Call for Papers As part of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) 27th World Congress Buenos Aires, Argentina—July 15-19, 2023 we seek paper proposals for our panel: "Forecasting European Defense: How the EU Designs Its Response to the Unrest in Its Neighborhood” This panel will consider how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the migration crisis, and the continued tensions in the Western Balkans have increasingly threatened security on European soil. These security crises have put a lot of pressure on the European Union to formulate compelling and efficient responses—be it in the military, political or economic areas—to build an appropriate defense approach. To formulate such responses, the EU needs models and strategies to anticipate and legitimize its actions outside its borders. In this regard, simulations, models, wargames, narratives, and imaginaries are all means of producing knowledge within and about EU defense. This panel aims to address how the EU designs its various military, political, and economic responses to the unrest in its neighborhood with a defensive objective, how these responses contribute to forecasting a European defense, how simulations and wargames can enhance the anticipation of EU defense policies abroad, and how narratives and imaginaries are mobilized in the legitimation of these policies. With the aim of building bridges between critical and policy-oriented academics, we welcome analyses of current and prospective defense policies and meta-analyses of what it means to anticipate in times of defense/security crises. To apply, please submit a title and an abstract (no more than 250 words) via this link <https://wc2023.ipsa.org/wc/panel/forecasting-european-defense-how-eu-designs-its-response-unrest-its-neighborhood> by January 15, 2023. For more information on the panel, please contact the panel chairs: Dr. Annie Niessen (aniessen@sas.upenn.edu <mailto:aniessen@sas.upenn.edu>) and Dr. Cindy Regnier (c.regnier@uliege.be <mailto:c.regnier@uliege.be>). For more information about the IPSA congress, please visit https://wc2023.ipsa.org/wc/home <https://wc2023.ipsa.org/wc/home>. Please feel free to circulate this CfP among your networks.