SDA Evening Debate A Full and Urgent Agenda for NATO in the 21st Century
An evening debate with Ivo Daalder
June 8, 2009 Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels
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CONTENTS
“A Full and Urgent Agenda for NATO in the 21st Century”
An evening debate with Ivo Daalder
Programme p. 4
Event summary p. 5
The Q & A session p. 8
List of Participants p. 10
About the SDA p. 18
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Programme
‘’A Full and Urgent Agenda for NATO in the 21st Century’’
An evening debate with Ivo Daalder
Monday, June 8, 2009 Bibliothèque Solvay, 18:00-19:00
Speaking to 180 ambassadors, policymakers, journalists and think-tankers at the SDA’s June 8th evening debate, new US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder outlined the Obama administration’s policy priorities for the Alliance. He described the administration’s focus within the Alliance as being three-fold: achieving its objective in Afghanistan of disrupting, dismantling and defeating Al Qaeda, creating a more productive NATO-Russia relationship, and building a ‘new NATO for a new century’, capable of addressing a host of evolving transatlantic security challenges.
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Event Summary to such dangers as being critically important. He highlighted recent missions On June 8, the Security and Defence such as sending bridges to Indonesia after Agenda (SDA) welcomed new US the tsunami, cooperating to fight piracy in Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder to an the Gulf of Aden, and preserving and evening debate held in Brussels. Speaking promoting peace in Southern Europe and to an audience of approximately 180 the Western Balkans as evidence of ambassadors, high-level policymakers, NATO’s versatility. Advocating greater journalists and think-tankers, Daalder efficiency of resources and stronger outlined the Obama administration’s policy partnerships, Daalder said that NATO was priorities for the Alliance. currently at the centre of American foreign policy and that with the US doing more, Europe had to as well. With NATO being a joint effort, he described the Alliance as being where Washington looks first for international partners and that the “Obama administration understands that the United States cannot act alone.”
Citing collective security as still being NATO’s raison d’être, Daalder went on to describe what he saw as being the three fundamental priorities for NATO in today’s international security environment: Ivo Daalder
A self-described ”transatlanticist at heart”, • Achieving its objective in Afghanistan the Dutch-born Daalder said that while he of disrupting, dismantling and defeating Al was new to Brussels, he was Qaeda well-acquainted with both Europe and the institution of NATO. He saw the most • Creating a more productive NATO- pressing issue as being how to adapt the Russia relationship Atlantic Alliance to a rapidly-changing world and, indeed, rapidly evolving • Building a “new NATO for a new security challenges. To explain the nature century” which is capable of addressing a of these threats in an increasingly host of evolving transatlantic security interdependent world, Daalder quoted challenges. President Obama: “The same forces that have brought us closer together have also Success in Afghanistan, he explained, given rise to new dangers that threaten to was crucial for the international community tear our world apart, dangers that cannot and critical for NATO in particular. Echoing be contained by the nearest border or the President Obama’s recent speech in furthest ocean.” Cairo, Daalder reminded the audience why a continued – and indeed, Daalder described these dangers as being reinvigorated – commitment to the imminent, not “looming on the horizon,” Alliance’s objective in Afghanistan was and saw the reform and adaptation of necessary. Quoting President Obama, he international institutions, including NATO,
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said: “We would gladly bring every single collectively, both in terms of troop totals one of our troops home if we could be but also in terms of strategic thinking.” He confident that there were not violent also reminded the audience of the real extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan and urgent threat that fundamentalism in determined to kill as many Americans as they possibly can. But that is not yet the case.” As the largest and most challenging operation in NATO’s history, Daalder described the Obama administration’s guiding principles in Afghanistan as premised on a regional framework that includes Pakistan, a build-up of Afghan capacity so that citizens have greater responsibility and autonomy, and a comprehensive approach which incorporates security, improved governance and the rule of law, and economic development. He urged NATO Ivo Daalder and Giles Merritt member states to fulfill their responsibility to implement that strategy for Afghanistan, places like Afghanistan poses to global agreed upon during the Strasbourg/Kehl peace and stability and commented that summit in April, and explained that as a the allies needed to do a better job of NATO mission, the US expected all convincing the Afghan population of the involved – Europeans, Canadians, and mission’s effectiveness and positive partners – to contribute their fair share and impact. “do more, now and over the longer term.” Although he recognised the constraints Quoting a recent ISAF survey, Daalder caused by the financial crisis, he said that during the first quarter of 2009 advocated increased assistance to both public perceptions of security in Afghanistan and Pakistan by EU member Afghanistan rose despite an increase in states. attacks by the Taliban. But in order to ensure that Afghans continue to reject the He saw the upcoming Afghan elections, Taliban, Daalder stressed the importance scheduled for August of this year, as being of facilitating a better police force and the next critical phase for the Alliance: government services and economic “NATO will have a crucial role to play to opportunity. make sure that the Afghan people’s expectations will not be damaged.” While Turning next to Russia, Daalder saw NATO plans to deploy an extra 3,000 consensus amongst the US and European troops to ensure the safety of voters, allies on how to deal with Russia as vital Daalder emphasised that NATO’s work in and called for not only a reset in Afghanistan would not end once votes US-Russian relations, but also a more were cast. Afghanistan was the “priority productive NATO-Russia relationship. mission” for the allies and consequently, While Russia was seen by the Obama NATO member states needed to “think administration as a potential partner, about what we can bring to the task Daalder was clear on potentially
