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Global Security in Times of Economic Uncertainty Proceedings of the 26Th International Workshop on Global Security Global Security In times of economic uncertainty Proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Global Security Turkish Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gönül Workshop Patron Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon Chairman Anne D. Baylon Editor Global Security In times of economic uncertainty Proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Global Security His Excellency Vecdi Gönül Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey Workshop Patron Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon Chairman Anne D. Baylon Editor Front Cover View of the Blue Mosque from the Turkish and Islamic Art Museum courtyard. Inside title page The Mehter Ottoman Band at the Ciragan Palace. B a c k C o v e r View of the Bosphorus Bridge at night. © 2009 Center for Strategic Decision Research International Standard Book Number: 1-890664-15-4 Printed in the United States of America by Almaden Press, Mountain View, California Photography by Jean Lee Center for Strategic Decision Research & Strategic Decisions Press 2456 Sharon Oaks Drive, Menlo Park, California 94025 USA Telephone: 650/854-4751 Fax: 650/854-0761 [email protected] | [email protected] | www.csdr.org with appreciation His Excellency Vecdi Gönül Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey Patron of the 26th International Workshop on Global Security The 26th International Workshop on Global Security is presented by the center for strategic decision research in partnership with the Turkish Ministry of National Defense. principal sponsors major sponsors acknowledgements of past host and sponsoring governments Czech Republic Republic of Poland Kingdom of Denmark Republic of Portugal Federal Republic of Germany Ministry of Defense of Austria Republic of Greece Ministry of Defense of France Republic of Hungary Ministry of Defense of Italy Kingdom of the Netherlands Canadian Armed Forces Kingdom of Norway Russian Ministry of Industry, Science, and Technology T O P R O W Opening session of the 26th International Workshop. from left to right Dutch Minister of Defense Eimert van Middelkoop; Turkish Minister of Defense Vecdi Gönül; Workshop Chairman Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon; Hellenic Minister of Defense Evangelos Meimarakis; Portuguese Minister of Defense Professor Dr. Nuno Severiano Teixeira. M I D D L E R O W left photo Latvian Minister of Defense Imants Liegis (l) and Slovenian Minister of Defense Dr. Ljubica Jelusic (r). right photo Turkish Minister of Defense Vecdi Gönül gives the Workshop opening address. B O T T O M R O W left photo Hellenic Minister of Defense Evangelos Meimarakis. right photo Workshop Chairman Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon (l) and Portuguese Minister of Defense Professor Dr. Nuno Severiano Teixeira (r). t o p r o w Welcome reception in the Turkish and Islamic Art Museum courtyard and gardens with a view over the Blue Mosque. B O T T O M R O W left and right photos Participants visit the museum collection of ancient carpets, tiles and calligraphy. t o p r o w left photo Dr. Linton Wells (l) and Dutch Minister of Defense Eimert van Middelkoop (r) right photo, from left to right Romanian ambassador to NATO Dumitru Sorin Ducaru; Georgian Minister of Defense Vasil Sikharulidze; Georgian Vice Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze. M I D D L E R O W left photo, from left to right Turkish Minister of Defense Vecdi Gönül; Montenegrin Minister of Defense Boro Vučinić; U.S. Defense Attaché Gregory Broeker; Montenegrin Ambassador to NATO Veselin Šuković. right photo, from left to right Indian Deputy National Security Advisor Dr. Shekhar Dutt; Mr. Julius Coles, President and CEO, AFRICARE; Workshop Chairman Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon. B O T T O M R O W left photo Mr. Henri Serres, French Ministry of Defense. right photo, from left to right U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense John Grimes; Mr. Tim Bloechl, Microsoft Corporation; Mr. Terry Morgan, Cisco Systems, Inc.; U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Lentz. t o p r o w left and right photos Views of the reception hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Defense in the gardens of the Çırağan Palace. M I D D L E R O W left photo Slovenian Minister of Defense Dr. Ljubica Jelusic (l) and Workshop Chairman Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon (r). right photo Estonian Minister of Defense Jaak Aaviksoo (l) and General Håkan Syrén, Chairman of the EU Military Committee (r). B O T T O M R O W left photo, from left to right Mr. Hikmet Cetin, former Turkish Foreign Minister; Lieutenant General Veysi Ağar, Turkish Military Representative to NATO; Professor Dr. Ilber Ortayli, Director of the Topkapi Palace Museum; General Ünal Önsipahioğlu (Ret.), MKEK; Mr. Kaya Yazgan, Secretary General of