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04 Apr 2020	THE VIRUS DOES NOT CARE WHAT YOU THINK DR. TIM AISTROPE Lecturer in International Relations School of Politics and International Relations University of Kent, UK
04 Apr 2020	“THE PEOPLE” VERSUS DEMOCRACY: A NEW DILEMMA LARRY ALAN BUSK Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Modern Languages California State University, Stanislaus
04 Apr 2020	TWO FACES OF “TWITTER POPULISM” IN THE NETHERLANDS THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES OF WILDERS’S PVV AND BAUDET’S FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY PETER VERWEIJ Director D3-M The Netherlands
16 Dec 2019	POPULISM IN ITALY Exploring the Ideological Roots of Lega and the Five Star Movement LUCA MANUCCI University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences
13 Sep 2019	THE END OF WHITEHALL? PATRICK DIAMOND Assistant Professor in Public Policy Queen Mary, University of London
10 Jul 2019	DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF ‘THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE’ ALBERT WEALE Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy University College London
09 Jul 2019	THE UK AFTER BREXIT: WILL AND CAN THE ANGLOSPHERE REPLACE THE EU? ANDREW MYCOCK AND BEN WELLINGS University of Huddersfield (UK) and Monash University (Australia)
07 Jun 2019	EARLY LIBERALS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE Their Fear of Populists and ‘Dangerous’ People MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
03 Dec 2018	CAN POPULISTS WIN THE 2019 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION? How to Stem the Populist Tide? ISABELLE HERTNER Department of European & International Studies King’s College, London
03 Sep 2018	HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BURIED THE HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA MICHAEL BLAKE Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Governance University of Washington Seattle, Washington
18 Jun 2018	THE RISE OF KREMLIN-FRIENDLY POPULISM IN THE NETHERLANDS MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
31 May 2018	CONFRONTING THE WICKED PROBLEM OF FAKE NEWS: A ROLE FOR EDUCATION? DONALD A. BARCLAY University of California
10 Apr 2018	BECOMING MARX HOW THE YOUNG KARL MARX BECAME A MARXIST MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
01 Mar 2018	WESTERN HISTORIANS OF RUSSIA AND THE CRIMEA: WHY DO THEY CONTINUE TO USE IMPERIALIST AND RACIST FRAMEWORKS? TARAS KUZIO Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations Johns Hopkins University Washington, D.C.
18 Jan 2018	FROM BROTHERS TO ENEMIES The Future of the Ukrainian-Russian Relationship DR. OSTAP KUSHNIR Assistant Professor, Dept. of Government Studies Lazarski University, Warsaw
01 Nov 2017	HOW TO SAVE POLITICS IN A POST-TRUTH ERA? ILAN ZVI BARON Associate Professor School of Government and International Affairs Durham University, UK
22 Sep 2017	UKRAINE EXPERTS IN THE WEST AND PUTIN s MILITARY AGGRESSION A New Academic Orientalism? DR. TARAS KUZIO Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations Johns Hopkins University Washington D.C.
14 Jul 2017	THE DANGER OF “RUSSIAN HYBRID WARFARE” DR. OFER FRIDMAN Department of War Studies King s College, London
09 Jun 2017	POPULISM AND THE WEALTH PARADOX FRANK MOLS AND JOLANDA JETTEN University of Queensland Australia
01 May 2017	WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL LAW? THE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST LAURI MALKSOO Professor of International Law University of Tartu, Estonia
27 Apr 2017	HOW WILL RUSSIA COMMEMORATE THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION? MATTHEW RENDLE University of Exeter, UK.
