XIV International Security Conference “Forte de Copacabana” 2017

Jan Woischnik, Head of KAS Office in Brazil, opened the Conference

During the main speech, Norbert Lammert welcomed the visitors and the speakers

In his speech, the President of the German Federal Parliament emphasized the importance of international cooperation in an increasingly globalized world

The Brazilian Minister of Defence, Raul Jungmann, held the second main speech of the Conference

After his speech, Jungmann answered questions of the press

In the first panel, Nathalie Tocci, Special Adviser to the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Chris Whitecross, Commander of the NATO Defense College, Julius Liljeström, from the Swedish Foreign Ministry , Fernando Simas Magalhães, Undersecretary-General in the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, and Moderator Roberto Abdenur, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Brazilian Center for International Relations, discussed "Security Architecture in a Changing World"

Elena Lazarou from the European Parliamentary Research Service moderated the second panel on "Security Architecture and Cyber Threats" with Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Federal Parliament (CDU), Ronaldo Lemos, Director of the Center for Technology and Society in Rio de Janeiro, María Lourdes Puente Olivera, Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and Jorge Henrique Cabral Fernandes, Professor at the University of Brasilia

Roderich Kiesewetter answered questions from the public

Thiago Rodrigues, Professor at Fluminense University, opened the third panel on Drug Trafficking. The other discussants were Alexis Goosdeel, Director of the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Ana Paula Pellegrino, Researcher at the Igarapé Institute, and Virginia Comolli, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The discussion was moderated by Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves, President Emeritus of the Brazilian Center for International Relations

Alexis Goosdeel, Director of the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, reported on developments in drug consumption in the European Union

Virginia Comolli, Senior Fellow for Security and Development at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, talked about the influence of organized crime on armed conflict

One day before the Conference, the speakers met for a Closed-Door Workshop at the historical Fort of Copacabana

Among others, Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Federal Parliament (CDU), and Lieutenant-General Chris Whitecross, Commander of the NATO Defense College in Rome, participated in the Closed-Door Workshop

The participants of the Closed-Door Workshop in the Fort of Copacabana

On Friday, September 29 2017, the International Security Conference “Forte de Copacabana” took place in Rio de Janeiro. The topic of this year’s Conference was “Security Architecture: An Exchange between South America and Europe”. Norbert Lammert, President of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and Vice-President of Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and Raul Jungmann, Brazilian Minister of Defence, held the main speeches. In particular, the topics new world order, cyber security and defence as well as international drug trafficking and organized crime were discussed by a multitude of international experts, among them Nathalie Tocci, Special Adviser to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Lieutenant-General Chris Whitecross, Commander of the NATO Defense College in Rome, Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Federal Parliament for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), as well as Alexis Goosdeel, Director of the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction. As innovation in 2017, the Conference, which has become the biggest security conference in Latin America over the 14 years of its history, published a series of Policy Papers that reflects the major themes of the event, identify challenges and make policy recommendations for the future.

To access the Papers, follow the link: http://www.kas.de/brasilien/en/publications/50172/