The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar on:
Eurussia: Is Pan-European Security Possible?
Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 15.00-16.30
Danish Institute for International Studies
Main Auditorium
Strandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen K
Background
In a speech in Berlin on 5 June 2008, the Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, presented a proposal for a new pan-European security architecture. It calls for a legally binding treaty under international law for all states “from Vancouver to Vladivostok”. The proposal addresses some of the most important Russian security concerns on basic principles of equal security and cooperation, e.g. all the participating states should pledge not to use military power against one another or threaten the use of violence. No international organization should have exclusive rights to protect peace and stability in Europe. The treaty should stipulate basic parameters for arms control and establish new cooperation mechanisms for combating proliferations of weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, and drug trafficking. President Medvedev has proposed a so-called Helsinki 2-process for negotiating the treaty. While the Western countries have reacted reluctantly to the proposal, Russia have argued that the existing security organization in Europe is left-over from the Cold War. Do they have a point?
Lucio Caracciolo is the editor in chief of the periodicals Italian Geopolitical Review, Limes - Italian Review of Geopolitics and Heartland - Eurasian Review of Geopolitics. He is a professional journalist and one of the leading Italian experts on foreign policy and international affairs. He regularly writes columns for the Italian newspaper la Repubblica and for the magazine L’Espresso. He publishes articles in various reviews in Italy and abroad. He taught geopolitics at the University of Rome from 2004-2007. He has written a number of essays and books, including Alba di Guerra fredda (Cold War Dawn, Rome, 1986), La democrazia in Europa (Democracy in Europe, with Dahrendorf, Furet, Geremek, Rome, 1991), Euro no, non morire per Maastricht (Euro no, don’t die for Maastricht, Rome, 1996).
Programme
15.00-15.05 Introduction
Karsten Jakob Møller, Senior Analyst, DIIS
15.05-15.45 Eurussia: Is Pan-European Security Possible?
Lucio Caracciolo, Chief Editor, Limes – Italian Review of Geopolitics
15.45-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-16.30 Open Discussion
Chair: Karsten Jakob Møller, Senior Analyst, DIIS
Practical Information
The seminar will be held in English.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use the registration form below no later than Tuesday, 21 April 2009 at 12.00 noon. |
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