27 Jan 2017	AN ENEMY TO DEMOCRACY? POLITICAL PARTY FINANCE AND CORRUPTION IN THE WEST LAURENCE COCKCROFT AND ANNE-CHRISTINE WEGENER Co-authors of “Unmasked – Corruption in the West”
19 Dec 2016	AFTER BREXIT: THINKING BEYOND THE EUROPEAN CRISIS GERARD DELANTY Department of Sociology University of Sussex Brighton, UK
26 Oct 2016	THE PRESSING MESSAGE OF RUSSIAN DISSIDENTS: A LESSON FOR WESTERN LIBERALS NICOLAS TENZER Chairman CERAP, Paris
12 Sep 2016	THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: TOWARD A NEW, GLOBAL ROLE? GREG SIMONS Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies Uppsala, Sweden
04 Jul 2016	RUSSIA s NUCLEAR THREATS AND THE SECURITY OF THE BALTIC STATES MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
22 Apr 2016	RUSSIA-TURKEY FROM HONEYMOON TO RIVALRY DR. CIGDEM USTUN Gediz University Izmir, Turkey
09 Apr 2016	THE RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN SYRIA IS PUTINs GAMBLE PAYING OFF? TALAL NIZAMEDDIN American University of Beirut
05 Apr 2016	Interview: How to Debunk Russian Propaganda? The Work of StopFake.org YEVHEN FEDCHENKO Co-Founder StopFake.org Director Mohyla School of Journalism, Kyiv
11 Mar 2016	MARX OR PIKETTY? What Should Be Done Against the Growing Inequality? MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
11 Mar 2016	BECOMING MARX: How the Young Karl Marx Became a Marxist MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
11 Mar 2016	U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: How to Balance Values and Interests? Dr. JOE RENOUARD Resident Professor Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Nanjing, China
12 Jan 2016	THE STRANGE PUTIN-KISSINGER FRIENDSHIP MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
21 Dec 2015	THE POSITION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES IN PUTINs RUSSIA Uniformity or Diversity? FEDERICA PRINA University of Glasgow UK
18 Dec 2015	GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS IN PUTINs RUSSIA A Ray of Hope for Civil Society? ELENA CHEBANKOVA University of Lincoln UK
02 Dec 2015	PUTINs WARS The Rise of Russia s New Imperialism MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
01 Dec 2015	PUTIN s PROPAGANDA MACHINE Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
11 Aug 2015	UKRAINE AND RUSSIA: IN SEARCH OF A DIVERGENT FUTURE VOLODYMYR KRAVCHENKO Director, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada
24 Jun 2015	THE GREEK GOLDEN DAWN: REASONS BEHIND THE EXTREME RIGHTs REVIVAL IN TE CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY DAPHNE HALIKIOPOULOU SOFIA VASILOPOULOU Resp. University of Reading and University of York
03 Jun 2015	THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS AND WESTERN ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA: DO THEY WORK OR SHOULD THEY BE STRENGTHENED? RANDALL E. NEWNHAM Pennsylvania State University, USA
20 May 2015	CYBER WARFARE: IS DETERRENCE AN OPTION? BRIAN M. MAZANEC AND BRADLEY A. THAYER Resp. George Mason University and University of Iceland
20 Apr 2015	OSCE ‘BIS’: A NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY INITIATIVE JAN PIEKLO Director PAUCI Foundation Warsaw, Poland Kyiv, Ukraine
11 Mar 2015	POLITICAL ABUSE OF PSYCHIATRY IN RUSSIA: BACK TO THE USSR? ROBERT VAN VOREN Professor of Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas, Lithuania
4 Mar 2015	PUTINs WARS THE RISE OF RUSSIAs NEW IMPERIALISM MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation PREDICTED IN HIS LATEST BOOK THE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINE
09 Dec 2014	THE INFORMATION WAR ON UKRAINE NEW CHALLENGES Dr. JOLANTA DARCZEWSKA Deputy Director Centre for Eastern Studies Warsaw
02 Oct 2014	OLD OR NEW COLD WAR? Is the New Cold War a Continuation of the Old? VLADIMER PAPAVA Professor Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Georgia
29 Sep 2014	FINLAND s RELATION WITH NATO IN THE SHADOW OF RUSSIA HANNA OJANEN Jean Monnet Professor University of Tampere Finland
24 Jul 2014	HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION: OUGHT THE UNITED NATIONS TO HAVE AN INCREASING OR DIMINISHING ROLE? ROSA FREEDMAN Lecturer at Birmingham Law School University of Birmingham, U.K.
