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international conference organized by the
in cooperation with the with the participation of speakers from Bulgaria and partner institutions from the
Sofia, 1-2 October 2004,
P R O G R A M M E 1st October 2004 (Friday) OFFICIAL OPENING Moderator
Ms. RALITSA KOVACHEVA, Senior Expert, Defence Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Defence Official Address Mr. PETKO DRAGANOV, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria Presentation of the FORNET network Prof. Dr. CHRISTIAN FRANCK, Secretary General of the Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) – Brussels, member of the Steering Committee of the FORNET network Presentation of the topics and speakers Mr. KRASSIMIR NIKOLOV, Secretary General of the Bulgarian European Community Studies Association (BECSA) THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A “NEIGHBOURHOOD” PLAYER THE EAST-EUROPEAN DIMENSION Moderator
Ms. ELITSA MARKOVA, Programme Director at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) – Sofia Panel: Effects of the EU’s Neighbourhood Policy on the Caucasus and the Western New Independent States (West-NIS) Dr. ESRA HATIPOGLU, European Community Institute at Marmara University – Istanbul, Turkey, and member of the Turkish University Association for European Community Studies (TUNAECS) Political prerequisites for the “European perspective” of the Caucasian and the Western New Independent States (West-NIS) Mr. VLADIMIR SHOPOV, Political Science Department at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” questions & comments coffee break Moderator THE MEDITERRANEAN DIMENSION Panel:
What potential for a EU role in the Middle East crisis in a post – 9/11 environment? Mr. KAMEN VELICHKOV, Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, former Bulgarian ambassador to the Hague and first chargé d’affaires in Tel-Aviv Security and CFSP vis-a-vis Cyprus and the region: security- and sovereignty-related idiosyncrasies of the Annan Plan Prof. Dr. COSTAS MELAKOPIDES & Dr. GEORGE KENTAS, Cyprus Institute for Mediterranean, European and International Studies – Nicosia questions & comments THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A REGIONAL PLAYER THE AFRICAN DIMENSION The European and the African Unions – a learning experience in conflict prevention and crisis management
Dr. LYUBOV MINCHEVA, Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) – Sofia; Affiliated Researcher with the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA questions & comments 2nd October 2004 (Saturday) BEYOND REGIONALISM STRATEGIC RELATIONS AND KEY SECURITY ISSUES Moderator
Mr. VESSELIN VALKANOV, Political Director, Head of the CFSP Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Panel: The EU´s strategic relations with the United States, Prof. Dr. HANSPETER NEUHOLD, Director of the Institute of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna Bulgaria’s Contribution to the Development of ESDP Ms. RALITSA KOVACHEVA, Senior Expert, Collective Defence and Security Department, Defence Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Defence The Greek Contribution to CFSP and Civilian Crisis Management, Ms. ELENI DEMIRI & Mr. EVANGELOS VLIORAS, Hellenic Centre of European Studies and Research (EKEME) – Athens New security challenges in Europe and structural dimensions of interaction between “the second and the third pillar” of the EU Mr. BORIS KOSTOV, Political Science Department at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” questions & comments coffee break Special session: Moderator closure of event |
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