A European South Caucasus? EU soft power and challenges to democracy, peace and development in the South Caucasus Barcelona, 6 and 7 October 2009
Tuesday, 6 October 2009 10.00 -10.30 Registration 10.30 -10.45 Welcoming Remarks • Jordi Vaquer , Director of CIDOB, Spain • Lothar Witte , Director of Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Madrid, Spain 10.45 -11.00 Keynote Speech 1 • Gerald Knaus, European Stability Initiative, Turkey 11.00-11.45 Competing Foreign Initiatives in the South Caucasus: The EU, Russia and Turkey Chair: Deniz Devrim , Europe Programme Coordinator, CIDOB • The European Union and the Eastern Partnership Nicu Popescu , European Council on Foreign Relations, UK • Turkey and the Prospects of Stability and Cooperation in the South Caucasus Nigar Göksel , European Stability Initiative and Turkish Policy Quarterly, Turkey • The view from Russia Andrey Makarychev , Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Nizhny Novgorod Civil Service Academy, Russia 11.45-12.15 Discussion 12.15-12.45 Coffee Break
12.45-13.15 Keynote Speech 2 • Peter Semneby, EU-Special Representative for the South Caucasus, European Council, Brussels
13.15-13.45 Discussion
13.45-15.00 Lunch
15.00-15.30 Prospects for the Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Chair: Fred Halliday , ICREA Research Professor, Barcelona Institute for International Studies, Spain • Tabib Huseynov , International Crisis Group, Azerbaijan • Dennis Sammut , Executive Director, LINKS, UK 15.30- 16.00 Discussion 16.00-17.30 Walk through the Neighbourhood 20.00 Dinner
Organised with the support of the Open Society Institute Fellowship Program (OSI)
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
09.30-10.15 One year after the August war: Democracy, Development and Stability in Georgia: The Importance of Georgia Chair: Agnieszka Nowak, Associated Researcher, Security and World Politics Programme, CIDOB Is there still a Georgian model? • Giorgi Baramidze, Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Georgia • David Usupashvili , Republican Party, Georgia • Besa Shahini , European Stability Initiative, Germany
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.15 Domestic politics in Armenia and Azerbaijan Chair: George Tarkhan-Mouravi , Co-director, Institute for Policy Studies, Georgia • Trends in Armenian politics Nicolas Tavitian , Director of Inside Europe, Belgium • Trends in Azeri Politics Arzu Geybullayeva , European Stability Initiative, Azerbaijan
11.15-11.45 Discussion
11.45-12.15 Coffee Break
12.15-12.45 Prospect and potential of normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations Chair: Tigran Mkrtchyan , European Stability Initiative, Armenia • The view from Ankara Gerald Knaus, European Stability Initiative, Turkey • The view from Yerevan Sergey Minasyan, Head of Political Studies Department, Caucasus Institute, Armenia
12.45-13.15 Discussion
13.15-13.30 Conclusions • Gerald Knaus, European Stability Initiative, Turkey
Organised with the support of the Open Society Institute Fellowship Program (OSI)
List of Participants
• Gor Abgaryan, Armenian Cultural Association of Barcelona, Spain • Leila Alieva, Centre for National and International Studies, Azerbaijan • Francesc Badia, Accountant, Barcelona Center for International Studies, Spain • Giorgi Baramidze, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration, Georgia • Carmen Claudín, Programmes Director, Barcelona Center for International Studies, Spain • Deniz Devrim, Europe Programme Coordinator, Barcelona Center for International Studies, Spain • Félix Flores, Journalist, La Vanguardia, Spain • Arzu Geybullayeva, ESI Analyst, Azerbaijan • Nigar Göksel, European Stability Initiative, Senior Analyst, Turkey • Fred Halliday, ICREA Research Professor, Barcelona Institute for International Studies (IBEI), Spain • Aida Guillén, Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya, Spain • Rita Huybens, Chairperson Peoples' Rights League, Spain • Tabib Huseynov, International Crisis Group, Azerbaijan • Toghrul Juvarli, Analyst of TURAN News Agency, Azerbaijan • Gerald Knaus, Director of European Stability Initiative Istanbul, Turkey, Fellow Harvard Kennedy School, USA • Evgenia Lyamina, Nizhny Novgorod University, Russia • Andrey Makarychev, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Nizhny Novgorod Civil Service Academy, Russia • Lilit Manukyan, Armenian Cultural Association of Barcelona, Spain • Aurelia Mañé, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Director Central Asia Observatory, Spain • Rosa Massagué, Journalist, El Periódico, Spain • Sergey Minasyan, Head of Political Studies Department, Caucasus Institute, Armenia • Tigran Mkrtchyan, European Stability Initiative, Armenia • Ignacio Molina, Real Instituto Elcano, Spain • Agnieszka Nowak, Associated Researcher, Security and World Politics Programme, Barcelona Center for International Studies, Spain • Vicente Palacio, Coordinator of the Observatory of Spanish Foreign Policy, Fundación Alternativas, Spain • Gaspar Petrosyan, Representative of the Armenian Ministry of Diaspora for Spain and Portugal, Spain • Nicu Popescu, European Council on Foreign Relations, UK • Jofre Moreno Rocabert, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain • Dennis Sammut, Executive Director, LINKS, UK • Eka Sepashvili, Head of the European Integration Coordination Department, Georgia • Peter Semneby, Special Representative, European Council, Brussels • Besa Shahini, European Stability Initiative, Senior Analyst, Germany • George Tarkhan-Mouravi, Co-director, Institute for Policy Studies, Georgia • Nicolas Tavitian, Director of Inside Europe, Belgium • Marta Ter, Peoples' Rights League, Spain • David Usupashvili, Republican Party, Georgia • Jordi Vaquer, Director, Director of Barcelona Center for International Studies, Spain • Francisco Veiga, Lecturer in Contemporary History, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain • Lothar Witte, Head of Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Madrid, Spain