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expanding Russian influence: ”We will not world that was vastly different to the one recognise a Russian sphere of privileged that founded it in 1949: “During the Cold interest.” Touching upon Russian relations War, the core commitment of our Alliance with former Soviet states he said that the – that an attack against one is an attack US would support the right of all countries against all – was clearly directed against a – including Georgia and Ukraine – to specific threat: a possible attack by the choose their own alliances and would not Soviet Union. This core commitment recognise break-away Georgian regions remains just as strong and important today as autonomous. These issues aside, he – but against what threat?” Daalder asked. saw potential for cooperation with Russia on issues like Afghanistan, piracy, narco- He lauded France’s return to NATO’s trafficking, arms control, non-proliferation military structures as offering an and missile defence, although he said that opportunity to strengthen NATO-EU it was not the time – and NATO was not cooperation on matters of security and the place – for an open debate on missile defence, saying that, previously, NATO defence. He explained that future deci- and EU were “sitting facing each other in sions made by the Obama administration opposite directions in the same rowboat, on missile defence would be driven by the drifting in circles,” but that now “they have cost and effectiveness of the system and repositioned to row downstream in the the nature of the threat from Iran. same direction’’. While he saw enhancing NATO partnerships with countries like He described the third priority for NATO as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South revitalising ”the most successful military Korea as beneficial, he stressed the Alliance in history,” a goal that he saw as importance of modernising the way NATO being facilitated by the new administration does business. in Washington, the new civilian and military leadership in Brussels and at Finally, Daalder returned to the issue of burden-sharing, saying that the economic crisis affected all members of the Alliance and some allies have reduced outlays for defence as a response. This could become particularly problematic for the Alliance since the burden of defence could consequently fall “more and more heavily on fewer and fewer members.” He concluded by describing NATO as being “changing dynamic in global security and politics – a dynamic newly marked by interconnectedness and international cooperation.” Ivo Daalder
SHAPE, and the recently-approved mandate to devise a new strategic concept for the Alliance. NATO would continue to be a “beacon of stability and peace,” but it would have to adapt to a
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Q & A Session
The first question of the evening came from Baroness Mia Doornaert, Diplomatic Editor of the Belgian newspaper De
Brooks Tigner
regional security and “a direct and imme- diate concern” to both the US and the EU, and he emphasised the importance of the Pakistani army’s recent counter- Mia Doornaert insurgency operations. He said that the US has decided to spend $7.5 billion in Standaard, who asked Ambassador essential economic and social assistance Daalder to elaborate on his call for over the course of the next five years increased strategic thinking within the there. Addressing the issue of financing Alliance. Daalder explained that before NATO operations, Daalder reminded the the Obama administration conducted its audience that the economic downturn that own strategic policy review, it engaged in Alliance members are experiencing at the a broad campaign of engaging in dialogue moment pales in comparison to the with European counterparts. “We drew on situation on the ground for Pakistani the experiences we all had together,” he civilians. He went on to say that if the US said. can spend $7.5 billion, Europe can do so as well. Brooks Tigner of Jane’s International Defence Review commented that The next question came from Fabrice Pakistan was now a greater threat and Pothier, Director of Carnegie Europe, who asked what NATO and the US should be wondered what the EU really brought to doing in Pakistan besides offering political the table in support of Alliance missions support. He also wondered whether the and where Ambassador Daalder saw the economic burden within NATO was falling EU-NATO relationship going. Daalder more on the shoulders of the US than on said that while Europe’s contributions in its European counterparts in the Alliance. Afghanistan were indeed the largest in the Daalder agreed that Pakistan was vital to history of the Alliance, there was still a
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Turning next to the hot-button issue of NATO enlargement, Ed Hanlon, President of Raytheon International’s European division, asked how much further the Alliance should enlarge and whether part- ner relationships with countries like Japan
and Australia should be formalised. Daalder saw enlargement as an important
Fabrice Pothier need for “more troops, more trainers, more Giles Merritt funds and more civilians” as well as a consensus amongst Alliance members on stimulus for reform and democratic how to move forward in the region. change and consequently explained that
the process of enlargement itself was just as important for international security as the act of formally joining the Alliance. On the issue of partnerships he saw many benefits in building relationships with nations willing to contribute to NATO operations.
