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August 2010: 168 LECTURES AVAILABLE


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 FULVIO ATTINA

Jean Monnet Professor of EU Politics
University of Catania

ESDP OPERATIONS AND THE CHALLENGES OF EVOLVING MULTILATERAL SECURITY
N E W

 


 ALEXANDER J. MOTYL

Professor of Political Science
Rutgers University, Newark

THE NEW POLITICAL REGIME IN UKRAINE -
TOWARD SULTANISM YUKANOVYCH-STYLE?
N E W

 


 MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN

Director
The Cicero Foundation

THE PROPOSAL OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV
FOR A PAN-EUROPEAN SECURITY PACT
Its Six Hidden Objectives and How the West
Should Respond

 


 VLADIMER PAPAVA

Former Minister of Economy of Georgia

EURASIA VERSUS CENTRAL CAUCASO-ASIA:
ON THE GEOPOLITICS OF CENTRAL CAUCASO-ASIA

 


 ALEXANDER MOENS AND INU BARBEE

Fraser Institute, Vancouver
Centre for Canadian-American Relations

THE FOREIGN POLICY OF BARACK OBAMA:
BETWEEN DREAMING AND DOING

 


 MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN

Director Cicero Foundation

THE FOREIGN POLICY OF NICOLAS SARKOZY:
NOT PRINCIPLED, OPPORTUNISTIC, AND AMATEURISH

Why is the foreign policy of Sarkozy disappointing?

 


 DAVID J. SMITH

Director, Georgian Security Analysis Center, Tbilisi
Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Washington

FRENCH SHIP SALE TO RUSSIA MUST BE BLOWN OFF COURSE

 


 STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

Executive Director
Center for Islamic Pluralism, Washington DC

MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA
Why is Moscow Meddling?

 


 ALEXANDER J. MOTYL

Professor of Political Science
Rutgers University, Newark

UKRAINE, EUROPE, AND BANDERA

 


 HALL GARDNER

Chair
American University, Paris
International and Comparative Politics Department

TOWARD A SEPARATE BLACK SEA COMMAND

 


 MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN

Director
The Cicero Foundation

SARKOZY, FRANCE, AND NATO
Will Sarkozy s Rapprochement to NATO Be Sustainable?

 


 ALEXANDER J. MOTYL

Professor of Political Science
Rutgers University - Newark

UKRAINE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
An Analysis of the Present Situation

 


 MIKA VIDLUND

Finnish Centre for Pensions

Pension Reform in the Nordic Countries
What Can Other EU Member States Learn?

 


 FRANCOIS ATGER

Territorial Director of AGEFIPH
French National Employment Agency
for Disabled People

Opening Up the Labour Market to People
with Disabilities: The French Experience

 


 GIULIANO BONOLI

Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration
IDHEAP, Lausanne

Reforming Pensions in Europe:
The Political Significance of Technicalities

 


 JEAN-SYLVESTRE MONGRENIER

French Institute of Geopolitics, Paris
Thomas More Institute, Paris, Brussels

SARKOZY COMMITTED IN GEORGIA THE SIN OF VOLUNTARISM

 


 PHILIPPE MOUTOT & GIOVANNI VITALE

European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Directorate General Economics
Directorate Monetary Policy

MONETARY POLICY STRATEGY IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

 


Prof. JEAN-CLAUDE BARBIER

University of Paris1 - Sorbonne

Flexicurity and Transitional Labour Markets:
How to Avoid Rigidities and Better Prepare
New and Old EU Member States
for a Globalizing Economy?

 


 MICHELLE DE CORT

Department for Work and Pensions, London

Active Labour Market Policies in the UK
What Lessons Can We Learn from the British Experience?

 

GREAT DEBATE SEMINAR CALENDAR


Great Debate Seminar Calendar 2010

More than a hundred ministries from over thirty countries already participated in Great Debate seminars.
Great Debate seminars are international seminars for experts on issues connected with European integration and Transatlantic security. They are organised in Paris and in other European capitals. Participants include diplomats, high ranking civil servants, politicians, and representatives of NGOs, business and the military.



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FRANCOISE THOM
Professor of Modern History
Sorbonne University, Paris

RUSSIA AND EUROPE
The Dangers of a Reset

(pdf)


HALL GARDNER
Professor, American University
Prospects for the Transatlantic Relationship under the Obama Presidency:
Towards a Transatlantic Strategic Council?

(pdf)


GERT WEISSKIRCHEN, MP
Foreign Policy Spokesman
SPD Fraction German Bundestag

RISING ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE
How to Respond?

(pdf)


EPHRAIM MARQUER
Director of Employee Savings and
Retirement Schemes AFG, Paris

The Pension Crisis in France:
Causes and Remedies

(ppt)


DIDIER BLANCHET
French National Institute of Statistics
and Economic Studies INSEE, Paris

Can French Pension Systems still Fulfill
their Implicit Commitments?

(ppt)


MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN
Director
The Cicero Foundation

RUSSIA, GEORGIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE CREEPING FINLANDIZATION OF EUROPE
(pdf)


PER ECKEFELDT
DG Economic and Financial Affairs
European Commission, Brussels

Pension Reform in the European Union:
How to Cope with Ageing Populations?

(ppt)


HENRI STERDYNIAK
French Observatory of Economic Conjunctures
OFCE, Paris

Creating Low-Skilled Jobs:
The French Strategy

(ppt)


GUIDO VANDERSEYPEN
Deputy Head of Unit, Employment Strategy
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
European Commission, Brussels

The Fight against Undeclared Work:
A New Challenge for an Enlarged Europe?

(ppt)


MARIA JEPSEN
Acting Head of Research Department
European Trade Union Institute for Research,
Education, Health and Safety ETUI-REHS
Brussels

Does the European Commission Definition
of Flexicurity Favour Flexibility over Security?

(ppt)


MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN
Director
The Cicero Foundation

PARIS MAY 68 AND PROVO AMSTERDAM 65
Trying to Understand Two Postmodern
Youth Revolts

(pdf)


GARY H. RICE

DEFENCE OF THE WEST ON THE LIMES
(pdf)


JOERN WESENBERG
Deutsche Rentenversicherung
Berlin

Preparing Our Pension Systems for the Future:
The Case of Germany

(ppt)


JEAN-CLAUDE BARBIER
University of Paris1 - Sorbonne
Flexicurity and Transitional Labour Markets:
How to Avoid Rigidities and Better Prepare
New and Old EU Member States
for a Globalizing Economy?

(ppt)


MICHELLE DE CORT
Department for Work and Pensions, London
Active Labour Market Policies in the UK
What Lessons Can We Learn from the British Experience?

(ppt)


GIDO TEN DOLLE
Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs
and Employment

Part-Time Work in the Netherlands:
Success or Failure?

(ppt)


MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN

A EUROPEAN ROLE FOR FRENCH NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
(doc)


ARNE PAULSSON
Swedish Social Insurance Agency
Pensions Department

Pension Reform in the Nordic Countries:
A Model for Other EU Member States?

(ppt)


 
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