Japanese-German Dialogue on Non-Proliferation On March 8-9 Oliver Meier took part in the Japanese-German Dialogue on Non-Proliferation, which was organized by the Heinrich-Böll Foundation and the Japanese-German Center Berlin in cooperation with the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Japan Institute for International Affairs in Tokyo. Oliver Meier spoke on perspectives for cooperation between Japan and Germany on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. His presentation can be found on the website of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
12. March 2010
Strategy Meeting of the Conference of European Churches On March 2-3 Oliver Meier participated as an external expert on the strategy meeting of the Conference of European Churches in Brussels on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and spoke about the role of the European Union at the forthcoming NPT Review Conference.
14 December 2009
France‘s return to NATO An international conference took place in Herstmonceux Castle (East Sussex) on 10-12 December 2009. The meeting was organized by McGill University, Queen’s University and Montreal University. The IFSH was represented by Dr Hans-Georg Ehrhart who gave a presentation on „France’s Return as seen from Germany“. His co-panelists were Frédéric Mérand (Montreal University), Bastian Irondelle (Science Po, Paris) and Christopher Bickerton (Oxford University).
08 December 2009
New Publication Detlef Bald/Hans-Günter Fröhling/Jürgen Groß(Hrsg.),
Bundeswehr im Krieg – wie kann die Innere Führung überleben? , Hamburger Beiträge Heft 152, Dezember 2009.
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04 December 2009
New Publication Ulrich Kühn,From Capitol Hill to Istanbul: The Origins of the Current CFE Deadlock CORE Working Paper 19, December 2009.
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German Unity and European Peace Order The Scientific Forum for International Security organized its annual conference under the heading of “German Unity and European Peace Order” in Berlin from 3 to 5 September 2009. Head of ZEUS Dr Hans-Georg Ehrhart delivered the first presentation entitled “The Role of the EU Regarding a New European Peace Order”.
18 August 2009
New Book Publication
Hans-Georg Ehrhart and Charles Pentland (eds.),
The Afghanistan Challenge - Hard Realities and Strategic Choices.
Queen's Policy Studies Series #57, McGill-Queen’s University Press 2009.
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03 August 2009
Congress on Development Policy The Hanns Seidel Foundation organised the “Congress on Development Policy 2009” in Munic on 1 August 2009. About 160 participants discussed the future strategic role of development policy. Dr Hans-Georg Ehrhart (Head ZEUS) made an input in workshop 2 on „Development policy as a key factor of the comprehensive approach”. His co-panelists were General Karl Müllner (Ministry of Defence), Paul-Anton Krüger (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and Christian Hegemer (Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung). The workshop was chaired by Prof. Carlo Masala (Bundeswehr University Munic).
Presentation of the Peace Report 2009 in Brussels ISIS Europe and the Madariago Foundation hosted the presentation of the Peace Report 2009 in Brussels on 23 July 2009 and provided an opportunity for the editors of INEF, FEST, IFSH, HSFK and BICC to reach out to the Brussel community. The event "Launch of the Peace Report 2009. Key Challenges for European Policy: The Case of Palestine" drew a good crowd of staffers from European institutions as well as members of NGOs, consultants and journalists. Dr. Jochen Hippler (INEF) talked about the focus of this years Peace Report, which deals with the challenges of ending unconventional wars, and Dr. Margret Johannsen (ZEUS/IFSH) presented her case study of the Gaza war and the steps to be taken if a sustainable end to the Palestine conflict is ever to be brought about. Gwenda Jeffreys-Jones (Desk Officer Middle East Peace Process, European Commission) und John Gatt-Rutter (DG External Relations, Task Force Mediterranean/Middle East, Council of the EU) commented on the presentations and discussed lessons learned and lessons to learn fron the recent violent escalaton. Giji Gya (Executive Director ISIS Europe) chaired the event and moderated the ensuing Q&A session.