SASAD. right photo Another view of the reception hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Defense in the gardens of the Çırağan Palace. t o p r o w left photo Dinner hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Defense at the Çırağan Palace. right photo Performance by the Mehter Band, the Ottoman Empire Janissary Band. MIDDLE AND BOTTOM ROW The Mehter Band performs in front of the workshop guests. t o p r o w left photo Kuwaiti Ambassador to Belgium and the EU Nabeela Al-Mulla (l) and Egyptian Ambassador to Belgium and the EU Dr. Mahmoud Karem (r). right photo Uzbek Ambassador to Turkey Ulfat Kadyrov (l) and Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov (r). M I D D L E R O W left photo, from left to right Mr. Daniel Maly, Mr. Tim Bloechl, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kosla (Ret.), Mr. Wayne Phillips, of Microsoft Corporation. right photo Jordanian Ambassador to Belgium and the EU Dr. Ahmad Masa’deh (l) and Moroccan Ambassador-at-large Hassan Abouyoub (r). B O T T O M R O W left photo Colonel Robert Dickey (Ret.), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (l) and Dr. Edward Ifft, Georgetown University (r). right photo, from left to right Polish Ambassador to NATO Boguslaw Winid; British Ambassador to NATO Sir Stewart Eldon; Canadian Ambassador to NATO Robert McRae. t o p r o w left photo Turkish Minister of Defense Vecdi Gönül (l) and Rear Admiral Nadir Hakan Eraydin, Turkish Ministry of Defense (r) in conversation with Latvian Minister of Defense Imants Liegis (back). right photo, from left to right Dutch Minister of Defense Eimert van Middelkoop; Dr. Werner Fasslabend, Former Austrian Minister of Defense; Mr. Raymond Haller, MITRE Corporation. M I D D L E R O W left photo, from left to right Afghan Ambassador to the U.N. Zahir Tanin; Mr. David Swindle, URS Corporation; German Ambassador to the U.N. Thomas Matussek. right photo Workshop participants during the Istanbul Strait cruise. B O T T O M R O W left photo Admiral Jean Betermier, EADS (l) And Lieutenant General Pascal Vinchon, French Military Representative to NATO (r). right photo, from left to right Mr. Rabih Torbay, International Medical Corps; Ms. Renée Acosta, President and CEO, Global Impact; Mr. Julius Coles, President and CEO, AFRICARE. t o p r o w from left to right Pakistani Ambassador to the U.N. Abdullah Hussain Haroon; Afghan Ambassador to the U.N. Zahir Tanin; Workshop Chairman Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon; General George Joulwan (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; General Karl-Heinz Lather, Chief of Staff, SHAPE; General Vincenzo Camporini, Chief of General Staff of Italy. M I D D L E R O W left photo, from left to right General George Joulwan (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (l) and General Karl-Heinz Lather, Chief of Staff, SHAPE (r). right photo, from left to right General Vincenzo Camporini, Chief of General Staff of Italy (l) and Admiral Luciano Zappata, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander-Transformation (r). B O T T O M R O W left photo, from left to right U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Lentz (l) and Brigadier General Christine Turner, Allied Command Transformation (r). right photo, from left to right Afghan Ambassador to the U.N. Zahir Tanin (l) and Pakistani Ambassador to the U.N. Abdullah Hussain Haroon (r). t o p r o w left photo, from left to right Dr. Edgar Buckley, THALES (l) and NATO Assistant Secretary General Peter Flory (r). right photo, from left to right Mr. Thomas Homberg, EADS (l) and Dr. Scott Harris, Lockheed Martin (r). M I D D L E R O W from left to right Mr. Timothy Shephard, Northrop Grumman ESI; NATO Assistant Secretary General Peter Flory; Mr. Alfred Volkman, Office of the U.S. Undersecretary of Defense; Mr. James Heath, Northrop Grumman ESI. B O T T O M R O W left photo, from left to right Ms. Hélène de Rochefort, Secretary General, France Amérique (l) and Ing. Gen. de l’Armement Robert Ranquet, Armament General Council (r). right photo, from left to right Swiss Ambassador to Belgium and NATO Jean-Jacques de Dardel; Mr. Fred Spivey, Defense Consultant; Mr. J. David Patterson, University of Tennessee. t o p r o w from left to right VADM Ferdinando Sanfelice di Monteforte, fmr Italian Military Representative to NATO; Rear Admiral Gerald R. Beaman, Allied Joint Force Command, Naples; Ms. Elaine Dezenski, INTERPOL; Lieutenant General Pascal Vinchon, French Military Representative to NATO. M I D D L E R O W left photo Mr. Jan Fulik, Czech Deputy Minister of Defense middle photo Colonel Pierre-Jean Arbod, French Defense Ministry (l) And Mr. Hikmet Cetin, former Turkish Foreign Minister (r). right photo Mr. William Ennis, Northrop Grumman International Inc. B O T T O M R O W left photo Ms. Renée Acosta, President and CEO, Global Impact (l) Ms. Rebecca Bash, Net Assessment (r). right photo, from left to right Major Soydan Görgülü, Turkish Ministry of Defense; Ms.
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