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Advancing Strategic Stability in the Euro-Atlantic Region 2021 and Beyond
June 2021 STATEMENT BY THE EURO-ATLANTIC SECURITY LEADERSHIP GROUP (EASLG) Prepared for Presidents, Prime Ministers, Parliamentarians, and Publics Advancing Strategic Stability in the Euro-Atlantic Region 2021 and Beyond n one of the best accounts of the lead-up to World War I, the historian Christopher Clark details how a group of European leaders—“The Sleepwalkers”—led their nations into a conflict that none of them wanted. Gripped by nationalism and ensnared by competing interests, mutual mistrust, and Ialliances, they made a series of tragic miscalculations that resulted in 40 million casualties. One of the more sobering aspects of this period was the speed with which events transpired in the summer of 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, in Sarajevo on June 28. The subsequent ultimatums, mobilizations, declarations of war, and finally, war itself unfolded in roughly one month. Leaders of that era found themselves with precious little time for considering their decisions—and the world paid a horrific price. In the Euro-Atlantic region today, leaders face risks of deployments that should cause leaders to reflect on the miscalculation, compounded by the potential for the use of adequacy of the decision time available to them to prevent nuclear weapons, where millions could be killed in minutes. or deescalate a crisis. Emerging technologies such as evasive Do we have the tools to prevent an incident from turning hypersonic missiles or robotic nuclear torpedoes could into unimaginable catastrophe? significantly compress decision-time. When combined with artificial intelligence including machine learning, humans While leaders, governments and publics are strained by may be removed from being “in” or “on” the decision- the developing and constantly changing challenge of the making loop, especially when responding to a perceived or COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing risk of—and a real attack. -
A Diplomatic History of the 1998–99 Kosovo Conflict
FROM DAYTON TO ALLIED FORCE: A DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE 1998–99 KOSOVO CONFLICT by Christian Novak A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Sydney 2017 ii I declare that the research presented here is my own original work and has not been submitted to any other institution for the award of a degree iii Abstract This thesis reconstructs the diplomatic response of the international community to the Kosovo conflict of 1998–99. It outlines the process which resulted in the failure of negotiations involving outside agencies and individuals as well as the recourse to air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Using primary sourced material from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, personal interviews and other carefully selected primary sources, this thesis explores why international attempts to find a negotiated solution failed. iv Acknowledgements Numerous people have assisted in the completion of this thesis. I would firstly like to acknowledge my research supervisor, Professor Glenda Sluga, for her guidance over the years. My gratitude is also extended to John Drewienkiewicz, Josef Janning, Richard Miles, Klaus Naumann, and Lord David Owen, all of whom took out time from their busy schedules to answer my questions. In particular, I wish to thank Wolfgang Petritsch. His accessibility and willingness to explain the events of 1998–99 considerably enhanced my own understanding of the crisis. Special thanks is reserved for my parents, Anne and David, who have gone above and beyond to support me. -
Germany's European Imperative
Chapter 21 | Germany’s European Imperative 139 Germany’s European Imperative Wolfgang Ischinger enry Kissinger once suggested that political decisions should be guided by two core questions: “What are we Htrying to achieve?” and “what are we trying to prevent?”1 For Germany, the answers to both questions are clear. What we need to prevent at all costs is Europe falling apart, paving the way for a return of nationalism, which has brought war twice in the past century. What we want to achieve is equally clear: we want Europe to be able to defend its political, economic, and societal model. This is why Germany must now embrace a “European imperative”2 as the basis for its decision-making. Whatever Berlin intends to do, it should first ask what its actions would mean for Europe’s ability to recover from the crisis and for Europe’s capacity to protect its values, interests, and sovereignty on the world stage. The pandemic has upended plans for the current German presidency of the Council of the EU. The primary task will be that of “maintaining EU integration as such.”3 The pandemic risks deepening rifts between Europe’s hard-hit south and the countries of the north, it threatens to widen fissures between eastern and western EU member states over migration and the rule of law, and it generally risks strengthening Euroskeptic forces across member states. And as if this were not enough, emboldened external actors—Russia and China in particular—are eager to exploit the pandemic in efforts “to undermine democratic debate and exacerbate social polarization”4 in Europe to advance their own agendas. -
