CPS representative took part in the e-PINE conference and high-level meeting with political directors. The e-PINE initiative unites eight Baltic and Nordic countries and the United States to promote mutual understanding, cooperation and joint initiatives in the region. Conference, organized in Vilnius, touched upon the issues of NATO Membership Action Plans for Ukraine and Georgia.
Conference program is available below.
The Future of the New Eastern Europe
e-PINE think-tank meeting
Vilnius, October 1-2, 2008
Agenda
October 1 (Wednesday)
Arrival (hotel Grotthuss, address: Ligonines str. 7, Vilnius, www.grotthusshotel.com)
19.00 Dinner (restaurant “La Boheme”, address: Sv. Ignoto str. 4/3, Vilnius)
October 2 (Thursday)
Venue: Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University (Conference Hall, address: Vokieciu str. 10, Vilnius)
9.00 – 09.30 Welcome
Raimundas Lopata, Director, IIRPS, Vilnius University (Lithuania)
Anatoly Mikhailov, Rector, European Humanitarian University (Belarus)
Michael Haltzel, Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations (the U.S.)
9.30 – 11.00 Conflict in Caucasus: is the Realpolitik Back?
Moderator: Raimundas Lopata, director, IIRPS, Vilnius University (Lithuania)
Panelists: Gediminas Vitkus, IIRPS, Vilnius University (Lithuania)
Hans Mouritzen, Danish Institute for International Studies (Denmark)
Boris Kuznetsov, Center of International and Regional Policy (Russia)
Laurynas Jonavicius, Eastern Europe Studies Centre (Lithuania)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 MAPs for Georgia and the Ukraine?
Moderator: Anatoly Mikhailov, Rector, European Humanitarian University (Belarus)
Panelists: David Chichinadze, director, CEGSTAR (Georgia)
Nataliya Kazionnova, director, EISC (Ukraine)
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Finland)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch (restaurant “Bistro 18”, address: Stikliu str. 18, Vilnius)
14.00 – 15.30 Energy Security for Europe
Moderator: Michael Haltzel, Center for Transatlantic Relations (the U.S.)
Panelists: Carolina Vendil Pallin, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Sweden)
Andres Mäe, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute (Estonia)
Kestutis Budrys, IIRPS, Vilnius University (Lithuania)
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 – 17.00 Joint Meeting with Political Directors
19.00 Dinner (restaurant “Zemaiciai”, address: Vokieciu str. 24, Vilnius)
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