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15 July 2009
Presentation of "The Future of Conventional Arms Control in Europe" German Federal Foreign Office, 9 June 2009. Film: Kamiab Falaki, Editing: Gerrit Schulze, (www.finalcut.de)
09 July 2009
Lecture at the Summer Academy at Schlaining Castle At the 26th International Summer Academy, organized by the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Schlaining Castle, Dr. Margret Johannsen on 9 July 2009 gave a lecture titled “The Gaza War 2008/2009: What lessons to learn from the return of the everlasting same?” A subsequent workshop offered the opportunity to discuss with the participants questions raised by the lecture.
Conference on Climate and Security IFSH cooperates with the Klimacampus Hamburg and the Centre for Science and Peace Resarch (ZNF) at the University of Hamburg in organising a conference on climate change and security in November 2009.
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28 June 2009
Expert seminar on CFSP/ESDP An experts seminar on „The EU in conflict prevention and civil-military crisis management - the quest for effectiveness and legitimacy“ took place in the Villa Abegg of the Compagnia di Sao Paolo in Turino on 25 and 26 June 2009. The seminar has been organised by the Institute for European Policy and the Instituto Affari Internationali (IAI). Experts from the German and Italian Foreign Ministries, the EU’s Political and Security Political Committee, the Council Secretariat’s DGE VIII, the European Parliament, and think tanks discussed on the basis of background papers on weaknesses and strengths of the CFSP/ESDP. Dr Hans-Georg Ehrhart (Head ZEUS/IFSH) gave a comment on the discussion paper „Military and civilian ESDP missions: Ever growing and effective?“ of Sammi Sandawi (Transformation Center of German Bundeswehr) and Nicolette Pirozzi (IAI).
25 June 2009
Conference on the Peace Report The yearly conference on the Peace Report (Friedensgutachten) in the Protestant Academy Arnoldshain took place on 22 and 23 June 2009.The meeting stood under the heading of “How can wars and violent conflicts be ended?”. Dr Hans-Georg Ehrhart (Head ZEUS/IFSH) and Andreas Schwarzkopf (journalist of Frankfurter Rundschau) gave presentations on the Afghanistan challenge. The session was chaired by Dr BrunoSchoch (HSFK). Other topics under discussion were “Civil Peace service”, “War in Sudan”, “Western Balkans: Peace by democratization”, and “How to end ‘new’ wars?”.
15 June 2009
20th Meeting of Franco German Strategic Circle The 20th Meeting of the Franco German Strategic Circle took place in Mulhouse, France, on 11 and 12 June 2009. About forty participants from politics (inter alia Minister of State Gernot Erler and Secretary of State Jean-Marie Bockel), defence and foreign ministries, EU, think tanks, and industry discussed questions and problems of civilian and military use of nuclear energy, proliferation risks, and the future of nuclear weapons. Dr. Hans-Georg Ehrhart attended the conference on behalf of the IFSH.
10 June 2009
IFSH-News March-April 2009 is published: IFSH-News
10 June 2009
New Publication on Arms Control Wolfgang Zellner/Hans-Joachim Schmidt/Götz Neuneck (eds.), Die Zukunft konventioneller Rüstungskontrolle in Europa / The Future of Arms Control in Europe, (Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden, 194), Baden-Baden 2009, 560 S., ISBN 978-3-8329-4786-6 .
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08 June 2009
Workshop in Plovdiv, Bulgara Michael Brzoska gave a keynote lecture on the subject of „Security, Governance, Security Sector Governance“ at the Advanced Research Workshop Enhancing Security Sector Governance through Education and Resaerch in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 4. June 2009. The workshop was organized by the Centre of Black Sea Studies, Bulgaria and the International Center for Human Development, Armenia with support by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme.
08 June 2009
50th Anniversary of PRIO The oldest peace research institute in Europe, the Interational Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) celebrated its 50th anniversary in early Juni. Michael Brzoska participated in a meeting of the editorial board of PRIO’s Journal of Peace Research during the celebrations.
06 May 2009
UN Workshop in Berlin On May 4/5 Michael Brzoska participated in an international expert workshop at the Federal Academy for Security Policy in Berlin which discussed the United Nations Instrument for Reporting Military Expenditures. The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to establish a Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to review the operation and further development of the United Nations Instrument for Reporting Military Expenditures’.