21 Jul 2014	UKRAINE: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THE PASSENGERS OF THE MH17? A TEN POINT COMMENTARY MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
24 Jun 2014	RUSSIA-BALTIC RELATIONS AFTER CRIMEAs ANNEXATION: REASONS FOR CONCERN? AGNIA GRIGAS PhD Fellow at the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs at Occidental College Los Angeles, CA Former Advisor of the Lithuanian Government
27 May 2014	HOW THE WEST FAILED IN UKRAINE: LESSONS TO BE LEARNED MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
21 May 2014	THE TEA PARTY: ROMANTIC REVOLUTIONARIES OR GRASSROOTS POPULISTS? NELLA VAN DYKE Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology University of California Merced, CA
07 Apr 2014	KALININGRAD: WHAT IS ITS FUNCTION IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA? GREG SIMONS Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies
27 Mar 2014	UKRAINE: AN URGENT CALL FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
28 Jan 2014	EUROMAIDAN: RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN CHOICE OF THE UKRAINIANS JAN PIEKLO Director Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation Warsaw and Kyiv
20 Dec 2013	‘TRADITIONAL VALUES’ AND HUMAN RIGHTS Whose Traditions? Which Rights? MICHAEL BLAKE Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA
01 Dec 2013	TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION 2013 Is Europe s Door Half Closed or Half Open? CATHERINE MACMILLAN Yeditepe University Istanbul, Turkey
27 Nov 2013	ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THE BALKANS Why Did It Happen and Could It Happen Again? PAUL MOJZES Rosemont College Rosemont, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
02 May 2013	JOSEPH STALIN IS BACK… But did he ever go away? MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
30 Apr 2013	IS BRITAIN LEAVING THE EU? ANDREW GEDDES Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield Robert Schuman Fellow in the Migration Policy Centre European University Institute, Florence
10 Apr 2013	CORRUPTION IN EUROPE: WHAT CAN BE DONE? LAURENCE COCKCROFT Co-Founder Transparency International (TI) Chairman TI(UK) 2000-2008
08 Apr 2013	DEMOCRACY IN GEORGIA: DA CAPO? STEPHEN F. JONES Professor of Russia Studies Mount Holyoke College
22 Feb 2013	INTERNET GOVERNANCE OR INTERNET CONTROL? How to Safeguard Internet Freedom SUSAN ARIEL AARONSON Associate Research Professor (IIEP) Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University Minerva Chair, National War College
18 Dec 2012	THE ROLE OF ESTONIA IN DEVELOPING NATOs CYBER STRATEGY HALY LAASME Foreign Policy and Security Analyst Estonia
07 Sep 2012	CRISIS AND THE FUTURE OF EUROPE JOHN McCORMICK Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Politics Indiana University Indianapolis, USA
07 Sep 2012	MARX AND HUMAN RIGHTS Analysis of an Ambivalent Relationship MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
23 Jul 2012	RUSSIA AND SYRIA Why Putin Supports the Bashar Al-Assad Regime TALAL NIZAMEDDIN American University of Beirut
02 Jul 2012	2012: A NEW ASSAULT ON GEORGIA? The Kavkaz-2012 Exercises and Russian War Games in the Caucasus MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
22 May 2012	THE FOREIGN POLICY OF FRANCOIS HOLLANDE: U-TURN OR CONTINUITY? MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
21 May 2012	OBAMA, MEDVEDEV, AND THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE A Polish View JADWIGA KIWERSKA Institute for Western Affairs Poznan
20 Jan 2012	TOWARD A RESOLUTION OF THE CYPRUS DISPUTE AND THE EURO CRISIS: A GEO-ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE HALL GARDNER American University of Paris Professor and Chair of the Department of International and Comparative Politics
14 Sep 2011	RUSSIA s EMBRACE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS Its Negative Impact on U.S. Proposals for Nuclear Arms Reductions MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
01 Sep 2011	THE NORTHERN FOREIGN POLICY OF RUSSIA What is the Long-Term Strategy of Russia in the Baltic Sea and Arctic Regions? INGMAR OLDBERG Research Associate Swedish Institute of International Affairs Stockholm
