Konferencja: Credible Deterrence for NATO in the XXI Century

Credible Deterrence for NATO in the XXI Century

Chopin Room, Bristol Hotel
Warsaw, 5-6 July 2010

A roundtable organised by
Arms Control Association (ACA)
British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Hamburg (IFSH)
Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
with support of
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Monday, 5 July 2010

12.30-13.30      Lunch

13.30-13.40      Seminar opening

13.45-15.45     

Session 1: Deterrence, partnerships and common security in Europe

• Balancing deterrence, partnerships and common security, an analysis of the NATO Experts Group Report
  Marek Madej, Security Programme Coordinator, PISM
• A Central European perspective on the changing requirements for deterrence in 21st century
  Csaba Törő, Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs
• The relationship with Russia and the need to balance engagement with credible deterrence
  Christian-Marc Lifländer, Defence Counsellor, Delegation of Estonia to NATO

Moderator: Łukasz Kulesa, Deputy Head of Research Office, PISM

15.45-16.15      Coffee break

16.15-18.15     

Session 2: Cohesion: credible Alliance reassurance for members

• Principles governing the maintenance of Alliance cohesion
  Paul Ingram, Executive Director, BASIC
• Credible assurances the Alliance could give to the Baltic States
  Andris Spruds, Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs
• A Central European perspective on concerns around Alliance cohesion
  Ivo Samson, Head of  the International Security Programme, Slovak Foreign Policy Association
• The role of missile defense: a US view
  Edmond E. Seay III., First Secretary, US mission to NATO, Brussels

Moderator: Oliver Meier, Senior Researcher, IFSH/International Representative and Correspondent, ACA

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

09.00-12.00     

Session 3: Reducing the role of nuclear weapons in NATO’s deterrence posture

• Reducing the role of nuclear weapons in Alliance doctrine: Options for a new consensus
  Oliver Meier, Senior Researcher, IFSH/International Representative and Correspondent, ACA
• The politics of nuclear disarmament in Western Europe
  Des Browne, former UK Secretary of Defense
• Balancing nuclear arms control and nuclear deterrence
  Marek Szczygieł, Deputy Director, Security Policy Department, MFA Poland
• Article 5 commitments and nuclear deterrence
  Liudas Zdanavicius, Lecturer, The General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Political Science Department

Moderator: Ian Kearns, Research Director at BASIC/Senior Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

12.00-12.30      Concluding Remarks

12.30-14.00      Lunch