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NATO OPEN DOOR: TEN YEARS AFTER the “BIG BANG” Vilnius, Lithuania 3-4 April 2014 NATO OPEN DOOR: TEN YEARS AFTER THE “BIG BANG” VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 3-4 APRIL 2014 Hosted by: PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA DALIA GRYBAUSKAITĖ Organized by: G NER Y SE E CU O R T I A T Y N C E E C N N T E R L E O EL F EXC CENTRE FOR GEOPOLITICAL STUDIES MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE OF LITHUANIA GENERAL INFORMATION VENUE The Vilnius Conference 2014 will take place in the Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania S. Daukanto a. 3, LT-01122 Vilnius. HOTELS Artis Centrum Hotel Narutis Hotel Liejyklos Str. 11/23, Pilies Str. 24, LT-01120 Vilnius, Lithuania; LT-01123 Vilnius, Lithuania; +370 52660366 +370 52122894 Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square Novotel Vilnius Hotel Universiteto Str. 14, Gedimino av. 16, LT-01122 Vilnius, Lithuania; LT-01103 Vilnius, Lithuania; +370 5221100 +370 52666200 Amberton Hotel Radisson Blu Astorija Hotel L. Stuokos-Gucevičiaus Str. 1, Didžioji Str. 35, LT-01122 Vilnius, Lithuania; LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania; +370 52107461 +370 5212 0110 SECURITY Foreign nationals are advised to have their photo ID throughout the whole span of the visit. You will be asked to show your ID at the entrance to the venue of the Vilnius conference. The organizers would appreciate if you wear your conference badge/pin thourghout the whole conference. In case of emergency, please call emergency line – 112. TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 CONTACT PERSONS 5 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 6 PROGRAMME 8 SPEAKERS OF THE ACADEMIC SESSIONS 3 CONTACT PERSONS These persons are ready to help in case of any uncertainties: Ms. Gerda Jakštaitė Support staff manager Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +370 60002335 Mr. Justinas Juozaitis Contact person for the speakers Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +370 61458308 Mr. Bartas Trakymas Contact person for the Ministers of Defence Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +370 61014209 Ms. Rūta Rudinskaitė Contact person for the Ministers of Foreign Affairs Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +370 61283626 4 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS On March 29, 2004, seven countries – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slo- vakia and Slovenia – formally became parties to the North Atlantic Treaty. This historic event has strengthened overall security in the Euro-Atlantic area and contributed to our common goal of a Eu- rope whole and free. At the same time, significant changes took place in the domestic politics of the Alliance’s neighbors (Ukraine, Georgia), which have led to transformations of their foreign policy. In parallel, an approach to threats has changed, i.e. more attention was focused on asymmetric, hybrid by nature threats such as energy supply disruptions, economic and financial crisis (the main cause of the declining defense spending), migration challenges, cyber threats, etc. As a consequence NATO started and in some cases completed the missions, which determined the direction of the development of the organization for more than a decade. All in all, almost everything - structure, ca- pacities, complexion of the operations, relations with partners – has changed during the last decade. CEE countries (including the Baltic States), took the opportunity to lead the important pro- cesses within the Alliance. Creation of centers of the excellence, active participation in NATO opera- tions, contribution to the new NATO security concept, sharing the experience of NATO accession with close partners and future members in the South and in the East are only few examples to men- tion in this regard. Today time has come to assess the changes in the Alliance and the CEE region, evaluate the security situation in the region, the region’s contribution to the Alliance, as well as these countries’ interests and aspirations within NATO. Ten years on, we would like to commemorate this day and to evaluate the progress NATO and the new Member States have achieved. By connecting the past events with the Alliance’s situation today, the Conference participants will identify the les- sons learned of the past decade and draw conclusions for the future of NATO’s “open door policy”. 5 PROGRAMME Thursday, 3rd April 13:00-13:30 Opening of the Conference Opening remarks by prof. Juozas Augutis, Vice-Rector for Research of Vytautas Magnus University 13:30-15:00 Session 1: Panel Discussion “Historic Importance of NATO Enlargement” Seven new members joining NATO in 2004 constituted the largest ever increase in membership. By this move alone, NATO has overcome the Cold-War divisions of Europe. What this event has meant for the overall security in Europe? What new possibilities and capabilities this enlargement has added to the Alliance? Is there a possibility for repeating such numerous addition to NATO membership in the future? Chair Antanas Valionis, Former Minister of Foreign affairs of Lithuania Speakers Bogdan Klich, Senator, Poland Imants Liegis, Latvia’s Ambassador to Hungary, former Minister of Defence Chris Donnelly, Former Special Adviser for Central and Eastern European Affairs to the NATO Secretary General Merle Maigre, Security Policy Adviser to the President, Estonia Andris Sprūds, Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs 15:00-15:30 Coffee break 15:30-17:00 Session 2: Ministers’ Roundtable “Relevance of NATO “Open Door” Policy” Five years after the last enlargement what is the rationale behind NATO’s “Open Door” policy? Can NATO membership perspective remain as a key tool to ensure stability in and near Europe? What does Euro-Atlantic integration perspective mean in the Baltics, Western Balkans and South Caucasus? Welcome by H.E. Ms Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania Chair H. E. Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, H. E. Juozas Olekas, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Lithuania Speakers Foreign and Defence Ministers of Belgium, Georgia, Slovenia and Baltic and Adriatic Charter countries and observers Alexander Vershbow, NATO Deputy Secretary General 19:00 Gala Dinner at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (by invitation only) Welcoming remarks by His Excellency Algirdas Butkevičius, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania 6 Friday, 4rd April 09:00-10:30 Session 3: Panel Discussion “Partners’ Role: Competitor, Spectator, Contributor or Decision Maker?” Who can be NATO Partners and what are the tools? What role can NATO Partners have in the process of Alliance’s policy making? Can the NATO-Russia Council (which was established just before the 2004 enlargement) become a real tool of overcoming further divisions in Europe? Chair Col. Romualdas Petkevičius, Director, NATO ENSEC COE Speakers Steven Pifer, Former US ambassador to Ukraine, Director of the Brookings Arms Control Initiative Giorgi Dolidze, Director of the Department of Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration David J. Smith, Senior Fellow at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli, Professor of Security and Energy Policy, Baku State University 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 11:00-12:30 Session 4: Panel Discussion “Future of NATO: Adopting to the Changing Geopolitical and Military Realities” NATO’s Strategic Concept sets three major tasks for the Alliance: collective defence, crisis management, cooperative security. Is this NATO vision a result of compromise or does it represent realistic way forward for the Alliance? Can NATO continue to play its role with an emergence of the “new” threats and challenges? What additional tools, capabilities or adaptations NATO may need to achieve its goals to stay relevant in the changing security environment? Chair Col. Janos Szonyegi, Head, Strategic Analysis Branch at NATO Speakers Sorin Ducaru, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Lt. Gen. Arvydas Pocius, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Rob De Wijk, Director, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, The Netherlands Arūnas Molis, Head of Strategic Analysis and Research Division, NATO ENSEC COE Sven Biscop, Director, Europe in the World Programme, EGMONT Royal Institute for International Relations 13:00 Lunch buffet at the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania (White Hall) 7 SPEAKERS OF THE ACADEMIC SESSIONS Mr. Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli, of the Baku State University Mr. Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli is a lecturer of the Baku State University. His main areas of expertise are security, energy politics and fiscal aspects of the energy projects. He has spoken at numerous institutions, univer- sities, think-tanks and is frequent speaker at international conferences. In 2001 he was winner of the Scientific Competition on Oil and Gas Re- searches conducted by the Ministry of Education and National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. In 2009 he was honoured with special Ema- nuel Nobel Memorial Medal by Baku Nobel Heritage Fund for imple- mentation of World Energy Politics discipline at Baku State University and researches on contemporary energy politics. Mr. Aslanbayli is the author of one book and more than 50 professional articles and commentaries. He holds B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from the Baku State University and is currently PhD researcher at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Prof. dr. Sven Biscop, Director, Europe in the World Programme, EGMONT Royal Institute for International Relations Prof. dr. Sven Biscop obtained degree in political science and public ad- ministration at Ghent University in 1998. Prof. dr. S. Biscop is the director of the Europe in the World programme at Egmont – the Royal Institute for International Relations. He also teaches, at Ghent University and at the College of Europe, Bruges. He is a member of the Executive Academic Board of the European Union’s European Security and Defence College. Prof. dr. S. Biscop is a Senior Research Associate of the Centre for Euro- pean Studies at the Renmin University of China, Beijing, and Associate Fellow of the Austria Institute for European and Security Policy. He is a member of the scientific councils of the Flemish Peace Institute, the Institut d’Etudes Stratégiques de l’Ecole Militaire, and of the Strategic Advisors Group of the Atlantic Council.
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