Thessaloniki Greece 16-18 Oct. 1997

NATO and the European Union: Confronting the Challenges of European Security Cooperation. 16-18 October 1997 Jointly organized by Kent State University's Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies, the European Community Studies Association, and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy at the American College Thessaloniki (Anatolia College)

Thursday, October 16 6:00 p.m. Registration 6:30 p.m. Welcoming Remarks William W. McGrew, Anatolia College-ACT George Lyssaridis, Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace S. Victor Papacosma, Lemnitzer Center, Kent State University Pierre-Henri Laurent, European Community Studies Association and Tufts University 7:00 p.m. "Europeanists vs. Atlanticists in NATO: A Historical Perspective" Lawrence S. Kaplan, Kent State University 8:00 p.m. Reception, Ingle Hall, Anatolia College Friday, October 17, 1997 9:30 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. Panel I: The New European Strategic Environment Chair: Thanos Veremis, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens "NATO's Evaluations and Responses" Steven L. Rearden, Historical Staff, U.S. Department of Defense "EU's Evaluations and Responses" Michael Smith, University of California--Irvine "The Transatlantic Relationship" Stanley R. Sloan, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 12:00 noon- 2:00 p.m. Panel II: Strategic and Overlapping Dimensions of NATO-EU Expansion Chair: Theodore Couloumbis, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens "NATO Enlargement, Partnership for Peace, European Security and Defense Identity" Holger Pfeiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO, Brussels "The Difficulties and Risks of NATO Enlargement" Richard Kugler, National Defense University, Washington, DC "EU Enlargement" Giancarlo Chevellard, EU Commission, Brussels 6:45 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Panel III: National Positions on NATO-EU Policy Directions Chair: William McGrew, Anatolia College-ACT "Great Britain" Anthony Forster, University of Nottingham "Germany" Peter Schmidt, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen "Russia" Igor F. Maximytchev, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 9:00 p.m. Reception, "Kyvernio" Saturday, October 18, 1997 9:30 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. Panel IV: The New Strategic and Political Realities in Southeastern Europe Chair: Leon Hurwitz, The European Community Studies Association & Cleveland State University "The Post-Dayton Environment: The View from Belgrade" Vladimir Veres, Center for Strategic Studies, Belgrade "The Post-Dayton Environment: The View from Zagreb" Radovan Vukadinovi_, University of Zagreb "Inter-Alliance Dispute: The Case of Greece and Turkey" Thanos Veremis, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens "Security and Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean" Theodore Couloumbis, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens 12:45- 2:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion Chairs: S. Victor Papacosma, Lemnitzer Center, Kent State University Pierre-Henri Laurent, European Community Studies Association and Tufts University The NATO Office of Information and Press and the European Union have provided generous support for this Conference.