Brexit and the Future of the US–EU and US–UK Relationships
Special relationships in flux: Brexit and the future of the US–EU and US–UK relationships TIM OLIVER AND MICHAEL JOHN WILLIAMS If the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in the referendum of June 2016 then one of the United States’ closest allies, one of the EU’s largest member states and a leading member of NATO will negotiate a withdrawal from the EU, popularly known as ‘Brexit’. While talk of a UK–US ‘special relation- ship’ or of Britain as a ‘transatlantic bridge’ can be overplayed, not least by British prime ministers, the UK is a central player in US–European relations.1 This reflects not only Britain’s close relations with Washington, its role in European security and its membership of the EU; it also reflects America’s role as a European power and Europe’s interests in the United States. A Brexit has the potential to make a significant impact on transatlantic relations. It will change both the UK as a country and Britain’s place in the world.2 It will also change the EU, reshape European geopolitics, affect NATO and change the US–UK and US–EU relationships, both internally and in respect of their place in the world. Such is the potential impact of Brexit on the United States that, in an interview with the BBC’s Jon Sopel in summer 2015, President Obama stated: I will say this, that having the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is part of the corner- stone of institutions built after World War II that has made the world safer and more prosperous. -
For the Encouragement of Learning
For the Encouragement of Learning Copyright 1710-2010 Anniversary Forum London, 9 April 2010 “For the Encouragement of Learning” The world’s first copyright law was passed by the English Parliament on 10 April 1710 as ‘An Act for the Encouragement of Learning’. The Queen Anne Statute, as it is known, marked the beginning of modern copyright law. Professor Gillian Davies, author of ‘Copyright and the Public Interest’, describes it as ‘the foundation upon which the modern concept of copyright in the Western world was built’, quoting Halsbury’s ‘Laws of England’, edited by Lord Hailsham, as saying, ‘In changing the conceptual nature of copyright, it became the most important single event in copyright history’ and Barbara Ringer, US Registrar of Copyrights, as saying, ‘It is the mother of us all, and a very possessive mother at that.’ The 300th anniversary provides a unique opportunity to review copyright’s purposes and principles. If today we were starting from scratch, but with the same aim of encouraging learning‚ what kind of copyright would we want? To answer this question, the British Council is organising a series of meetings in London, Shanghai and elsewhere. Our starting point is the question, What is the purpose of copyright? And, once that is agreed, even tentatively, how could we achieve it? Is the list of ‘qualifying works’ the right one? Should copyright arise automatically or should rights be registered? Is ‘copyright’ the appropriate name? How do we balance access and ownership? What are the optimal lengths of copyright terms? What is the role of moral rights, and of personal data and privacy? What do we mean by ‘fair’ in the phrases ‘fair dealing’ and ‘fair use’ and how do we uphold this fairness in practice? Is fairness in a physical world different from fairness in the digital space? How do we define unlawful copying and how do we promote a fair regime of sanctions and penalties? The possibilities of creating and copying have expanded dramatically in recent years. -
November 11-13, 2010 Hilversum and Amsterdam, the Netherlands Inhoudelijk En financiële Verantwoording Economies of the Commons 2, November 2010
November 11-13, 2010 Hilversum and Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.ecommons.eu Inhoudelijk en financiële verantwoording Economies of the Commons 2, november 2010 Stichting Nederland Kennisland Keizersgracht 174 1016 DW Amsterdam +31 205756720 / http://www.kennisland.nl 2 / 48 1 ECONOMIES OF THE COMMONS 2 ....................................................................................4 1.1 BELANGRIJKSTE OPGELEVERDE RESULTATEN ........................................................................4 1.2 HTTP://WWW.ECOMMONS.EU/ ..............................................................................................5 1.3 PROGRAM ..........................................................................................................................6 2 BLOGPOSTS ..........................................................................................................................8 TOWARDS A RADICAL ARCHIVE: DE BALIEʼS ERIC KLUITENBERG ..................................................9 WHEN LIBRARIES EMBRACE THE DIGITAL FUTURE: INTERVIEW WITH KB'S IRMGARD BOMERS ......10 ARCHIVING IN CONVERGENCE: EUROPEANA'S DYNAMIC PORTAL ...............................................12 THE NETWORKED VAULT: INTERVIEW WITH MAARTEN BRINKERINK OF THE NETHERLANDSʼ INSTITUTE OF SOUND AND VISION ............................................................................................................................13 WHEN THE COPY'S NO EXCEPTION: INTERVIEW WITH KENNISLAND'S PAUL KELLER ...........15 PETER KAUFMAN ON APPRECIATING AUDIOVISUAL VALUE -
