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School of Government Luiss Guido Carli

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Course Overview

Monday 13 July - Room A103

Morning

10:30-11:00 - Introduction to the course

11:00-11:15 - Greetings

11:30-13:00 – Opening Lecture on “Legislatures and foreign policy”

  • Tapio Raunio (Professor of political science, Tampere University)

Afternoon

14:30-16:00 Lecture on “Diplomatic and Military Powers in European Parliamentary Democracies”

  • Enzo Cannizzaro (Professor of international law and EU law, La Sapienza University)

Tuesday 14 July - Room A207

Morning

9:30-11:00 Lecture on “EU Defence between Politics, Institutions and Budgetary Power”

  • Nicola Verola (Director General for Europe and International Trade Policy, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 

11:30-13:00 Roundtable on “The Constitutional Framework and Institutional Limits of EU Security and Defence”

  • Thomas Christiansen (Professor of Political Science and European Integration, Luiss University)
  • Renato Ibrido (Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Florence)
  • Federico Petrangeli (Parliamentary Official, Italian Senate of the Republic) 

Afternoon

14:30-16:00 – Simulation on “The Role of EU National Parliaments in Defence Affairs”

Coordinated by Andrea Ruffo and Ylenia Maria Citino 

16:30-18:00 Presentations by the participants

Wednesday 15 July - Room A207

Morning

9:30-11:00– Roundtable on “Intelligence Activities and Parliamentary Oversight in Italy”

  • Marco Caputo (Parliamentary Official, Italian Chambers of Deputies)
  • Ylenia Citino (Professor of Constitutional Law, eCampus University)
  • Luigi Gianniti (Parliamentary Official, Italian Senate of the Republic) 

11:30-13:00 – Lecture on “Parliaments in Wartime: Constitutional Frameworks and Parliamentary Practice”

  • Jan Wouters (Professor of International Law and International Organizations, KU Leuven) 

Afternoon

14:30-16:00 Roundtable on “Military Operations Between Parliamentary Oversight and Judicial Review”

  • Francesca Piazza (Parliamentary Official, Italian Chambers of Deputies)
  • Elena Griglio (Parliamentary Official, Italian Senate of the Republic)
  • Cristina Fasone (Professor of Comparative Public Law, Luiss University)

Thursday 16 July

Morning (Piazza di Porta Portese 6, Trastevere)

9:50-10:00 Welcome Address

  • Bernardo Giorgio Mattarella (Director, EPLO Office in Rome and Professor of Administrative Law, Luiss University)

10:00-11:30 – Lecture on “Parliamentary Oversight of Foreign and Defense Policy in Italy: Two Case Studies”

  • Federico Petrangeli (Parliamentary Official, Italian Senate of the Republic) 

11:45-13:00 – Lecture by

  • Francesco Lapenta (Director, Institute Future and Innovation Studies at John Cabot University)
  • Giorgio Bartolomucci (Secretary-General, Diplomacy Festival Rome) 

13:15-14:00 – Lecture on “Italy in Security and Defence: A Reluctant Actor” based on the recent volume ‘Security, Defence, and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals’.

  • Federico Castiglioni (Research Fellow on EU governance and politics, IAI)
  • Luca Cinciripini (Research Fellow on EU Foreign and Security Policy, IAI) 

Afternoon

h. 15:00 Visit to the Chamber of Deputies

h. 17:30 Visit to the Senate of the Republic

Friday 17 July - Room A305

Morning

9:30 – 10:45 – Written test 

11:30 -13:00 – Lecture on “The Role of Parliaments in Times of War and Security Emergencies”

  • Olivier Rozenberg (Senior Fellow, Luiss School of Government) 

Ore 13:00: Commencement of diplomas