08 Jun 2011	THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IN LIBYA: Veering toward Boots on the Ground? HALL GARDNER Professor and Chair Department of International and Comparative Politics American University, Paris
01 Jun 2011	GEORGIA: TIME FOR AN EMBARGO ON RESET POLICY DAVID J. SMITH Director Georgian Security Analysis Center, Tbilisi Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Washington
23 Aug 2010	IMPLICATIONS OF THE ENHANCED REGIONAL ACTIVISM OF TURKEY FOR ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION OZLEM TERZI Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations Istanbul University
28 Jul 2010	ESDP OPERATIONS AND THE CHALLENGES OF EVOLVING MULTILATERAL SECURITY FULVIO ATTINA Jean Monnet Professor of EU Politics University of Catania
27 Jul 2010	THE NEW POLITICAL REGIME IN UKRAINE – TOWARD SULTANISM YANUKOVYCH-STYLE? ALEXANDER J. MOTYL Professor of Political Science Rutgers University, Newark
29 Mar 2010	UKRAINE, EUROPE, AND BANDERA ALEXANDER J. MOTYL Professor of Political Science Rutgers University, Newark
25 Mar 2010	THE FOREIGN POLICY OF BARACK OBAMA: BETWEEN DREAMING AND DOING ALEXANDER MOENS AND INU BARBEE Fraser Institute, Vancouver Centre for Canadian-American Relations
24 Mar 2010	A EUROPEAN ROLE FOR FRENCH NUCLEAR WEAPONS? MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN
12 Feb 2010	RUSSIA AND EUROPE The Dangers of a Reset FRANCOISE THOM Professor of Modern History Sorbonne University, Paris
11 Feb 2010	THE FOREIGN POLICY OF NICOLAS SARKOZY: NOT PRINCIPLED, OPPORTUNISTIC, AND AMATEURISH MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director Cicero Foundation
01 Dec 2009	EURASIA VERSUS CENTRAL CAUCASO-ASIA: ON THE GEOPOLITICS OF CENTRAL CAUCASO-ASIA VLADIMER PAPAVA Former Minister of Economy of Georgia
01 Dec 2009	DEFENCE OF THE WEST ON THE LMES GARY H. RICE
20 Nov 2009	FRENCH SHIP SALE TO RUSSIA MUST BE BLOWN OFF COURSE DAVID J. SMITH Director, Georgian Security Analysis Center, Tbilisi Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Washington
13 Oct 2009	UKRAINE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION An Analysis of the Present Situation ALEXANDER J. MOTYL Professor of Political Science Rutgers University – Newark
05 Jun 2009	SHAPING GEORGIA s FUTURE AFTER THE RUSSIAN INVASION KORNELY K. KAKACHIA Tbilisi State University Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
01 Jun 2009	MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA Why is Moscow Meddling? STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Executive Director Center for Islamic Pluralism, Washington DC
27 Apr 2009	RISING ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE How to Respond? Prof. GERT WEISSKIRCHEN, MP Foreign Policy Spokesman SPD Fraction German Bundestag
13 Mar 2009	PROSPECTS FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP UNDER THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY: TOWARDS A TRANSATLANTIC STRATEGIC COUNCIL? HALL GARDNER Professor, American University
13 Mar 2009	WHY FRANCE REJOINS NATO: WOOING BRITAIN? MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
01 Feb 2009	SARKOZY COMMITTED IN GEORGIA THE SIN OF VOLUNTARISM JEAN-SYLVESTRE MONGRENIER French Institute of Geopolitics, Paris Thomas More Institute, Paris, Brussels
01 Feb 2009	MONETARY POLICY STRATEGY IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT PHILIPPE MOUTOT & GIOVANNI VITALE European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main Directorate General Economics Directorate Monetary Policy
29 Oct 2008	TOWARD A SEPARATE BLACK SEA COMMAND HALL GARDNER Chair American University, Paris International and Comparative Politics Department
27 Oct 2008	THE PROPOSAL OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV FOR A PAN-EUROPEAN SECURITY PACT Its Six Hidden Objectives and How the West Should Respond MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
15 Sep 2008	RUSSIA, GEORGIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE CREEPING FINLANDIZATION OF EUROPE MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
12 Jun 2008	SARKOZY, FRANCE, AND NATO Will Sarkozy s Rapprochement to NATO Be Sustainable? MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
21 May 2008	PARIS MAY 68 AND PROVO AMSTERDAM 65 Trying to Understand Two Postmodern Youth Revolts MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