SDA Director Giles Merritt concluded the debate by observing that the current situation was one of new faces and administrations faced with old, recurring problems such as the gap in capabilities within the Alliance and what he described as the “unwillingness of some allies to commit the necessary resources.” Addressing these challenges ahead, Ambassador Daalder emphasised the importance of practical solutions, describing the Obama administration as focused on “fixing problems pragmatically Edward Hanlon and without a fixation on ideas … and ide- ologies.”
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List of Participants Nawal Abdullah David Brunnstorm Political Analyst Correspondent Embassy of Qatar to Belgium Reuters TV
Paul Adamson Jacek Bylica Chairman and Co-Founder Head, WMD Centre The Centre NATO - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
Pierre Clive Agius Kate Byrnes Ambassador Public Affairs Advisor Embassy of Malta to Belgium North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Muzaffer Akyildirim Geert Cami Defence Counsellor Co-Founder & Director Mission of Turkey to the EU Security & Defence Agenda (SDA)
Jan Alhadeff Christoph Castex Head of Section, Defence Issues Stagiaire Council of the European Union European Commission
Pascale Andréani Gianluca Cazzaniga Ambassador Correspondent Delegation of France to NATO Italian Defence Review
Johan Andries Mark Clark Head of Task Force on EU Presidency V.P. European Region, Business Development Ministry of Defence, Belgium Raytheon International, Europe
Paul Baes Jo Coelmont Council of the European Union Senior Associate Fellow (Security) EGMONT, the Royal Institute for International Relations
Mohamed Raja'e Barakat Margarita Comamala Expert Principal Administrator, Transatlantic Relations Council of the European Union
Vanlalvawna Bawitlung Andreea Condrea First Secretary Inspector Mission of India to the EU Constanta County Council
Alberto Bertoni Andrew Cox Political Counsellor Vice President, Business Development, EU Embassy of Italy to Belgium and NATO Lockheed Martin Global
Stefanie Bolzen Ivo H. Daalder Ambassador Correspondent EU and NATO United States Mission to NATO Die Welt
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Mohd Yani Daud Susan Elbow Minister Counsellor Counsellor, Public Affairs Embassy of Malaysia to Belgium Mission of the United States of America to the EU
Christopher Davis Andrei Enghis Political Minister-Counsellor Near East Unit, DG RELEX Mission of the United States of America to the EU European Commission
Jean Jacques de Dardel Theresa Fallon Cremonini Head of Mission Independent Energy Analyst Mission of Switzerland to NATO
Simone De Manso Julien Feugier Press Officer Key Account Manager NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS)
Jan-Sjoerd De Vries Maria Fialho ISR Capability Development Special Advisor Transatlantic Relations European Defence Agency (EDA) European Parliament
Joan Delaney Nicholas Fiorenza Independent Consultant NATO-EU Affairs Correspondent Aviation Week & Space Technology
Chris Dickson Tadeja Forstner Journalist - NATO Political Section Agence Europe Delegation of Slovenia to NATO
Mia Doornaert Ian Freeman Diplomatic Editor Political Affairs Advisor De Standaard Mission of Korea to the EU
Dumitru Sorin Ducaru Roland Freudenstein Ambassador Head of Research Delegation of Romania to NATO Centre for European Studies
Boris Ecker Cedomir Fustic Consultant, Public Diplomacy Division First Councellor North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Mission of Montenegro to NATO
Radka Edererova Darab Gajar Counsellor Intern Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic European Parliament to the EU
Janis Eichmanis Paul Garnier Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Deputy Head of Mission Delegation of Latvia to NATO Mission of Switzerland to NATO
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Vesselin Garvalov Julian Hale Officer, Weapons of Mass Destruction Centre Freelance Journalist North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
François Gayet Edward Hanlon Secretary General President, Europe AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association Raytheon International, Europe of Europe (ASD)
Kathie Genereux Scott A Harris Programme and Development Assistant President, Continental Europe Independent Diplomat Lockheed Martin Global
Jalil Ghafoory Jessica Henderson Public and Cultural Officer Senior Strategy Development Manager Mission of Afghanistan to the EU Security & Defence Agenda (SDA)
Kasper Juul Gimsing Brigitte Hines Officer for Fundamental Rights Consultant European Organisation of Military Associations United Nations Environment Programme (EUROMIL) (UNEP)
Laurent Giquello Christopher M. Hines French National Expert Deputy Director Operation NATO - Air Command and Control System Man- United States Mission to NATO agement Agency (NACMA)
