On
5 June 2012 the Polish Institute of International Affairs and the European
Leadership Network (ELN) organized a high level seminar: Implications of the NATO Chicago Summit for arms control/ non-proliferation
and prospects for NATO-Russia cooperation.The seminar was a part of PISM partnership
with the ELN and the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
The seminar focused on
three issues:
§ The
results of the Chicago Summit and the DDPR Follow-up: Overall Deterrence and
Nuclear Policy of the Alliance;
§ Re-Building
trust between NATO and Russia: Role of Transparency and Arms Control Measures;
§ Perspectives
on Contemporary Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Challenges and Mechanisms to
Tackle Them.
More than 40 participants took part in the seminar, including former
high level politicians, officials and military leaders who are members of the
ELN Board; representative of the Polish administration; foreign and Polish international
security experts. Minister Bogusław
Winid, Undersecretary of State for Security Policy in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented the Polish assessment of the results of
the Chicago Summit. Other participants
of the seminar included Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway, Lord Browne of Ladyton,
former British Defence Secretary, Igor
Ivanov, former Russian Foreign Minister, Wolfgang Ischinger, Chair of the Munich Security Conference, Linas Linkevicius, adviser to the Prime
Minister and former Defence Minister of Lithuania,
Ana Palacio, former Spanish Foreign
Minister and former vice-president of the World Bank; Adam Daniel Rotfeld, former Polish Foreign Minister, and Volker Rühe, former
Defence Minister of Germany.
By: Jacek DurkalecPhotos by: Agnieszka Kopeć, Jadwiga Winiarska
