Grunewald Discussion Group Germany-Poland-Russia Program and List of Participants
24-25 March 2011, Berlin
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Kick-off event on 24-25 March 2011 Schlosshotel im Grunewald Strategic Partnership between the EU and Russia: Brahmsstr. 10 14293 Berlin The Security Policy Dimensions of Neighbourhood Policy Phone: +49 (0) 30 895 84-0
Grunewald Discussion Group: German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) Program Ms. Anna Quirin Mobile: +49 (0) 176 70071224
Page 1 Thursday 24 March 2011
18:30 Reception (Foyer)
19:00 Dinner (Restaurant Vivaldi)
Greeting and introduction Dr Ingrid Hamm
Opening words from the moderator Dr Theo Sommer
Presentation of the position papers Professor Dr Horst Teltschik Professor Dr Adam Rotfeld Professor Dr Vladislav Inozemtsev
Start of the discussion
Followed by: Continuation of the evening with informal fireside discussion (Bar „Le Tire Bouchon“)
Friday 25 March 2011 Page 2
Continuation of the discussion (Musicroom)
9:00 Discussion: What institutional framework does a common European security policy need? In what sequence could such an institutional framework be created? Can the different objectives be reconciled?
Moderation: Dr Theo Sommer
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Discussion: How can security problems in Europe be solved practically as long as there is no institutional framework for this? What problems do we see? And what possibilities do we see to resolve them?
12:30 Lunch (Buffet)
14:00 Discussion: The current developments in North Africa as a challenge for our security policy
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Concluding discussion on continuation of the format (themes and content, frequency and length of the meetings etc.)
Moderation: Dr Ingrid Hamm ca. 17:30 End of the event
List of Participants Page 3 (In alphabetic order/country)
Germany Wolfgang Clement Former Federal Minister for Economics and Labour
Gernot Erler Member of the German Bundestag, Deputy Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group
Dr Ingrid Hamm Member of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Dr Werner Hoyer Member of the German Bundestag, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office
Professor Dr Norbert Lammert President of the German Bundestag
Markus Meckel Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz Former State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office
Professor Dr Joachim Rogall Head of Department, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Volker Rühe International Consultant, Former Federal Minister of Defence
Professor Dr Eberhard Sandschneider Otto Wolff-Director of the Research Institute, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
Dr Andreas Schockenhoff Member of the German Bundestag; Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group
Dr Theo Sommer (Facilitator) Journalist, Member of the Advisory Board, DIE ZEIT
Professor Dr Horst Teltschik Former Chairman of the Munich Security Conference
Page 4 Poland
Jerzy Bahr Former Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Chairman of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister; Former Prime Minister
Dr Sławomir Dębski Special Assign of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for the Establishment of the Centre of Polish-Russian Dialog and Understanding
Professor Danuta Hübner, PhD Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Regional Development
Dr Paweł Kowal Member of the European Parliament
Henryk Litwin Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr Andrzej Olechowski Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr Janusz Onyszkiewicz Senior Fellow, Center for International Relations (CSM); Former Minister of Defence
Dr Olaf Osica Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies
Janusz Reiter President, Center for International Relations (CSM)
Professor Dr Adam Daniel Rotfeld Co-Chairman of the Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters; Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
Aleksander Smolar President of the Board, Stefan Batory Foundation
Page 5 Russia Leonid Drachevsky Co-Chairman of the Russian-Polish Civic Forum
Professor Dr Mikhail Fedotov Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
Professor Dr Vladislav Inozemtsev Science Director, Centre for Post-industrial Studies; Editor of the “Svobodnaya Mysl”
Professor Dr Sergei Karaganov Dean of the School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs, National Research University – Higher School of Economics
Gleb Pavlovsky President, Effective Policy Foundation (FEP)
Sergey Prikhodko (to be confirmed) Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
Professor Fedor Shelov-Kovedyaev Head, Russian Public Policy Centre; Former First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
Professor Dr Anatoly Torkunov Rector, MGIMO-University; Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Chairman of the Russian International Studies Association, Co-Chairman of the Russian-Polish Group on Difficult Matters
Other Countries Dr Fraser Cameron Director, EU-Russia Centre, Brussels
Ivan Krastev Chairman of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
We are honoured that the Polish Ambassador in Berlin, H.E. Dr Marek Prawda, and the Russian Ambassador in Berlin, H.E. Vladimir Grinin (to be confirmed), will be attending the opening evening of the Grunewald Discussion Group on the 24th of March.