Spring Program February – July 2021
SPRING PROGRAM FEBRUARY – JULY 2021 The American Academy in Berlin SPRING PROGRAM FEBRUARY – JULY 2021 We are delighted to present the spring 2021 program of events at the American Academy in Berlin. While we do hope to welcome our guests in person to the Hans Arnhold Center this spring, at the time of this printing the public health situation remains dynamic; event dates and formats may change accordingly. Until the public health situation allows us to again host events at the American Academy, all events will be held online. We therefore request that you please visit our website, americanacademy.de, for the most up-to- date information about our programs and register in advance for all events. We remain committed to providing a safe environment for our speakers and guests and very much look forward to resuming our regular in-person programming as conditions allow. FEBRUARY Tuesday, February 23 7:30 p.m. NINA MARIA GORRISSEN LECTURE Tuesday, February 2 6:00 p.m. Roman Diversity: Modern Lessons from an AMERICAN ACADEMY LECTURE AT HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN Ancient Empire A Tale of Two Camps: Nandini Pandey, Associate Professor of Im / mobilities and Inequalities Classics, University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Horn of Africa Nathalie Peutz, Associate Professor Wednesday, February 24 7:30 p.m. of Anthropology, New York University Abu Dhabi KURT VIERMETZ LECTURE Registration via [email protected] Some Assembly Required: In cooperation with the Integrative Research Decoding Four Billion Years of Institute Law & Society, Faculty of Law, Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Neil Shubin, Robert R. -
Battling Bankers: Insights on Financial Power from the Grassroots
STATE OF POWER 2019 Battling Bankers Insights on financial power from the grassroots Interview with Simona Levi, Alvin Mosioma and Joel Benjamin Worldwide, countless activists are engaged in challenging unjust financial power on a daily basis. Few are financial experts or economists but citizens who through their struggles have gained an understanding of financial power that few academics can rival. TNI had the privilege of talking to three warriors against the international banking cartel – a theatre director in Spain, a tax justice leader in Kenya and a local government campaigner in the UK – to hear about their struggles and the insights they have picked up that have relevance to all of us. Simona Levi, a theatre director and performance artist, is based in Barcelona. With her small group Xnet, she succeeded in getting former IMF chief and Bankia executive Rato and 17 others sentenced to prison in 2018 for their financial crimes and role in Spain’s economic crisis. Alvin Mosioma is based in Nairobi and with others stopped a tax avoidance treaty between Kenya and Mauritius. He helped organise the first World Social Forum in Kenya and is the founding Executive Director of Tax Justice Network-Africa. Joel Benjamin is based in London. His work with Debt Resistance UK has exposed a slew of toxic loans sold under false pretences to local authorities and has prompted major lawsuits, parliamentary enquiries and extensive media coverage. State of Power 2019: Finance 16 What finance-related campaigns are you involved in right now? Alvin: Our work revolves around how to ensure finance works for people. -
Are Eu Governments Taking Whistleblower Protection Seriously?
ARE EU GOVERNMENTS TAKING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION SERIOUSLY? Progress report on transposition of the EU Directive Transparency International is a global movement with one vision: a world in which government, business, civil society and the daily lives of people are free of corruption. With more than 100 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, we are leading the fight against corruption to turn this vision into reality. www.transparency.org The Whistleblowing International Network is an international membership organisation and leading centre of global civil society expertise and innovation in whistleblowing law and practice. whistleblowingnetwork.org Are EU Governments Taking Whistleblower Protection Seriously? Progress Report on Transposition of the EU Directive Supported by a grant from the Open Society Policy Center in cooperation with the Open Society Initiative of Europe (OSIFE), part of the Open Society Foundations. Author: Marie Terracol Contributors: Anna Myers, Ida Nowers and all the country experts (listed on page 30) Reviewers: Matthew Jenkins, Adam Földes, Julius Hinks, John Devitt, Jan Dupák, Carina Paju, Nick Aiossa Cover: Miikka Luotio / Unsplash.com Every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information contained in this report. All information was believed to be correct as of February 2021. Nevertheless, Transparency International and the Whistleblowing International Network cannot accept responsibility for the consequences of its use for other purposes or in other contexts. ISBN: 978-3-96076-168-6 2021 Transparency International and Whistleblowing International Network. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0 DE. Quotation permitted. Please contact Transparency International – [email protected] – regarding derivatives requests. -
