Operation «Althea» and the prospects of the EU’s engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina – the V4 view points

Programme

Thursday, February 22, 2007

15.00 – 15.15   Introduction

• Břetislav Dančák, Director of the International Institute of Political Science, Brno
• Adam Eberhardt, Deputy Director of the Research Office of the Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw

Session #1   15.15 – 18.00
Rules of engagement  of international military forces in B&H

Moderator: Břetislav Dančák  International Institute of Political Science, Brno

1. Evaluation of the present EU involvement in B&H
2. Internal threats for stability of B&H and challenges for the international presence.
3. If and when B&H will be able to develop without the EU military involvement? What “exit strategy” should be considered?     

• Jan Závěšický, International Institute of Political Science, Brno
• Wojciech Stanisławski, Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw
• Miroslav Kysel, Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Bratislava
• Imre Szilágyi, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Budapest
• Ladislav Hladký, Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno
• Ivo Pikner, Institute of Strategic Studies, University of Defence, Brno

Friday, February 23, 2007

Session #2   9.00 – 12.00
Regional aspects of EU activities in B&H

Moderator: Leszek Jesień, Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw

1. Stabilisation of B&H and political changes in the Western Balkans (interests of the neighbouring countries, question of the Kosovo status and the influence of other operations in the region;
2. Western Balkans in the foreign policy of the V4 countries
3. Welcomed future areas of the EU involvement in the process of B&H state-building

• Iván Halász, Pázmány Péter Catholic University /Corvinus University, Budapest
• Věra Stojarová, Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno
• Tomáš Strážay, Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Bratislava
• Jan Havránek, Prague Security Studies Institute, Prague
• Rastislav Báchora, Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs, Bratislava
• Libor Frank, Institute of Strategic Studies, University of Defence, Brno
• Beata Górka-Winter, Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw