Seminarium PISM-IISS

Transatlantic Alliance:
Immediate Challenges and the Way Forward
Warsaw, Bristol Hotel (Salon Chopin)
6th July 2009

09.00–09.15   Welcome remarks:

Sławomir Dębski – Director, Polish Institute of International Affairs

09.15–10.30   

Session I: NATO at 60: challenges and opportunities

• Bastian Giegerich – Research Fellow for European Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Stanisław Jerzy Komorowski – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Defence

10.30–10.45    Coffee break

10.45–12.00   

Session II: Transatlantic relations under Obama administration

• Adam Ward – Director of Studies, International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Dana Allin – Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Affairs, International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Bartosz Wiśniewski – Analyst, Polish Institute of International Affairs

12.00–13.00   Lunch

13.00–14.15   

Session III: NATO's relations with Russia, and impact on the development of relations with Georgia and Ukraine

• Oksana Antonenko – Senior Fellow (Russia and Eurasia), International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Łukasz Kulesa – Acting Head of the Research Office, Polish Institute of International Affairs

14.15–14.30   Coffee break

14.30–15.45  

Session IV: NATO and the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan – surge or disengagement?

• Colonel Christopher Langton OBE – Senior Fellow for Conflict & Defence Diplomacy, International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Piotr Krawczyk – Analyst, Polish Institute of International Affairs

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