16 May 2008	The Pension Crisis in France Causes and Remedies EPHRAIM MARQUER Director of Employee Savings and Retirement Schemes AFG, Paris
16 May 2008	Pension Reform in the Nordic Countries What Can Other EU Member States Learn? MIKA VIDLUND Finnish Centre for Pensions
16 May 2008	Can French Pension Systems still Fulfill their Implicit Commitments? DIDIER BLANCHET French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies INSEE, Paris
15 May 2008	Pension Reform in the European Union: How to Cope with Ageing Populations? PER ECKEFELDT DG Economic and Financial Affairs European Commission, Brussels
18 Apr 2008	Opening Up the Labour Market to People with Disabilities: The French Experience FRANCOIS ATGER Territorial Director of AGEFIPH French National Employment Agency for Disabled People
18 Apr 2008	Creating Low-Skilled Jobs: The French Strategy HENRI STERDYNIAK French Observatory of Economic Conjunctures OFCE, Paris
17 Apr 2008	The Fight against Undeclared Work: A New Challenge for an Enlarged Europe? GUIDO VANDERSEYPEN Deputy Head of Unit, Employment Strategy DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities European Commission, Brussels
17 Apr 2008	Active Labour Market Policies in the UK What Lessons Can We Learn from the British Experience? MICHELLE DE CORT Department for Work and Pensions, London
15 Apr 2008	Reforming Pensions in Europe: The Political Significance of Technicalities GIULIANO BONOLI Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration IDHEAP, Lausanne
01 Feb 2008	The European Union – A Neo-Medieval Empire? JAN ZIELONKA Professor of European Politics University of Oxford Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow at St Antony s College
28 Nov 2007	Is NATO to Be or Not to Be? GARY H. RICE Col. CA/CF Ret., Ontario, Canada
12 Oct 2007 PARIS	Part-Time Work in the Netherlands: Success or Failure? GIDO TEN DOLLE Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
12 Oct 2007 PARIS	Combining Flexibility with Security for Workers RAYMOND TORRES Director International Institute for Labour Studies International Labour Organization ILO, Geneva
12 Oct 2007 PARIS	Does the European Commission Definition of Flexicurity Favour Flexibility Over Security? MARIA JEPSEN Acting Head of Research Department European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education, Health and Safety ETUI-REHS Brussels
11 Oct 2007 PARIS	Flexicurity and Transitional Labour Markets: How to Avoid Rigidities and Better Prepare New and Old EU Member States for a Globalizing Economy? Prof. JEAN-CLAUDE BARBIER University of Paris1 – Sorbonne
11 Oct 2007 PARIS	Labour Market Policies in the UK: A Recipe for Success? GEORGINA HILL Labour and Social Affairs Attache British Embassy, Paris
11 Oct 2007 PARIS	Stimulating Employment and Growth: Do We Need an Anglo-Saxon or a Nordic Model? FRANK McDONALD Professor of International Business University of Bradford School of Management
15 Jun 2007 PARIS	Integrating Migrants in France: What Measures Should the New French Government Take to Bridge an ever Deepening Social Divide HERVE LE BRAS Director of Laboratory of Historical Demography EHESS, Paris
11 May 2007 PARIS	Preparing Our Pension Systems for the Future: The Case of Germany JOERN WESENBERG Deutsche Rentenversicherung Berlin
11 May 2007 PARIS	Pension Reform in the Nordic Countries – A Model for the Other EU Member States? ARNE PAULSSON Swedish Social Insurance Agency Pensions Department
11 May 2007 PARIS	A Comparison of Pension Reform in the EU-27 What Lessons Can Be Learned? MIKA VIDLUND Finnish Centre for Pensions
10 May 2007 PARIS	Funded Pensions – Pension Reform in the European Union PABLO ANTOLIN OECD, Paris Private Pensions Unit
10 May 2007 PARIS	Pension Reform in the UK: Facing the Challenges Ahead GEORGINA HILL Labour and Social Affairs Attache British Embassy, Paris
10 May 2007 PARIS	The Politics of Pension Reform in Western Europe GIULIANO BONOLI Professor IDHEAP, Lausanne Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration
15 Feb 2007 PARIS	What Works among Active Labour Market Policies? DAVID GRUBB OECD, Paris Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
15 Feb 2007 PARIS	Active Labour Market Polices in the UK – Is the British Success-Story Coming to an End? SHRUTI SINGH Department for Work and Pensions London