James Goldgeier David Hobbs Whitney H. Shepardson Fellow Secretary General Council on Foreign Relations NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA)
Yury Gorbatyuk Paul Horrocks First Secretary Defence Statistics Officer, Planning & Policy Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO Unit European Defence Agency (EDA)
Marek Grela Kire Ilioski Director, Transatlantic Relations, United Nations, Ambassador, Chief of Mission Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Mission of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Council of the European Union Macedonia to NATO
Elisabeth Gross Andrea Walter Isoldo Programme Assistant Finmeccanica Independent Diplomat
Giji Gya Ljiljiana Jankovic Executive Director First Secretary International Security Information Service Europe Mission of Montenegro to NATO (ISIS Europe)
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Silla Jonsdottir Jean Labrique Planning, Policy and Partnerships Section Secretary General North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Western Defense Studies Institute
Gideon Joubert Mercedes Labrique First Secretary Treasurer Mission of South Africa to the EU European Osint Nexus
Slobodanka Jovanovska Amanda Le Bordais Foreign Affairs Reporter Stagiaire COPS Waz Media Group Permanent Representation of France to the EU
Tim Kaiser Thierry Legendre Account Manager NATO Policy Adviser, Office of the Secretary General Hewlett Packard Belgium North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Adrian Kendry Elisabeth Lemmerer Senior Defence Economist, Defence and Security Stagiaire DG Communication - Visits and Economics Directorate, Seminars Unit Political Affairs and Security Policy Division European Parliament North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Werner Keutgens Angela Liberatore Senior Manager Scientific Officer Deloitte Consulting DG Research European Commission
Bernadette Kloesch Tjien-Khoen Liem Deputy Head of Mission Principal Scientific Officer, Security Research Mission of Austria to NATO and Development DG Enterprise and Industry European Commission
Antje Knorr Max Lin Information Officer Visiting research fellow, Michael Emerson North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Leo Koolen Pierre-Arnaud Lotton Policy Maker, Internet, Network and Information Policy Analyst, Internal Market and Simplifica- Security tion DG Information Society and Media, DG Enterprise and Industry European Commission European Commission
Matthew Kopetski Valeria Lunadei Pr/Legal Administrator, Alliance Ground Surveillance McDermott, Will & Emery/Stanbrook LLP (AGS3) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
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Simon Lunn Branislav Milinkovic Senior Fellow Ambassador, Special Envoy to NATO Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Mission of Serbia to the EU Forces (DCAF)
Carlos Maes Harris Minas Project Assistant Security & Defence Agenda (SDA)
Alexander Maisuradze Vladimir Minkevich Director of Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integra- Defence Attache tion Embassy of Russia to Belgium Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
Pascal Mallet Antonio Missiroli Journalist Director of Studies Agence France Presse (AFP) European Policy Centre (EPC)
Catalina Manea Annalisa Monaco Trainee EU and NATO Relations Specialist European Commission Boeing International
Pauline Massart Penelope Naas Senior Manager Vice President, Global Government Affairs Bureau Security & Defence Agenda (SDA) Citi
Martin Matas James Neuger First Secretary Chief/Correspondent Permanent Representation of Slovakia to the EU Bloomberg News
Rui Matos Tendeiro Nathalie Nougayrede Military counsellor Journalist, Diplomacy Delegation of Portugal to NATO Le Monde
Iulia Maria Mazilu Kemal Okem Stagiaire, Information General Directorate, Visits and Counsellor Seminars Unit Delegation of Turkey to NATO European Parliament
Kristopher McClellan Fred Olthof Intern Political Advisor United States Mission to NATO Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU
Ivana McDowell Koya Ozeki First Secretary Brussels Correspondent Mission of Croatia to NATO The Yomiuri Shimbun
Giles Merritt Liliana Pao Director Account Director Security & Defence Agenda (SDA) Fleishman-Hillard
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Pasi Pasivirta Nikola Radovanovic Capabilities Development, EU-NATO, Ambassador J5/Defence Command Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bel- Finnish Defence Forces gium and to NATO
Nadia Petrichenko Peter Rasmussen Second Secretary National Technical Expert/Industrial Advisor, Mission of Ukraine to NATO NATO C3 Agency Delegation of Denmark to NATO
Alexandra Poeth Maximilian Rech Staff Officer Project Assistant Delegation of the Netherlands to NATO Friends of Europe
