Programme
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9.30-10.15 |
Welcome remarks Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus (TBC) Amb. Thomas Buchsbaum Special Envoy on the Eastern Partnership, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria Mr. Yauheni Preiherman Head, Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative, Belarus |
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10.15-12.15 |
Session 1. Neutrality and non-alignment: the cases of Austria, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Malta Prof. Dr. Heinz Gärtner International Institute for Peace (IIP) and University of Vienna, Chair of the Advisory Committee for Strategy and Security Policy of the Scientific Commission at the Austrian Armed Forces (BMLV) Prof. Kjell Engelbrekt Swedish Defence University, Sweden Dr. Suvi Kansikas University of Helsinki, Finland Dr. Paul Widmer University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Ms. Alberta Borg Embassy of Malta to Austria Moderator Mr. Dzianis Melyantsou Programme Coordinator, Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative, Belarus |
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12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.30-15.30 |
Session 2. Is there a role for neutrality in the Eastern partner countries? Dr. Anahit Nalbandyan Defense Policy Division, National Security Office of Armenia Mr. Ilgar Gurbanov Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Yauheni Preiherman Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative, Belarus Dr. Kornely Kakachia Georgian Institute of Politics; Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Georgia Mr. Nikolai Tveatcov Administration of the President of the Republic of Moldova Amb. Volodymir Khandogyi Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association; acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2009), Ukraine Discussants Dr. Carmen Scheide University of Bern, Switzerland Amb. Gerhard Jandl Permanent Representative of Austria to the Council of Europe Moderator Mr. Marcel Roethig Resident Representative Ukraine and Belarus, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany |
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15.30-16.00 |
Coffee break |
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16.00-17.30 |
Session 3. New security realities require new conceptual ideas: ‘situational neutrality’ as a modern security option for in-between states? Mr. Dzianis Melyantsou Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative, Belarus Dr. Siarhei Bohdan Free University of Berlin, Germany Mr. Tevan Poghosyan Advisor to the President of Armenia; International Center for Human Development, Armenia Mr. Andrian Rosa Administration of the President of the Republic of Moldova Mr. Benno Zogg Centre for Security Studies (CSS) ETH Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Paul Hansbury Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative, UK Moderator Dr. Wolfgang Sender Country Director Belarus, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany |
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17.30-17.45 |
Concluding remarks |
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18.45-20.00 |
Evening public discussion. Is there a place for neutrality in today’s international relations? Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel (13 Kirava str.) Format: on-the-record evening panel discussion Participants: the workshop’s participants + broader foreign policy community in Minsk (including MPs, academics, policy experts, journalists, and representatives of foreign embassies) Languages: English and Russian (with simultaneous interpretation) Welcome remarks Mr. Yauheni Preiherman Head, Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative, Belarus Mr. Marcel Roethig Resident Representative Ukraine and Belarus, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany Dr. Wolfgang Sender Country Director Belarus, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany Panellists Prof. Kjell Engelbrekt Swedish Defence University, Sweden Prof. Dr. Heinz Gärtner International Institute for Peace (IIP) and University of Vienna, Chair of the Advisory Committee for Strategy and Security Policy of the Scientific Commission at the Austrian Armed Forces (BMLV) Dr. Paul Widmer University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Amb. Gerhard Jandl Permanent Representative of Austria to the Council of Europe Mr. Dzianis Melyantsou Programme Coordinator, Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative, Belarus Moderator Amb. Thomas Buchsbaum Special Envoy on the Eastern Partnership, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria |
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20.00-21.00 |
Buffet reception |
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November 14 |
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Morning excursion |