15 Feb 2007 PARIS	Flexicurity – The Danish Active Labour Market Policy: Can it Be Copied? THOMAS QVORTRUP CHRISTENSEN Danish Employers Organization
14 Dec 2006 PARIS	Combating International Crime in an Enlarging European Union: What is the Role of Europol? ANTONIO SACCONE EUROPOL, The Hague Head of Crime Analysis Unit
11 Dec 2006 PARIS	How Effective is the European Arrest Warrant as a Means of Combating Transnational Crime? DANIEL BERNARD Federal Prosecutor of Belgium
27 Nov 2006	BUILDING A BIGGER, BETTER NATO AT RIGA MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
09 Nov 2006	Beyond Black and White : Confronting Modern Realities of Racism and Xenophobia in Asia and Europe ASEF
13 Oct 2006 PARIS	The Coming Accession of Romania: What Economic and Security Role Will Romania Play in an Enlarging EU? His Excellency LAZAR COMANESCU Ambassador of Romania to the European Union
13 Oct 2006 PARIS	Preparing for Integration: The Relation of the EU with the Balkan Countries TAMAS SZEMLER Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
12 Oct 2006 PARIS	Preparing for Euro Adoption in the New EU Member States ANATOLI ANNENKOV European Central Bank Principal Economist Directorate Economic Development
12 Oct 2006 PARIS	Prospects of Integration: Are the Candidate EU Member States from the Balkans Ready to Catch-Up in the Wider EU? ANDREAS WOERGOETTER OECD, Paris Head of Division Economics Department
12 Oct 2006 PARIS	Fiscal Consolidation and Public Investment: Friends, Foes, or Neutral Partners? A Look at Bulgaria and Romania ARMIN RIESS European Investment Bank Luxembourg
15 Jun 2006 PARIS	Integrating Migrants in the Netherlands The Role of Education, Employment, and the Media JUSTUS VEENMAN Professor of Economic Sociology Department of Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam
01 Jun 2006 PARIS	The Case for Direct US Engagement With North Korea HALL GARDNER Chair American University of Paris Department of International Affairs and Politics
24 Feb 2006 PARIS	The Role of Education and Vocational Training in Reducing Unemployment Dr. PETER DE ROOIJ Founding Director European Training Foundation, Turin
24 Feb 2006 PARIS	Comparison of Employment Strategies Worldwide: An ILO View PETER H. AUER International Labour Organization ILO, Geneva Chief, Employment Analysis and Research Employment Strategy Department
24 Feb 2006 PARIS	The European Employment Strategy within the New Lisbon Agenda GUIDO VANDERSYPEN EU Employment Strategy Unit DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities European Commission, Brussels
23 Feb 2006 PARIS	Stimulating Growth and Employment in the EU: What is the Relevance of the Lisbon Agenda in a Globalising World? Dr. FRANK McDONALD University of Hull Professor of International Business Director of the Centre for Regional and International Business in Hull University Business School
23 Feb 2006 PARIS	Active Labour Market Policies in the UK: What Lessons Can Be Learned from the British Experience? HELEN BACHE Department of Work and Pensions, London Economy and Labour Market Division
23 Feb 2006 PARIS	Keeping Older Workers in the Labour Force: An Assessment of Recent Policies in the Netherlands PAUL VAN LEEUWE Scientific Council for Government Policy of the Netherlands, The Hague
23 Feb 2006 PARIS	Combining a High Level of Welfare with Flexibility: Is the Danish Labour Market Approach a Model for Stagnating Eurozone Countries? THOMAS QVORTRUP CHRISTENSEN Confederation of Danish Employers, Copenhagen
09 Dec 2005 PARIS	Developing a Defence and Security Policy in the EU A View from the British Presidency H.E. Sir JOHN HOLMES British Ambassador to France
09 Dec 2005 PARIS	The Role of the EU in Fighting Proliferation An Assessment of the Iran Case and its Consequences Dr. ALYSON J.K. BAILES Director Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI
09 Dec 2005 PARIS	Headline Goal 2010 and the Concept of the EU Battle Groups An Assessment of the Build-up of a European Defence Capability Dr. JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH University of Munich Centre for Applied Policy Senior Scholar
09 Dec 2005 PARIS	European Defence Procurement Integration: How to Handle Article 296 EC? Dr. ARIS GEORGOPOULOS University of Dundee