24 April 2009
Florian Escudie visits the IFSH Florian Escudie, first Secretary of the French Embassy in Berlin, visited the IFSH on 22 April 2009. He gave a presentation in the weekly research colloquium on “France and NATO. New developments and perspectives”.
24 April 2009
Civil-Military Interaction Dr Hans-Georg Ehrhart participated in a workshop dealing with the topic of “Civil-Mlitary Interaction” organized by the GTZ in Berlin on 21 April 2009. He acted as a commentator on a discussion paper being written in the sector program “Peace and Security”.
04 April 2009
CORE Presentation at International Boundaries Research Unit in Durham, UK On 1 April 2009, Marietta König presented a paper on “Self-Determination’s Belated Victory? Russia’s Recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and its Impact for Upcoming Sovereignty Debates” at Durham University, UK. The presentation was a contribution to the international conference on “The State of Sovereignty”, which was organized and conducted by the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU). The topics of the panels ranged from regimes for managing maritime space, natural resource management, jurisdiction in the arctic, border security management, case studies of disputed territories, innovative approaches to complex disputes, or the cartography of sovereignty e.g. on maps and in databases. This three-day conference, which was attended by over 200 people, both academics and practioners, from more than 50 different countries, simultaneously celebrated the 20th anniversary of IBRU. The conference presentations are available at IBRU homepage.
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Marietta König, M.A
03 April 2009
CORE meets with OSCE representatives, Chisinau, 26 and 27 March 2009 CORE deputy head Dr. Frank Evers and CORE researcher Dr. Diana Digol conducted meetings with Dr Claus Neukirch, Deputy Head, and Rita Tamm, Senior Rule of Law Adviser, at the OSCE Mission to Moldova in Chisinau on 26 and 27 March 2009. The subject of the meetings was the political situation in Moldova on the eve of the Moldovan parliamentary elections on 5 April, as well national and international efforts in rule of law developments. Regarding the last-mentioned subject, CORE elaborates at the present time an analysis on OSCE rule-of-law implementation formats. This is an activity conducted at request of the German Federal Foreign Office. The background is an OSCE decision on “Further Strengthening the Rule of Law in the OSCE Area” adapted at the Sixteenth Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Helsinki, December 2008 with Germany being one of the decision’s promoters.
Contact:
Dr. Frank Evers Dr. Diana Digol
03 April 2009
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova meets CORE, Chisinau, 27 March 2009 Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova, Valeriu Ostalep, met CORE deputy head Dr. Frank Evers and CORE researcher Dr. Diana Digol in Chisinau on 27 March 2009. The subject of their meeting was considerations about personnel development problems at the ministry and reasonable prospects of setting up ministerial training capacities. CORE provides consultancy services in capacity-building in this area. The background of the meeting are efforts to implement the “MFAEI Institutional Development Plan for 2009 – 2011”. The visit program of Dr. Evers and Dr. Digol also included meetings with Matilda Dimovska, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Moldova, and Alexandru Pelivan, UNDP Moldova Project Manager.
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Dr. Frank Evers Diana Digol
02 April 2009
IFSH-News January-February 2009 is published: IFSH-News
17 March 2009
2009 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association At the 2009 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association in New York, Prof. Dr. Michael Brzoska, Jens Narten and Isabelle Maras presented their working papers on "International Partnerships
in Security Sector Reform and Post-Conflict Reconstruction" on 15 and 18 February.
Paper Prof. Dr. Michael Brziska Paper Jens Narten Paper Isabelle Maras
16 March 2009
Fifth Petersberg Colloquium on Security The fifth Petersberg Colloquium on Security took place on the Petersberg near Bonn on 14 March 2009. The main topic under discussion was “NATO – Taking stock and perspectives”.
Among the panellists were Bernand de Montferrand, Ambassador of France, General Jürgen Bornemann, Military Committee of NATO, and Ambassador Eberhard Pohl, Special Envoy for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The IFSH has been represented by Dr. Hans-Georg Ehrhart.
1 February 2009
Bernt Berger & Axel Berkofsky Briefing Paper:
Chinese Outward Investments – Agencies, Motives and Decision-making Briefing Paper
19 January 2009
IFSH-News November-December 2008 is published: IFSH-News
