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26th International Workshop on Global Security Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül invites the 26th International Workshop on Global Security to Istanbul during June 2009. Minister Gönül says, "Turkey, as a staunch ally located at the center of the world's hotspots and an active regional power that plays a significant role by mediating area disputes…" is an ideal venue for this event. At last year’s 25th Anniversary International Workshop in Rome, Minister Gönül cited Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey: "We should consider humanity as a single body and a nation as one of its organs. Pain on the tip of a finger is felt by all other organs. Therefore, we should see all nations as part of a single body and then take the necessary precautions." Workshop theme: global security in times of economic uncertainty For information concerning participation or sponsorship: please contact Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon, Workshop Chairman and Founder: roger@csdr.org or Anne Baylon, Co-Director, Center for Strategic Decision Research: anne@csdr.org 2009 Workshop Brochure (PDF, 2MB) READ MORE about Istanbul workshop speakers, themes, workshop panels..... READ about newly confirmed speakers - defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia, Italy's Chief of General Staff, and additional workshop information.... |
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24th International Workshop on Global Security General Henri Bentégeat, President of the EU Military Committee (and former French Armed Forces Chief of Staff) Major speakers of the Paris Workshop included Georgian Vice Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk, Estonian Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo, Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu, Bulgarian Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, Italian Chief of Defense Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Polish Chief of Defense General Franciszek Gagor, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Chief of Staff General Rainer Schuwirth, Allied Joint Force Commander Gen. Egon Ramms, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) General George Joulwan, former SACEUR General James Jones, OSCE Dir Gen Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, OPCW Dir. Gen. Rogelio Pfirter, British Amb to NATO Stewart Eldon, Spain's NATO Amb Pablo Benavides Orgaz, Italian Amb to NATO Stefano Stefanini, Russian Amb to the EU Vladimir Chizhov, Algeria’s U.N. Amb. Youcef Yousfi, Hunary's UN Ambassador Gabor Brodi, Pakistan’s U.N. Ambassador Munir Akram, French Defense Ministry Dir. of Strategic Affairs Jean de Ponton d’Amécourt, U.K. Special Representative for Climate Change John Ashton, Thales Senior VP Dr. Edgar Buckley, Alenia Aeronautica CEO Ing. Giovanni Bertolone, Lockheed Martin Senior VP Robert Trice, Northrop Grumman IT Global President Kent Schneider, Microsoft Exec Dir Tim Bloechl, EADS Chief Operating Officer Mr. Marwan Lahoud, U.S. Assistant to the Sec of Def Dr. Arthur T. Hopkins, U.S. Director for International Cooperation Mr. Alfred Volkman, U.S. Dep Asst Sec Robert Lentz, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Hon. John Grimes. To view the Paris Workshop papers click on authors below: Photos of Opening Speakers and Special Events - click here Photos of Panels - NATO After Riga; NATO-UN-EU, Black Sea Region - click here Photos of Panels - Cyber Defense, Armaments Coop, & Way Ahead - click here |
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General Henri Bentégeat, President of the EU Military Committee, former Chief of French General Staff |  |
French Defense Minister Hervé Morin Patron of the 24th International Workshop |
Berlin '06 Workshop |
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23rd International Workshop on Global Security - Berlin, May 2006 |
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Chantilly Follow-up ColloquiumThis booklet contains the proceedings of the Chantilly Follow-up Colloquium which was held on 9 January 2006 in Paris, France at the Defense Ministry. It was presented by the Center for Strategic Decision Research and the Délégation aux Affaires Stratégiques, Ministère de Défense, with the aim of further developing the discussion topics of the 22nd International Workshop in Chantilly in June 2005 and preparing for the upcoming 23rd International Workshop in Berlin in May 2006. Report: Proceedings of the Chantilly Follow-up Colloquium: Meeting the Security Challenges Ahead (PDF)
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22nd International Workshop on Global Security - Paris, June 2005 Keynote Speaker: French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie Principal speakers: UK Defense Minister John Reid, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Graham, NATO Military Committee Chairman General Harald Kujat, designated NATO Military Committee Chairman General Raymond Henault, French Director of Strategic Affairs Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Sir Mark Stanhope, SHAPE Chief of Staff General Rainer Schuwirth, NATO Commander General Gerhard Back, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe General George Joulwan, former NATO Military Committee Chairman General Klaus Naumann, EADS Executive Vice President Jean-Louis Gergorin, Chair of House of Commons Select Committee on Defense The Rt Hon Bruce George. |
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Berlin '04 Workshop |
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21st International Workshop on Global Security - Berlin, May 2004 Download 2004 Workshop Proceedings (PDF, 1.14 MB. |
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About the Center for Strategic Decision Research (CSDR) |
| The Center for Strategic Decision Research is a small research institute located near Stanford University in Menlo Park, California. For over twenty years, CSDR has presented an annual forum--presently called The International Workshop on Global Security--in major European cities. These workshops bring together political, military, industry, and academic leaders from North American, European, Asian, and African countries to discuss global security challenges on an informal and not-for-attribution basis. Participants have included the heads of state or government of Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Luxembourg, Romania, and Bulgaria, as well as foreign ministers, defense ministers, ambassadors, military leaders, business leaders, academics, and representatives from the European Union, NATO, the OSCE, and the United Nations. CSDR has recently sponsored annual conferences at Stanford University on the Horn of Africa and has long-term interests in finding ways to better transatlantic and global relations. CSDR also held workshops in Paris, France in partnership with the French Defense Ministry on the evolving roles of NATO, the EU, and ESDP. CSDR is currently interested in the development and communication of Alliance strategy for the coming decade in order to address the challenges of global terrorism--including not only growing asymmetric threats but also the genuine danger of nuclear hyperterrorist attacks that could threaten our civilization. Among the many requirements for such a strategy are improved transatlantic relations (which depends on reconciling the radically different world views found in Europe and North America), defense industrial cooperation among allies (as a basis for joint operational capability), and the need for a successful policy in the greater middle east (which cannot be achieved without progress toward peace between Israel and Palestine). International organizations, as well as treaties and other agreements, must be strengthened to slow the proliferation of WMDs. Above all, the struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means alone: underlying causes must be understood and addressed. More recently, the global economic crisis has unexpectedly emerged as perhaps the greatest single threat to global well-being and security. CSDR Principals Roger Weissinger-Baylon, Ph.D., Workshop Chairman and Founder, roger@csdr.org Anne D. Baylon, LL.B., M.A., Co-Director, anne@csdr.org M. Lin Wu, J.D., Senior Manager, mlinhuawu@yahoo.com Contact Information Main US office: 2456 Sharon Oaks Dr., Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: 1/650/854-4751, Fax: 1/650/854-0761 French office: 45 bis Rue des Acacias, 75017 Paris, France Tel: 33/1/43.80.61.20 |
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