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Governing Stability Across the Mediterranean Sea: a Transatlantic
Perspective
A
conference organised
by the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
21-23 March 2002,
Residenza di Ripetta
Via di Ripetta, 231 - Rome
Sponsored
by
the NATO Office of Information and Press
and the German Marshall Fund of the United States
Rationale
of the conference |
The events of 2001, in particular the 11 September attack and
its aftermath, while demanding short-term responses, have also
revealed the need to respond to terrorism and violence in the
longer term. Such a longer-term response has to be provided
in terms of governance, i.e. cooperation and partnership. The
Western countries have already provided responses of this kind
in the nineties. However, the question of governing instability
has now become especially urgent.
The government of instability is a problem that involves the
huge North African, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian areas.
In the Mediterranean, though, the question looks particularly
relevant because of the presence in the area of important Western
allies, such as Egypt, Turkey and Israel, and significant schemes
for security cooperation, such as the NATO Mediterranean Dialogue
and the Euro-Med Partnership, in addition to the Mediterranean's
proximity to Western and European interests and resources.
The challenge is that these schemes of security cooperation
need to be reinforced, improved and updated. On the one hand,
efforts must be stepped up to reach shared views on the factors
and trends that shape ongoing developments. On the other hand,
it is essential that respective security concepts be broadened,
common grounds, policy responses and a possible division of
labour worked out. In general, stronger elements of partnership
should be included.
In this perspective, two factors are equally relevant to the
aim of developing partnership across the Mediterranean Sea:
(a) increasing confidence between Western countries and countries
beyond the Mediterranean; (b) strengthening transatlantic cohesion
by establishing a suitable division of labor among allies. The
two tasks look equally important and are, in any case, bound
to interact with one another.
These are the themes that the conference organised by the Italian
International Affairs Institute (IAI) intends to address, starting
with the NATO Mediterranean Dialogue. The latter, as a scheme
for stability governance and security cooperation, is already
operating in a transatlantic perspective. Thus, for the time
being, it constitutes the forum for security and stability dialogue
between the transatlantic partners and between the latter and
Mediterranean partners.
Agenda |
Thursday
(21 March 2002) |
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Arrival of participants |
8:30 pm |
Dinner: "Porto di Ripetta" - Via
di Ripetta 250 |
DAY
ONE (Friday 22 March 2002) |
9 am |
1.
Opening remarks
- Rocco Buttiglione, Minister, Ministry for Community
Policies, Rome
- Amedeo de Franchis, Ambassador, Permanent Representative
of Italy, NATO, Brussels
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9:30 am |
2.
Governing stability in the Mediterranean
- Between Dialogue and Partnership: Civilian and Military
Factors of Security in the Mediterranean
Roberto Aliboni, Vice President, International Affairs
Institute, Rome
- The NATO Mediterranean Dialogue
Nicola de Santis, Information Officer for Mediterranean
Dialogue Countries, NATO, Brussels
- The Euro-Med Partnership
lvaro de Vasconcelos, Director, Institute of Strategic
and International Studies, Lisbon
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10:30 am |
Discussion |
11:30 am |
Coffee break |
12:00 am |
3.
Challenges to stability
- Islamism: roots and prospects
Béchir Chourou, Assistant Professor of International
Relations, Institute of Modern Languages, University
of Tunis I
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12:20 am |
Discussion
Bassma Kodmani-Darwish, Middle East and North Africa
Regional Office, The Ford Foundation, Cairo |
1:15 pm |
Lunch |
2:15 am |
- Transnational risks and soft security cooperation
George Joff, Consultant, London
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2:35 am |
Discussion
- Alessandro Politi, Defence Consultant, Rome
- Mark Heller, Principal Research Associate, Jaffee
Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, Ramat
Aviv
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3:30 pm |
Coffee break |
4:00 pm |
- Globalization trends
Michael Intriligator, Director, Burkle Center for
International Relations, University of California, Los
Angeles
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4:20 pm |
Discussion
- Tim Niblock, Director, Institute of Arab and Islamic
Studies, University of Exeter
- Paolo Guerrieri, Vice President, International
Affairs Institute, University "La Sapienza",
Rome
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5:30 pm |
Conference adjournes |
DAY
TWO (Saturday 23 March 2002) |
9:00 am |
- New and traditional terrorism
Ian Lesser, Senior Analyst, International Policy
Department, RAND, Washington D.C.
