Miguel Medina
Groups
Cyprus
Defence Policy
EU-Relationship
Foreign Policy
Career
since 2008 Lecturer of the course European Union and International Politics at City University, London
2004-2006 Lecturer in International Relations, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and Fundació CIDOB, Barcelona
2002-2004 Academic Assistant at the College of Europe, Bruges, General and Interdisciplinary Studies Department. Postgraduate European studies institution
2002-2004Research Assistant at the Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Research topics: Enlargement and European Foreign Policy
2000 Human Resources Consultant and Training Co-ordinator at the company “FORHUM, Consultoría y Formación para Recursos Humanos, SL”, Barcelona. April – September.
1999-2000 Administrator at the insurance company “AXA Seguros, S.A.”, Sabadell Office, Barcelona, September - March.
Academic Career
since 2006 PhD Candidate, Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge
1999-2003 Master in International Relations, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Supervisor: Esther Barbé
2001-2002 Master in European Political and Administrative Studies, College of Europe, Bruges. Thesis: The Coherence of the European Foreign Policy and the Common Strategy on the Mediterranean region. Supervisor: Simon Nuttall
1994-1999 Degree in Political Sciences and Administration at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Specialisation: International Relations
Publications
Miguel Medina: ‘European Foreign Policy without Legal Personality? The consequences of the failed Constitutional Treaty’, published in EU-CONSENT Occasional Papers Series, http://www.eu-consent.net/content.asp?ContentId=1434, April 2007. To be also published by The International Spectator, Autmun 2008
Miguel Medina: ‘Turkey and ESDP: Anatomy of a Problermatic Relationship’, in CFSP Forum, July 2008
Miguel Medina: ‘Putting Turkish EU Candidacy into context, or Hamlet’s paradox, in Cyprus Review, Fall 2007 (forthcoming)
Miguel Medina: ‘Seguridad energética, relaciones internacionales y América Latina’, in Argentina Global, Centro Argentino de Relaciones Internacionales, nº16, July – September 2007, pp 75-88 , http://www.caei.com.ar/global
Miguel Medina: ‘Energy Security in the Middle East. Issues and Future Prospects’, in ZOOM, Revista do Centro de Estudos do Curso de Relaçöes Internacionais, Ano XII, Nº15, 2007, pp 87-99
Miguel Medina: ‘Database of European Security and Defence Policy missions’, in CFSP Forum, January 2007 http://www.fornet.info
Miguel Medina: ‘Striving for a Common Foreign Policy. A brief History’, in Dieter Mahncke (ed), European Foreign Policy. From Rethoric to Reality?, College of Europe Studies, Peter Lang, Brussels, 2004, pp 117-164
Miguel Medina: ‘The Mediterranean: the progressive construction of a common agenda’, in Mahncke, op.cit., pp 277-292
Miguel Medina: ‘Russia: towards a strategic partnership’, in Mahncke, op.cit., pp 227-240
Miguel Medina: The Common Strategy on the Mediterranean region: Evidence and Analysis, Observatorio de Politica Exterior Europea, Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus, Working Paper 28, September 2002
Miguel Medina: The Coherence of the European Foreign Policy: A Real Barrier or an Academic Term?, Observatorio de Politica Exterior Europea, Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus, Working Paper 27, July 2002
Miguel Medina: Ampliación. La UE en el mundo, Observatorio de Política Exterior Europea, Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus, Section “Themes”, September 2001
Miguel Medina: CFSP Acts. 1993 – 2001, Observatorio de Política Exterior Europea, Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus, Section “External Relations of the EU”, June 2001
Miguel Medina: Europa. Relaciones de la UE con su(s) periferia(s), Observatorio de Politica Exterior Europea, Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus, Section “Themes”, May 2001
Miguel Medina: Cronología de la Política Exterior Española 1998, Fundación CIDOB, included in the “Anuario Internacional CIDOB 1998”, Edition 1999, March 1999
Internships
1998-1999 Internship of the Degree in Political Sciences and Administration at the “Fundación CIDOB” (Centro de Información y Documentación Internacional de Barcelona), September – March
Other Involvements
since 2007 Adviser to the Cambridge University European Union Society (CUEUS)
since 2006 President of the Cambridge International Studies Association (CISA), Cambridge
since 2006 Co-editor on a special issue of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs (CRIA), focused on Turkey
since 2005 Voluntary work in the Red Cross and the Human Rights and International Public Law cabinet, Barcelona
since 2004 Adviser to Intermon Oxfam, Barcelona
2002-2005 Member of the Editorial Board of the periodical Collegium, College of Europe Academic Publication, Bruges
2002-2004 Honorary President of the Debating Society, College of Europe, Bruges
2002-2004 Teacher of Spanish for Belgian citizens
2002-2004 Founder and Co Chairman of the Geo Political Society, College of Europe, Bruges
2002-2003 Member of the Working Group on the Name of the Future Europe, College of Europe, Bruges
since 1998 Member of the Working Group on Small Arms and Arms Traffic of the UNESCO Chair on Peace and Human Rights, Barcelona