Details

INTENDED AGENDA

(as of 2nd July 2005)

19th October 2005

18:00Reception Welcomes Participants

Presentation of a Documentary on Iraq

20th October 2005

8:00Participants Registration

9:00Welcoming remarks

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer – NATO Secretary General(videokonference TBC)

Eduard Kukan – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia

Róbert Vass – President, Euro-Atlantic Center

9:15Keynote:

Javier Solana – EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (TBC)

Europe as a Strategic Player: Mustering the Will, Building the Means

Discussion

10:00Coffee break

10:301st Round Table

Substantiating the Transatlantic Community: Still the Backbone of Global Security?

Chair: Pavol Demeš – Director for Central and Eastern Europe, German Marshall Fund of the United States

America and Europe in Rough Waters

Zbigniew Brzezinski – Trustee and Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies (TBC)

The Mission, the Coalition, and the Alliance: Views from Washington

Nicholas Burns – US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (TBC)

The “Essential Forum”: Restoring NATO’s Political Role

Volker Rühe – Former Minister of Defense, Germany (TBC)

Discussion

12:30Lunch

Hosted by HE Mr Eduard Kukan, Minister of Foreign Affairs

14:00Keynote:

Martin Erdmann – Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs elect

What We Do, Not What We Are: NATO’s Global Agenda (TBC)

Discussion

14:452nd Round Table

Shaping the Global Security Environment: Old Institutions for New Missions

Chair: Igor Slobodník – Ambassador to NATO, Slovakia

Enter, United Nations

… UN HQ (alternatively …, Poland)

Europe Within and Without NATO: EU’s Global Agenda

Guillaume Parmentier – Director, French Center on the United States, Institut français des relations internationales (TBC)

Political Challenges in Operations, Today and Tomorrow

Tomáš Valášek – Director, Center for Defense Information Brussels

Allies, Old and New, in Iraq, Old and New

Jeff Gedmin – Director, Aspen Institute Berlin (TBC)

Discussion

16:45Coffee Break

17:153rd Round Table

Adapting to Asymmetry: NATO’s Military Transformation

Chair: Mário Nicolini – Advisor to State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Slovakia

The Nitty-Gritty Essentials: Command and Control, Funding and Force Planning

General James Jones – NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe(TBC)

European Armies: Getting It Right

Chris Donnelly – Senior Fellow, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom (TBC)

Counter-Terrorism Strategies and Tactics: Mitigate or Win?

Ivo Samson – Senior Fellow, Slovak Foreign Policy Association

Niche Allies: Contributing to NATO’s Military Capabilities

... Czech Republic

Discussion

19:15Reception at the Palugyai Palace

21st October 2005

9:004th Round Table

Projecting Security: NATO Enlargement and Partnerships

Chair: Robert Hunter – President, Atlantic Treaty Association (TBC)

Stabilizing the Balkans: Powder Keg No Longer?

Eduard Kukan – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia

Putting Others on the MAP

Ron Asmus – Executive Director, German Marshall Fund of the United States Brussels (TBC)

NATO’s New Entrants: Lessons Learned

Igor Slobodník – Ambassador to NATO, Slovakia

NATO-Russia Relations: Filling the Glass

Andrey Zagorskiy – Deputy Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Moscow

Discussion

11:30Conference Closes

Róbert Vass – President, Euro-Atlantic Center

12:00Participants Talk to Press

12:30Luncheon

Hosted by Ministry of Defense

14:00NATO and Public Opinion Workshop 1st Part

Chair: Jamie Shea – Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations (TBC)

Participants: National governments

NATO PDD

National and International Media

Institute for Public Affairs Bratislava

Euro-Atlantic Center Banská Bystrica

15:30Coffee break

16:00NATO and Public Opinion Workshop 2nd Part

17:00Workshop closes