Deliverable 5.3 National Dissemination Workshops
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme under grant agreement No 645852 EU Grant Agreement number: 645852 Project acronym: DIGIWHIST Project title: The Digital Whistleblower: Fiscal Transparency, Risk Assessment and the Impact of Good Governance Policies Assessed Work Package: 5 - Dissemination Title of deliverable: 5.3 National dissemination workshops Due date of deliverable: 28.02.2018 Actual submission date: XX Authors: Francesco Calderoni, Martina Rotondi, Riccardo Milani, Marina Mancuso and Ernesto U.Savona Organization name of lead beneficiary for this deliverable: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime Dissemination Level PU Public x PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Co Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission All rights reserved. This document has been published thanks to the support of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme under grant agreement No 645852. The information and views set out in this publication are those of the author(s) only and do not reflect any collective opinion of the DIGIWHIST consortium, nor do they reflect the official opinion of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the European Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information 1 DIGIWHIST National -
The Legacy of Kosovo: German Politics and Policies in the Balkans
THE LEGACY OF KOSOVO: GERMAN POLITICS AND POLICIES IN THE BALKANS Wolfgang-Uwe Friedrich editor GERMAN ISSUES 22 American Institute for Contemporary German Studies The Johns Hopkins University THE LEGACY OF KOSOVO: GERMAN POLITICS AND POLICIES IN THE BALKANS Wolfgang-Uwe Friedrich Wolfgang Ischinger Rudolf Scharping GERMAN ISSUES 22 The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) is a center for advanced research, study, and discussion on the politics, culture, and society of the Federal Republic of Germany. Established in 1983 and affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University but governed by its own Board of Trustees, AICGS is a privately incorporated institute dedicated to independent, critical, and comprehensive analysis and assessment of current German issues. Its goals are to help develop a new generation of American scholars with a thorough understanding of contemporary Germany, deepen American knowledge and understanding of current German developments, contribute to American policy analysis of problems relating to Germany, and promote interdisciplinary and comparative research on Germany. Executive Director: Jackson Janes Research Director: Carl Lankowski Board of Trustees, Cochair: Steven Muller Board of Trustees, Cochair: Harry J. Gray The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) alone. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies. ©2000 by the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies ISBN 0-941441-51-2 Additional copies of this AICGS German Issue are available from the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Suite 420, 1400 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-2217. Telephone 202/332-9312, Fax 202/265-9531, E-mail: [email protected], Web: http://www.aicgs.org C O N T E N T S Foreword .......................................................................................... -
FAKE NEWS Y Desinformacion ------#Fakeyou
Informe para la acción estratégica y legislativa --------------------- FAKE NEWS Y DESINFORMACIoN ---------------------#FakeYou MONOPOLIOS DE LA MANIPULACIÓN INFORMATIVA [(TUS) GOBIERNOS | PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS | MASS MEDIA (NO PERIODISTAS) | CORPORACIONES] Y RECORTES DE LIBERTAD DE EXPRESIÓN Por Xnet VERSIÓN BETA SIN MAQUETAR ABIERTA A PEER REVIEW [Para correcciones y sugerencias, por favor, copiad la/s palabra/s o párrafo/s que queréis enmendar y mandad redacción alternativa con, si necesaria, motivación indicado el número de página, al email: [email protected]] Coordinación: Simona Levi Autores: Simona Levi, Robert Guixaró y Max Carbonell, Gemma Palau, Elizabeth Bodi, Gemma García, Pol Alberti participantes del Curso de Posgrado Tecnopolítica y Derechos en la Era Digital de la BSM-Universitat Pompeu Fabra dirigido por Simona Levi y Cristina Ribas Con aportaciones de Guillem Martínez, Mariluz Congosto, Alberto Escorcia, Lorin Decarli y Tatiana Bazzichelli (Disruption Network Lab Berlín) Agradecimientos a Alba Gutiérrez, Rubén Sáez, Sergio Salgado, L’entrellat Y en colaboración con Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust Las correcciones de este trabajo se han hecho con fondos de una subvención recibida por Xnet por parte del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona Licencia CC 4.0 by sa Barcelona - 14 de marzo de 2019 VERSION BETA PARA PEER REVIEW By the King. A proclamation to restrain the spreading of false news, and licentious talking of matters of state and government. England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685, King Charles II). Re-printed 1672. “C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the King. A PROCLAMATION To Restrain the Spreading of False News, and Licentious Talking of Matters of State and Government. CHARLES R.