Current position

Research Associate, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, Tallinn


Phone:  +(372) 5814 1946

E-mail:  tiago.marques[at]iiss.ee

Personal History:  Born 18.01.1978

Education

2005 M.A. International Conflict Studies Dep. Peace and Conflict Research University of Uppsala, Sweden
2003 M.A. Modern History University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
1999 Law Studies Universidade Clássica de Lisboa


Professional experience

2007         Research Assistant at the Office of the Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris
2006-2009 Lecturer in European Security Governance at the University of Tallinn (Jean Monnet Module)
2005         Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Tallinn
2005-        Research Fellow at the Institute of International and Social Studies, University of Tallinn
2005         Author of research paper on “Southern Mediterranean Perceptions of the European Security and Defence Policy”
2003-2004 Co-Editor of the Portuguese international affairs journal “O Mundo em Português”; author of several articles for the same publication
2003-2004 Researcher Fellow at IEEI (Institute for Strategic and International Studies), EuroMesco Secretariat (Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission), Lisbon, Portugal


Organisational Membership

Member of the British International Studies Association (BISA)
Member of the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA)
Research participant at the COST A24 Scientific Programme on The Evolving Social Construction of Threats


Publications

Conceptualising Practices of Security Governance in the Baltic and the Mediterranean: Estonia and Jordan as Regional Security Facilitators, EuroMesCo/EU Commission Report, (Forthcoming, December 2007)

Conceptualising Practices of Security Governance in the Baltic and the Mediterranean, The Estonian Foreign Policy Yearbook 2007 Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, Tallinn (November 2007)

Constructing Supranational Security Interests in a Wider Europe European Union Enlargement of 2004 and Beyond: Responding to the Political, Legal and Socio-Economic Challenges, University of Latvia, Latvia University Press, 2007 (peer-reviewed publication)

(Co-Author) - The Future of Estonia-PR China Relations: Opportunities and Choices, Report commissioned by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Estonia, November 2006

European Security at 25: Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities Baltic Outlooks on European Foreign and Security Policy, Tallinn University Press, 2006

(Co-Author) - Southern Mediterranean Perceptions of the European Security and Defence Policy (2003-2004) – Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission Report (EuroMeSco), April 2005

Estonia in a New Wider Europe, International Relations (Portugal), No.2, June 2004

(Co-Author) - The US and the EU: the Future Ahead, Janus Annuary of Foreign Affairs, 2004

China at a Crossroads, O Mundo em Português – MeP - (Portuguese International Relations Journal), Vol.56, Sep/Oct 2004

US Foreign Policy and the War in Iraq, MeP, Vol.55, April/May 2004

Refugees and IDP’s in Today’s Globalised International System, MeP, Vol.53, February 2004

Iraq and the Fragmentation Dilemma, MeP, Vol.51, December 2003

Nation-Building in the Post-Cold War Era, MeP, Vol.50, November 2003

EU Public Opinion and the War in Iraq: Reading Between the Lines, MeP, Vol.49, October 2003



Presentation of Research Papers at International Seminars

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Seminar on Managing Threats? Citizens and Disasters Abroad - EU Policy Responses, Brussels, 10th December 2007; paper presentation - For a "Humanitarian Power" Europe: The Role of Civil Protection in Implementing a Coherent EU Strategic Culture

The British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Confererence, University of Cork, 18-20 December 2006, Cork, Ireland; Paper presentation on European Security at 25: Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities

The Danish Political Science Research School (DPSRS) and the Department of Political Science of the University of Copenhagen, PhD Research School - Security Theory: Critical Innovations - by Prof. Ole Waever, November 27 - December 1 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark; Paper presentation on European Security at 25: Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities

Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSco) Annual Conference, Paths to Democracy and Inclusion Within Diversity, 5-7 October 2006, Istanbul, Turkey; Working group on "The Linkage Between Justice and the Fight Against Terrorism in the EMP"

Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) and Italian Centre for High Defence Studies (CASD), Rome Atlantic Forum, Tomorrow´s Leaders and the Future of Euro-Atlantic Security, 25-27 September 2006, Rome, Italy; Co-Drafter of the Final Report of the Working Group on "Stabilisation and Reconstruction"

International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) and COST Action 24 International Conference, 9/11 Five Years After: Values, Risks and Identity in the War on Terror,11-12 September 2006, PRIO, Oslo, Norway; Panel presentation on European Security Agenda After Enlargement

Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) International Conference, Reflecting on a Wider Europe and Beyond: Rules, Norms and Interests, 25-27 June 2006, Tartu University, Estonia; Panel presentation on The European Security Strategy: Practicing Supranational Interests While Securing the Wider Neighbourhood?

Jean Monnet Conference, The Future of European Union and Turkey´s Accession Perspectives, 18-21 May 2006, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey; Panel presentation on Security Challenges Ahead: The Case of Turkey

Jean Monnet Conference, Beyond EU Enlargement 2004: Responding to Challenges, 20-22 April 2006, University of Latvia, Riga; Panel presentation on Constructing Supranational Security Interests in a Wider Europe

International Seminar, Terrorism and Modern Politics, 7 April 2006, Tallinn University, together with Real Instituto Elcano, Madrid; organiser and moderator of the debate

14th EU/Turkey Conference of Journalists and Young Researchers, 30-31 March 2006, Istanbul; Panel presentation on Engaging Youth in the Future of an Enlarged Europe.

International Seminar, EU Foreign Policy and New Neighbourhood: Perspectives from the Baltic and Black Sea Regions,1 December 2005, Tallinn, Estonia; Panel presentation on Building Supranational Security Interests in a Wider Europe.

Fornet Worshop, ESDP and EU Neighbourhood: Impact on the Mediterranean, 4 November 2005, Lisbon, Portugal; Panel presentation on Analysis of ESDP Perceptions in the Southern Mediterranean.

International Euro-Mediterranean Baltic Seminar, Do the Baltic Countries Also Have a Mediterranean Border?,22-24 August 2005, Tallinn, Estonia; Co-organiser, together with the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Swedish Institute of International Affairs and Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission - Institute for Security and International Studies, Portugal; Panel Presentation, Seeking Common Ground: Baltic-Mediterranean Social Partnership.

Fornet Workshop, EU Crisis Management: The Regional and Global Dimension, 19 November 2004, Stockholm, hosted by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA).


Research Projects

Conceptualising Practices of Security Governance in the Baltic and the Mediterranean: Estonia and Jordan as Regional Security Facilitators, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute and Institute of International and Social Studies at the University of Tallinn, together with the Regional Centre on Conflict Prevention at the Jordanian Institute of Diplomacy in Amman, Jordan; EuroMeSco Research Project 2007, with the support of the European Commission

The Future of Estonia-PR China Relations: Opportunities and Choices, Report commissioned by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Estonia, November 2006



Awards, Fellowships and Grants

Teaching Grant by the EC Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency: Jean Monnet Graduate Module 2006-2009 (JMA), together with Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar

British International Studies Association (BISA) Visting Scholar Award 2006

COST Scientific Programme - European Science Foundation: COST Short-Term Scientific Mission Scholarship (STSM) 2006 - University of Copenhagen and Danish Institute for International Studies



Courses and Lectures

IIS 6002 - International Security (ECTS 4,5)

IIS 6008 - Jean Monnet Module - European Security Governance: From Cooperation to Institutionalisation (ECTS 6,0)

International Relations of the Mediterranean and the Middle East

Foreign Policy Anlysis



Language skills

Portuguese (native speaker), Fluent in English and French, Very Good Knowledge of Spanish and Italian (accredited university courses), Knowledge of Estonian