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The Old-New Arenas of Imperialism – Western Asia and North Africa Kraków 2015 © Copyright by Villa Decius Association 2015 Edited by: Danuta Glondys, Ph.D. Ziemowit Jóźwik Coedited by: Dominika Kasprowicz, Ph.D. Conference concept: Dominika Kasprowicz, Wojciech Przybylski Cooperation: Olga Glondys Translation: Piotr Krasnowolski Proofreading: Martin Cahn Photographs: Tomasz Kizny Paweł Mazur Design and composition: Piotr Hrehorowicz, Małgorzata Punzet, Inter Line SC Printed by: Drukarnia Leyko sp. z o.o. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Villa Decius Association. ISBN 978-83-61600-05-3 Introduction Dominika The first fifteen years of the twenty-first century have opened a new chapter in the world’s history. Kasprowicz | In analysts’ opinion, its current content and following pages will be filled primarily with geopolitical events and technological innovations. The former will mainly include relatively new international conflicts (like in Libya, Syria and Ukraine) and escalation of the ongoing wars in Africa (Somalia, Sudan) and Middle East. The second subsection of the new chapter will deal with socio-political issues, especially growing protests against corporate globalization and their influence on institutions of liberal democracy. The last critical factor that manifests itself in various places of the world is the fundamentalist threat to the West. All three themes, their origins and results are nothing new in a sense that they fit into a global pattern of the rise and fall of societies traceable back to the ancient times. However, the cycle of rise and decline appears to be accelerating under the influence of the digital revolution and technological innovations. The main aim of a conferenceThe Return of the Fallen Empires (14–15 October 2015, Villa Decius in Krakow) was to take a closer look at the new world order in statu nascendi from a perspective of historically significant global players and to address roles of old and new global powers, new areas of imperialism as well as the rise and fall of contemporary societies. The conference delivered inspiring intellectual contributions from internationally recognised public figures like Jeannette Bougrab and Pawel Kowal and outstanding academic experts: Giles Scott-Smith, Scott Lucas, Patrycja Sasnal, Emel Akçali, David Jones and Felix Kaputu. Two key-notes and panel debates, moderated by Wojciech Przybylski and Łukasz Fyderek, focused on the themes of Goliath vs David or the role of the United States global superpower and its counterparts and old-new arenas of imperialism, ie. Western Asia and North Africa. The conference offered a space for reflection, rapprochement and provision of knowledge for the general public and professionals from the sector. The round-table talks held on the second day of the conference, opened by Hans Kolstad and moderated by Michal Vašečka, gathered numerous representatives of academic, political and cultural circles and NGOs from Poland and abroad. The topics’ discussed were the socio-political implications of the geopolitical trends with special emphasis on the state institutions and its change, the rule of law and human rights in the times of hybrid wars and growing immigration. 5 The Return of the Fallen Empires conference was also a platform of awarding with The Polish Prize Welcome and Opening of the Conference of Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN High Commissioner of Human Rights (2002–2003) both persons and nongovernmental organisations from all over the world for their efforts in fostering peaceful cohabitation of communities, religions and cultures. This year, we had an honour and pleasure to host and award Danuta Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Villa Decius. Welcome to an exquisite conference that has gathered doctor Pietro Bartolo, who, for more than two decades, supervised and delivered the emergency medical Glondys | intellectuals, diplomats, local government authorities, students, and representatives of civil society acting response to the incessant waves of migrants and refugees passing through the island of Lampedusa and in support of human rights and defending human dignity. high representatives of the “La Strada” Foundation against Trafficking, and Slavery which, among other I would like to very warmly welcome the Consular Corps represented by Oleh Mandiuk, the Consul projects, conducts a program “The Prevention of trafficking of women from Central and Eastern Europe”. General of Ukraine, and the regional authorities represented by Krzysztof Markiel, the Director of The Honorary Prize went to Sergey Kovalev – Russian intrepid defender of human rights and a symbol the Regional Department of Culture. Let me welcome all the conference experts: Samuel Abraham of fight for freedom