An interesting gathering……..

Well dear readers, most of the time I consider it a blessing not to be stuck in Kyiv……but occasionally there is something there I would just love to be a fly on the wall for:

Last update: November 08, 2010

KYIV SECURITY FORUM 

 KYIV, NOVEMBER 11-12, 2010

(Hotel “InterContinental”, 2A Velyka Zhytomyrska St., flour «-2»)

Changing the Security Paradigm in a Fragmented World

European Dimension

15:00 – 16:00	1st DAY   PARTICIPANTS’ REGISTRATION (Foyer, Intercontinental Hotel, Floor “-2”)
16:00 – 18:00	PLENARY SESSION I – Grand Ballroom
	New threats, new rivalries ·         What is Replacing US Hegemony: Collective Security? Multipolarity? ·         What are the Implications of the ‘Rise of the Rest’? Are we Entering a Period of Climate Politics and /or Resource Wars?
	Moderator: Andriy KULYKOV, journalist, TV presenter, ICTV channel, Ukraine   Opening remarks: Arseniy YATSENYUK, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Leader of the Party “Front Zmin”, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007)   Presentations: Pavlo KLIMKIN, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine Robert SIMMONS, Deputy Assistant SG for Security Cooperation and Partnership, NATO HQ, Brussels (prerecorded address) Mikhail ZURABOV, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,  Embassy of Russian Federation to Ukraine (TBC)  Dr. Theodore MELESCANU, Vice-President of Senate, Minister of National Defence (2007-2008), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1992-1996), Romania    Giorgi BARAMIDZE, Vice Prime-Minister, State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Georgia Andrei POPOV, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Republic of Moldova   Robert NURICK, Member, International Institute for Strategic Studies, the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and the Central Eurasia Studies Society, USA Petro POROSHENKO, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2009-2010), Secretary of National Security and Defence Council (2005), Ukraine
18:30	RECEPTON – HOTEL FOYER (-2 FLOOR)
8:30 – 9:00	2nd DAY PARTICIPANTS’ REGISTRATION (Foyer, Intercontinental Hotel, Floor “-2”)
9:00 – 10:45	PLENARY SESSION II – Grand Ballroom
	Evolving security dynamics    ·         Is the West Losing its Monopoly on Soft Power?  ·         Transatlantic Relationship: Collective Security or Coalitions of the Willing?  Will Today’s Ministries of Defense be Tomorrow’s Ministries of Security?
	Moderator: James GREENE, President, Effective Engagement Strategies LLC, USA Presentations: Bogdan AURESCU, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania  Borys TARASYUK, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on European Integration, Ukraine Chris DONNELLY, Director, Oxford Institute for Statecraft and Governance, United Kingdom Dr. Yevgeniy KOZHOKIN, Rector, Academy of Labour and Social Relations; Director, Russia Institute for Strategic Studies (1994-2009), Russian Federation Michael COX, Professor, London School of Economics, United Kingdom Discussants: Dr. James SHERR, Head, Russia and Eurasia Program, Chatham House, United Kingdom Dr. Bartosz STANISLAWSKI, Research Fellow, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA
10:45 – 11:15	COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 13:00	MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS
NATO’s new strategic concept: rethinking partnerships Grand Ballroom ·         Will Relations with Georgia and Ukraine be Given New Stimulus? ·         What is the Ideal Role for Russia? Will NATO Policies Towards Post-Soviet States Continue to Cause Internal Divisions?		Two terms, one meaning: national resilience or homeland security?  Conference Hall 1 ·         How do we Define Threats? What Tools and Strategies are Required to Strengthen National Resilience in a Multicultural and Institutionally Diverse Europe? ·         What are the Resources Required to Build Resilience? At what Level Should our Capabilities be? How Effective are Private-Public Partnerships in Protecting Critical Infrastructure?
