EU- US relations in geopolitical turmoil.
EUROPE FUTURE CENTRE AT MEDAYS IN MOROCCO
At 16th edition of MEDays, one of the most important African geopolitical and business forums held in Tangier, Morocco from 27th-30th of November 2024, our Dragan Nikolić hosted and moderated two important panels, Global Governance in Crisis: Reinventing Multilateralism for a Multipolar Era (including three Caribbean states prime ministers keynote speeches, focused on joint global fight against climate change) and Setting the Course: Defining the EU's Geopolitical and Defense Roadmap.
MEDays are organized annually by Amadeus Institute, under the auspices of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
PANEL ON EU GEOPOLITICAL AND DEFENSE ROADMAP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWQ2S7YBKJI
PANEL ON GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN CRISIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ1y2_WT7wU&list=PLR07MjDuNkCt1JcHS-Ci0XDGGhAPA4KG2&index=6
REPORT ON THE PANEL ON GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN CRISIS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AUrmRYMrXM
EUROPE FUTURE CENTRE IN JAPAN
Ahead of early parliamentary elections for the Lower House of Japanese parliament, our Dragan Nikolić visited Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima this October to have a broader context and understanding of security situation in East Asia and wider Pacific region in which Japan plays a crucial role. During a multi-day program organized by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he talked with a number of established geopolitical and military experts and visited the base of the Japanese Naval Self-Defense Forces in Kure. The Indo-Pacific security architecture, marked by an informal tripartite alliance of China, Russia and North Korea hides the danger that one of the separate crisis hot-spots from Kamchatka to the South China Sea might grow into a pretext for a global war and cause a massive global economic crisis.
You can read his article published in Nacional weekly, here:
EUROPE ELECTS, DOCUMENTARY SERIES BY DRAGAN NIKOLIĆ
Ahead of EU elections in June 2024. our Dragan Nikolić made a series of four documentary features on crucial issues for Europe - migration, through the story from Italy, rule of law on the case of Hungary, economic inequalities with the story from France, and rise of far-right on the example of Germany. Stories were made in cooperation with the office of European Parliament in Croatia, and were broadcasted on N1 TV, CNN affiliate for Adria Region.
You can watch all the episodes here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtkTKfgc4b4XdJc4jKSNWl73X7crdT8CB&si=v_eOD4dvg07Uju7H
EUROPE FUTURE CENTRE AT DELPHI ECONOMIC FORUM
Our Ivana Dragičević participated at Delphi Economic Forum in April 2024.
She was a panelist on Europe Strategic Agenda 2024-2029. panel, where she emphasized the importance of strategic communication for European democracy resilience and including youth on equal footing in discussions on European strategic future. She also added that cooperation with Africa is crucial for the future of Europe.
She also moderated a panel on Middle East Security Architecture after Gaza war.
PANEL ON EUROPE STRATEGIC AGENDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQUMmqRCIrA
PANEL ON MIDDLE EAST SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubzkbQnkSh0
"UNSECURED" NEW BOOK BY IVANA DRAGIČEVIĆ
Insecurity. Word of today. New book by Ivana Dragičević was promoted in Lauba House in Zagreb in December 2023. With more than 350 guests, including President of the Republic of Croatia, Mayors of Zagreb and Pula, former ministers of foreign affairs both from liberal and conservative parties, it was labelled biggest ever book promotion in Croatia and "an event of the season" . Dragičević writes about security issue as the basis of today's world, from mental health and cognitive resilience to nuclear threat, climate change and wars. (foto: Vedran Husremović)
EUROPE FUTURE CENTRE AT EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH
Our Ivana Dragičević participated at European Forum Alpbach.
She co-created “Youth as Key for Democratic Renewal” Lab initiated and funded by ERSTE Foundation and participated in the pitch session "Who is the future?" in which she presented a vision how to engage the "Next Generation” in political activity and processes.
https://www.alpbach.org/sessions/pitch-europe---who-is-the-future
EUROPE FUTURE CENTRE IN BRASIL
On August 1st 2023. our Dragan Nikolić participated at the working breakfast organised by Brasilian president Inacio Lula Da Silva in Planalto Palace in Brasilia.
MEETING WITH BRASILIAN PRESIDENT
In times of huge changes in global geopolitics, Brasil is and will be one of the crucial players. Our Dragan Nikolić, together with group of international experts and journalists, in the meeting with Brasilian president, shared his thoughts on the role of Brasil in international relations and discussed Brasilian international priorities as climate change, environmental protection, poverty reduction and global peace. (Brasilia, 1/08/23)
EUROPE FUTURE CENTRE AS PART OF FORESIGHT TEAM FOR 2024. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS
Our Ivana Dragičević participated at strategic foresight group meeting organized by Visegrad Insight and d|part, Berlin-based think tank on political participation, within an EU-funded project to energise a forward-looking debate among EU civil society actors about the European parliamentary elections scheduled for June 2024. The project's objective is to discuss and develop scenarios for the development of the EU, with a particular focus on EU democracy and strategic autonomy.
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