and democracy . from Slovakia, Emel Akçali from Cyprus, Joanna Bar from Poland and Jeanette Bougrab from France, The conference was 12. of the series of international seminars dedicated to the idea of freedom organised Metin Bulut from Cyprus, Asli Erdoğan from Turkey, Łukasz Fyderek from Poland, Olga Glondys by the Villa Decius Association since 2002. This year it was organised together with “Res Publica Nowa” from Spain/Poland, David Jones from the United States, Felix Kaputu from Congo, Marcin Kędzierski and Krakow academic communities. and Tomasz Kizny from Poland, Hans Kolstad from Norway, Paweł Kowal and Beata Kowalska from Poland, Sergey Kovalev from the Russian Federation, Scott Lucas from the United Kingdom, Janusz Majcherek, Robert Piaskowski and Wojciech Przybylski also from Poland. Let me welcome Ziyad Raoof from Iraqi Kurdistan/Poland, Agnieszka Rozner from Poland, Hans Ingvar Roth from Sweden, Irakli Samkharadze from Georgia, Giles Scott-Smith from the Netherlands, Michał Sutowski from Poland, Elżbieta Święcicka from Sweden and Michal Vašečka from Slovakia. I welcome Ludmiła Boytsova, Sergey Kovalev’s wife, Michał Kurkiewicz of the Polish National Remembrance Institute, Laura Koba of La Strada Foundation and also our conference bloggers in Polish and English: Gabriela Rogowska and Ziemowit Jóźwik. Let me very warmly welcome and thank the sponsors of the Polish Sérgio Vieira de Mello Prize for their support and assistance: Wiesław Nowak and Karolina Wiłkojć-Żesławska from ZUE S.A., Grzegorz Krawczyk from PZU Group, Urszula Podraza from Krakow Airport and Zdzisław Ingielewicz and Marek Żołubowski of the Polish Steel Group. The funders of today’s events are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, the Municipality of Krakow, the Małopolska Regional Authorities and, the Donimirski Boutique Hotels and the Ars Modi Restaurant at the Villa Decius. Let me express our deep gratitude for your support. 6 Welcome and Opening of the Conference Danuta Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Villa Decius. Welcome to an exquisite conference that has gathered Glondys | intellectuals, diplomats, local government authorities, students, and representatives of civil society acting in support of human rights and defending human dignity. I would like to very warmly welcome the Consular Corps represented by Oleh Mandiuk, the Consul General of Ukraine, and the regional authorities represented by Krzysztof Markiel, the Director of the Regional Department of Culture. Let me welcome all the conference experts: Samuel Abraham from Slovakia, Emel Akçali from Cyprus, Joanna Bar from Poland and Jeanette Bougrab from France, Metin Bulut from Cyprus, Asli Erdoğan from Turkey, Łukasz Fyderek from Poland, Olga Glondys from Spain/Poland, David Jones from the United States, Felix Kaputu from Congo, Marcin Kędzierski and Tomasz Kizny from Poland, Hans Kolstad from Norway, Paweł Kowal and Beata Kowalska from Poland, Sergey Kovalev from the Russian Federation, Scott Lucas from the United Kingdom, Janusz Majcherek, Robert Piaskowski and Wojciech Przybylski also from Poland. Let me welcome Ziyad Raoof from Iraqi Kurdistan/Poland, Agnieszka Rozner from Poland, Hans Ingvar Roth from Sweden, Irakli Samkharadze from Georgia, Giles Scott-Smith from the Netherlands, Michał Sutowski from Poland, Elżbieta Święcicka from Sweden and Michal Vašečka from Slovakia. I welcome Ludmiła Boytsova, Sergey Kovalev’s wife, Michał Kurkiewicz of the Polish National Remembrance Institute, Laura Koba of La Strada Foundation and also our conference bloggers in Polish and English: Gabriela Rogowska and Ziemowit Jóźwik. Let me very warmly welcome and thank the sponsors of the Polish Sérgio Vieira de Mello Prize for their support and assistance: Wiesław Nowak and Karolina Wiłkojć-Żesławska from ZUE S.A., Grzegorz Krawczyk from PZU Group, Urszula Podraza from Krakow Airport and Zdzisław Ingielewicz and Marek Żołubowski of the Polish Steel Group. The funders of today’s events are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, the Municipality of Krakow, the Małopolska Regional Authorities and, the Donimirski Boutique Hotels and the Ars Modi Restaurant at the Villa Decius. Let me express our deep gratitude for your support. 7 Our conference, organised together with the Res Publica Nowa and the Krakow academic communities, is a continuation of a cycle of annual conferences and seminars dedicated to the idea of freedom. Bogusław I welcome you very warmly to The Return of the Fallen Empires conference which not only serves as Sonik | a platform of reflection on current socio-political and human developments, but also gives an opportunity to bring back the memory of Sérgio Vieira de Mello, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the fact that we sometimes
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