Ruxandra Popa Blerimh Reka Director, Committee on the Civil Dimension of Se- Ambassador curity Mission of the Republic of Macedonia to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) EU
Maciej Popowski Kyriakos Revelas Director, EU Development Policy: Horizontal Is- Senior Security Policy Analyst, Security Policy sues Unit DG for Develoment and Relations with ACP states DG External Relations European Commission European Commission
Fabrice Pothier Thomas Reynaert Director President, United Technologies International Carnegie Europe Operations, Europe United Technologies Corporation
Constantinos Prevelakis Aili Ribulis Consultant Co-Desk Officer for Armenia and Azerbaïdjan North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) DG External Relations European Commission
Francisco Proença Garcia Andreas Riem Military Counsellor Deputy Assistant Secretary General for WMD Delegation of Portugal to NATO Policy DG Translation European Commission
Kateryna Pryshchepa Guy Roberts Journalist Deputy Assistant Secretary General for WMD Levyi Bereg Policy and Director, Nuclear Policy North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Christoph Raab Jacques Rosiers Manager President Copura Euro-Atlantic Association of Belgium
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Albena Rousseva Réjane Serandour DG E IV - Transatlantic Relations Project Assistant Council of the European Union Security & Defence Agenda (SDA)
Patrick Rudloff Dmytro Shkurko Head of EU Affairs Staff Correspondent, Brussels European Aeronautic Defence and Space Com- National News Agency of Ukraine pany (EADS)
Markus Russ Christopher P. Smith Director, Brussels Office Defence Plans Directorate Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung United States Mission to NATO
Raluca Rusu Evgeny Soloviev Policy Officer for Food Industry Senior Counsellor DG Industry and Enterprise Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO European Commission
Gerhard Sabathil Michel Stavaux Director, Strategy, Coordination and Planning Managing Director DG External Relations Officium Consulting G.E.I.E. European Commission
Federico Santopinto Biljiana Stefanovska Researcher Counsellor Group for Research and Information on Peace Mission of the Former Yugoslav Republic of (GRIP) Macedonia to NATO
Donatella Scatamacchia Janko Steh Intern Head of Defence section Delegation of Italy to NATO Delegation of Slovenia to NATO
Leander Schaerlaeckens Joseph P. Stein Freelance journalist Deputy Defence Advisor United States Mission to NATO
Karl Schramek Gintaras Stonys Ambassador Counsellor, Deputy Representative at the Po- Mission of Austria to NATO litical and Security Committee Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
Pierre Seailles Igor Stroev Desk officer for ESDP Counsellor Security and Defence DG External Relations Mission of the Russian Federation to the EU European Commission
Zachary Selden Ronald Sullivan Deputy Secretary General, Policy NATO Business Development Manager NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
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Andrew Swan Veronika Wand-Danielsson Project Coordinator Ambassador Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation Mission of Sweden to NATO (UNPO)
Ueta Takako Nicholas Whyte Ambassador, Deputy Head of Mission Head of Brussels Office Mission of Japan to the EU Independent Diplomat
Brooks Tigner Wolfgang Wosolsobe Europe Defence Technology Editor Austrian Military Representative to EUMC and Jane’s International Defence Review EAPMC Mission of Austria to NATO
Gert Timmermann Patrick Wouters Senior Policy Advisor Deputy Milrep Ministry of Defence, The Netherlands Delegation of Belgium to NATO
Luc van de Winckel Machiko Yamamoto Corporate Account Marketing Manager (EU, Advisor NATO, UN, Public Sector) Embassy of Japan to Belgium Hewlett Packard Belgium
Ulrich van Essen Xiaoguang Yang Principal Administrator Second Secretary Council of the European Union Mission of China to the EU
Robert Van Hittersum Roberto Zadra Consultant Deputy Head of the WMD Centre Delegation of the Netherlands to NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Bert Van Hove Anna Zakharchenko Member Third Secretary Euro-Atlantic Association of Belgium Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO
Marc Vanheukelen Dick Zandee Head of Unit, United States & Canada Head of Policy and Planning Unit European Commission European Defence Agency (EDA)
Christian Verdonck Jiming Zhang Partner Counsellor Deloitte Consulting Mission of China to the EU
Michele Vink Dmitry Zorin Public Affairs Speechwriter Counsellor United States Mission to NATO Embassy of Belarus to Belgium
Andrew Walton Air Vice Marshall Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
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