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9:20 am |
Discussion
- Jean-François Daguzan, Fondation de la Recherche
Stratégique, Paris
- Gamal A.G. Soltan, Senior Researcher, Al-Ahram
Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Cairo
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10:15 am |
Coffee break |
10:30 am |
- Round table: governance and partnership in the
Mediterranean
- Stefano Silvestri, President, International Affairs
Institute, Rome (moderator)
- Ian Lesser, Senior Analyst, International Policy Department,
RAND, Washington D.C.
- Béchir Chourou, Assistant Professor of International
Relations, Institute of Modern Languages, University
of Tunis I
- Tom Farer, Dean, Graduate School of International
Studies, University of Denver
- Alvaro de Vasconcelos, Director, IEEI-Institute of
Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon
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12:15 am |
- Concluding
Remarks
Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, Deputy Secretary General, NATO,
Brussels
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12:45 am |
End of the conference |
1:00 pm |
Lunch |
Roberto Aliboni |
Vice President, IAI-International Affairs
Institute, Rome |
Giancarlo Aragona |
Director General, Directorate of Political
Affairs, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome |
John Berry |
Dean, NATO Defense College, Rome |
Rocco Buttiglione |
Minister, Ministry for Community Policies,
Rome |
Béchir Chourou |
Assistant Professor of International Relations,
Institute of Modern Languages, University of Tunis I |
Jean-François Daguzan |
FRS-Fondation de la Recherche Stratégique,
Paris |
Amedeo de Franchis |
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Italy,
NATO, Brussels |
Nicola de Santis |
Information Officer for Mediterranean Dialogue
Countries, NATO, Brussels |
Federico Eichberg |
Head, Cabinet of the Italian Vice-Minister
for Productive Activities, Rome |
Tom Farer |
Dean, Graduate School of International Studies,
University of Denver |
Paolo Guerrieri |
Vice President, IAI-International Affairs
Institute, University "La Sapienza", Rome |
Mark Heller |
Principal Research Associate, Jaffee Center
for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv |
Michael Intriligator |
Director, BCIR - Burkle Center for International
Relations, University of California, Los Angeles |
George Joffé |
Consultant, London |
Bassma Kodmani-Darwish |
Middle East and North Africa Regional Office,
The Ford Foundation, Cairo |
Ian Lesser |
Senior Analyst, International Policy Department,
RAND, Washington D.C. |
Alessandro Minuto Rizzo |
Deputy Secretary General, NATO, Brussels |
Alessandra Nervi |
Transatlantic Center-Berlin Office, The German
Marshall Fund of the United States |
Tim Niblock |
Director, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies,
University of Exeter |
Alessandro Politi |
Defence Consultant, Rome |
Nicole Renvert |
Politics Division, Director of the Transatlantic
Project, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh |
Alessandro Silj |
Director, Italian Council for Social Sciences,
Rome |
Stefano Silvestri |
President, IAI-International Affairs Institute,
Rome |
Gamal A.G. Soltan |
Senior Researcher, Al-Ahram CPSS - Center
for Political and Strategic Studies, Cairo |
Álvaro de Vasconcelos |
Director, IEEI-Institute of Strategic and
International Studies, Lisbon |
Rapporteur |
Maria-Cristina Paciello |
Research-Fellow, IAI-International Affairs
Institute, Rome |
Observers |
Massimo Ambrosetti |
Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of Italy,
NATO, Brussels |
Amy M. Bliss |
Assistant Cultural Attache, Embassy of the
United
States, Rome |
Giovanni Brauzzi |
NATO Head Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Rome
Amos Radian Plenipotentiary Minister, Embassy of Israel,
Rome |
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