IISS -PISM Conference: NATO’s Strategic Concept and Perceptions of Allied Security

The International Institute for Strategic Studies
The Polish Institute of international Affairs

NATO’s Strategic Concept and Perceptions of Allied Security
25 May 2010
Bloomsbury House, 2-3 Bloomsbury Square London

Agenda

9:30–10:30          

Keynote speeches

Chair: Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS

Speakers:             

• Adam D. Rotfeld, Member of the Group of Experts, NATO
• Jamie Shea, Director of Policy Planning, NATO

10:30 – 12:15        

Panel 1: Threat perception and the role of Article 5

Chair: Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow, IISS

Speakers:             

• Stefano Silvestri, President, Istituto Affari Internazionali
• Josef Braml, Senior Fellow, DGAP
• Sławomir Dębski, former Director, PISM
• Nick Witney, Senior Fellow, ECFR

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch

13:15 – 14:45        

Panel 2: NATO’s engagement out of area

Chair: Bastian Giegerich, Research Fellow, IISS

Speakers:             

• Rastislav Kacer, President, Slovak Atlantic Commission
• Tomasz Łękarski, Deputy Director Security Policy, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Andrew Michta, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center
• Henrik Breitenbauch, Senior Fellow, Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen

14:45 – 16:15        

Panel 3: The future of NATO's nuclear deterrent

Chair: Andrzej Ananicz, Director, Diplomatic Academy, Poland

Speakers:             

• Jiri Schneider, Program Director, Prague Security Studies Institute
• Łukasz Kulesa, Deputy Head of Research, PISM
• Eberhard Pohl, Deputy Political Director, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

16:15 – 16:30        

Concluding Remarks

Speaker: Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS