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
- Evaluation of the present EU involvement in B&H
- Internal threats for stability of B&H and challenges for the international presence.
- 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
- 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;
- Western Balkans in the foreign policy of the V4 countries
- 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