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Updated: 25-Sep-2002 Conferences

International
Conference
As at
10 Sep. 2002

Security and Stability
in the Mediterranean Region
The Role of Euro-Atlantic Institutions

Rodos Palace - Rhodes, 14 - 15 September 2002

Risks and Threats; The Old and the New Agenda
Sunday, 14 September 2002
  Welcoming Remarks: Professor Themistoklis Lekkas
Rector, University of the Aegean
9:30 - 12:00 Morning Session

Chairman: Panayotis Tsakonas (University of the Aegean, Greece)

  • Stephen Larrabee (RAND Corporation, USA) - "Asymmetric Threats in the Mediterranean Region"
  • Cmail Benamara (Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algeria) - "Terrorism, Extremism and Mediterranean Stability"
  • Regional Issues:
    • Emma Murphy (University of Durham, Great Britain) - "Risks and Opportunities: The Arab-Israeli Conflict"
    • Theodore Couloumbis (University of Athens, Greece) - "Greek-Turkish Relations and the Cyprus Issue"
  • Discussant: Kostas Ifantis (University of Athens, Greece)

Discussion
12. 30 Lunch
15:00 - 17:00

Afternoon Session

Chairman: Vasil Hudak (EastWest Institute, Prague)

  • Alfred Tovias (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) - "The Political Economy of the Partnership in Comparative Perspective"
  • Rateb Sweis (Jordan Institute for Diplomacy, Jordan)
    "Economic Security in the EMP: Major Challenges and Opportunities"
  • Jan Kalicki (Chevron-Texaco, USA) - "Energy Security in the Mediterranean Region"
  • Discussant: Antonio Marquina (UNISCI, Madrid, Spain)

Discussion

20:00

Reception Dinner

Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos
Greece's Representative to the European Union
Political and Security Committee "The Greek Presidency of the European Union. Challenges and Opportunities in the New Security Environment"

Dealing with the Threats: The Role of Euro-Atlantic Institutions

Sunday, September 15, 2002
9:30 - 12:00

Morning Session

Chairman: Kosta Tsipis (M.I.T, USA)

  • Ronald Asmus (Council on Foreign Relations, USA) - "A Western Strategy for the Mediterranean. Towards a New Purpose and Paradigm"
  • Ilyas-Magomed Salamovich Umakhanov
    (Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council, Russia) - "Russia's Policy towards the Mediterranean Region"
  • Nicola de Santis (Information Officer for Mediterranean Dialogue and Partner Countries, NATO Brussels) "The Twenty-First Century NATO Agenda and the Mediterranean"
  • Roberto Aliboni (Instituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Italy) - "The European Union Mediterranean Partnership"
  • Discussant: Thanos Dokos (ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece)

Discussion
12 : 30 Lunch
15:00 - 17:30

Afternoon Session

Roundtable Discussion
"Security and Stability in the Mediterranean:
Problems and Prospects"
Chaired by Sergey Rogov
(Institute of USA and Canada Studies, Russia)

Participants:

  • Ronald Asmus (Council on Foreign Relations, USA)
  • Nicola de Santis (Information Officer for Mediterranean Dialogue and Partner Countries, NATO Brussels)
  • Roberto Aliboni (Instituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Italy)
  • Anastasios Vikas (Deputy Director General for CFSP and Regional Affairs, General Secretariat of the European Union)

Discussion