Moderator:  Dr. Thanos DOKOS, Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece Presentations: Amb. Marie GERVAIS-VIDRICAIRE, Member of NATO’s New Strategic Concept Group of Experts, Canada Dr. Andrei ZAGORSKI, Professor and Leading Researcher, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russian Federation Dr. Klaus WITTMANN, Brigadier General of Bundeswehr (ret), Former Director Academic Planning and Policy at the NATO Defence College in Rome, Germany Amb. Valeri RATCHEV, Head of the Political Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Bulgaria Mark OPGENORTH, Staff Officer, Russia and Ukraine Section, Political and Security Policy Division, NATO International Staff, Belgium		Moderator: Stephan DE SPIEGELEIRE, Senior Scientist, Director Defense Transformation, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, the Netherlands Presentations: Dr. Hans-Georg WIECK, Ambassador, Federal Minister of Defence (1966-1974), Germany   Daniel J. KANIEWSKI, Assistant Vice President for Homeland Security and Deputy Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute, the George Washington University, USA Bryden SPURLING, Deputy Director, Strategic Policy Guidance, Department of Defence, Australia Bjorn RUTTEN, Senior Research Associate, The Conference Board of Canada, Canada   Dr. Todor TAGAREV, Associate Professor, Centre for Security and Defence Management, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Republic of Bulgaria
13:00 – 14:00	LUNCH
14:00 – 15:45	AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS
Black Sea geopolitics: dilemmas and prospects  Grand Ballroom ·         Will the Russia-Turkey Tandem Strengthen or Endanger Regional Stability?  ·         Can the Region’s Militarization be reversed? ·         Will Conflict Return to the Region? What Lessons have we Learned from August 2008?		Ukraine: choices and constraints      Conference Hall 1 ·         Are Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Choices Defined by External Threats or Domestic Politics?  ·         Does Ukraine’s Stability come at the Expense of its Integration into European and Euro-Atlantic Community? Can Ukraine Strengthen its Partnership with Russia without Compromising its Independence?
Moderator: Dr. Dimitris TRIANTAPHYLLOU, Director, European Studies Centre, Kadir Has University, Turkey   Presentations: Dr. Mustafa AYDIN, Rector, Kadir Has University, Turkey Georgian POP, MP, Member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Defence and Security, House of Deputies, Romania Tengiz PKHALADZE, Chairman, International Center for Geopolitical Studies, Georgia Dr. Danila BOCHKAREV, Research Fellow, Global Security Program, East West Institute, Brussels   Carina STACHETTI, Head of the Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Desk, Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Defence, France		Moderator: Valeriy CHALY, Deputy Director General, Razumkov Center, Ukraine   Presentations: Pawel KOWAL, MEP, Chairman, Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Brussels Dr. James SHERR, Head, Russia and Eurasia Program, Chatham House, United Kingdom Vitaliy  PORTNIKOV,  Chief Editor, TVi Channel, Ukraine Matthew ROJANSKI, Deputy Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA Dr. Frank EVERS, Deputy Head, Centre for OSCE Research (CORE), Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, Germany
15:45 – 16:15	COFFEE BREAK
16:15 – 18:00	PLENARY SESSION III – Grand Ballroom
	The crossroads of European collective security ·         Is the Corfu Process at a Dead End? ·         How do we Engage Russia in a Constructive European Security Dialogue? ·         How will Competencies be Divided Among NATO, the EU and the OSCE? Will a New System Emerge?
	Moderator: Konstantin von EGGERT, Political Analyst and Journalist, Centre for Political Research, Russian Federation Presentations: Oleksandr PAVLYUK, Head of External Cooperation, OSCE Secretariat, Austria Dr. Graeme HERD, Head of the International Security Programme, Geneva Center for Security Policy, Switzerland Dr. Artem MALGIN, Adviser to Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russian Federation Andriy YERMOLAYEV, Director, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine  Dr. Kamer KASIM, Vice President of USAK (ISRO); Director, Center for EU Studies, USAK , Turkey David DARCHIASHVILI, Chairman, Committee on European Integration, Parliament of Georgia, Georgia Pierre HASSNER, Associate Research Fellow, Center for International Studies and Research (CERI, SceincesPo), France
18:00 – 18:10	CONCLUSIONS FROM ORGANIZERS
	Closing remarks: Ivanna KLYMPUSH-TSINTSADZE, Director, Open Ukraine Foundation, Ukraine
18:30 19:00	BUSES DEPART TO DINNER VENUE DINNER (O’Panas Restaurant, 10 Tereshchenka Str.)

 

Initiative:

Arseniy Yatseniuk Foundation

Open Ukraine 

Key financial support:

 Victor Pinchuk Foundation

Financial support:                                                                        In partnership with:

 German Marshall Fund                                                                    Chatham House

Nato                                                     

 

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