08 Dec 2005 PARIS	Spreading Democracy: A Shared Transatlantic Goal or a Dangerous Apple of Discord? WILLIAM PFAFF International Herald Tribune
08 Dec 2005 PARIS	Redefining the Transatlantic Relationship for the Twenty-First Century – Why the US and Europe Need Each Other HALL GARDNER Chair American University of Paris Department of International Affairs and Politics
08 Jul 2005	The Failed European Constitution and US Interests (Published IntheNationalInterest) MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
10 Jun 2005 PARIS	Ins and Outs of an EU Integration Policy: The Position of Migrants in the Era of Security Prof. Dr. MONICA DEN BOER Scientific Dean at the Police Academy of the Netherlands Police Academy Chair at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
10 Jun 2005 PARIS	Integrating Migrants in Britain: What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the British Multicultural Model? Dr. SARAH KYAMBI Institute For Public Policy Research, London
09 Jun 2005 PARIS	After the Fortuyn and Van Gogh Murders: Is the Dutch Integration Model in Disarray? Prof. Dr. RINUS PENNINX University of Amsterdam Scientific Director Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies
11 Apr 2005 PARIS	Job Creation by Boosting Entrepreneurship How to Stimulate and Finance the Creation of Micro-Entreprises (powerpoint file) CATHERINE SNYERS ADIE – Association for the Right on Economic Initiative, Paris
11 Mar 2005	Active Labour Market Policies in the UK: What is the Secret of the British Success? (powerpoint file) BILL WELLS Department for Work and Pensions, London Head Economy and Labour Market Division
11 Mar 2005 PARIS	Employment Policies in the EU in an Era of Globalisation: What should be the Answer to the Relocation of Work to Cheap Labour Countries? JOHN EVANS General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD
10 Mar 2005 PARIS	The Danish Model of ‘Flexicurity’ – An Active Labour Market Strategy for Older Workers (powerpoint file) THOMAS QVORTRUP CHRISTENSEN Ministry of Employment, Copenhagen
10 Mar 2005 PARIS	The European Employment Strategy and the Lisbon Agenda – The Way Towards More and Better Jobs? LUC THOLONIAT European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
19 Nov 2004 PARIS	EU Enlargement and Labour Migration: What are the Effects ? The Example of Britain (powerpoint file) DANNY SRISKANDARAJAH Institute for Public Policy Research, London Migration Expert
18 Nov 2004	Refugee and Migration Policy in the European Union A report by MIKKO LÄHTEENMÄKI
18 Nov 2004 PARIS	The Problem of Irregular Migration: What Can Be Done to Combat Criminal People-Trafficking Networks? (powerpoint file) HEIKKI MATTILA International Organization for Migration IOM, Geneva Department of Research and Publications
18 Nov 2004 PARIS	Building a Common European Refugee and Migration Policy: What are the Challenges? SANDRA PRATT European Commission, Brussels DG Justice and Home Affairs Acting Head of Unit Asylum and Immigration
18 Nov 2004 PARIS	The Emerging European Refugee Policy: Does it Live Up to the Standards of the Geneva Convention? RAYMOND HALL United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR, Geneva Director of European Bureau
14 Oct 2004 PARIS	Prospects of Economic Integration: Are the New Member States Ready to Catch Up in the Wider EU? PATRICK LENAIN OECD, Paris Economic Department
14 Oct 2004 PARIS	Fiscal Policy Challenges Facing the New Member States in a Period of Large Capital Inflows and Substantial Investment Requirements (powerpoint file) ARMIN-DETLEF RIESS European Investment Bank, Luxembourg Deputy Head Economic and Financial Studies Department
11 Jun 2004 PARIS	Lessons from the Great Swedish Pension Reform: Should We Move Towards More Funding and Less ‘Pay As You Go’? (powerpoint file) OLE SETTERGREN Swedish National Social Insurance Board Director of Pensions Department
10 Jun 2004 PARIS	Pension Reforms in the European Union: An Assessment of the Present Situation and of the Challenges Ahead (powerpoint file) HEIKKI OKSANEN Adviser, Economic and Financial Affairs DG European Commission, Brussels
06 Jun 2004	CHIRAC’s GAULLISM Why France has Become the Driving Force Behind the Effort to Build an Autonomous European Defence MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
13 May 2004 PARIS	After Madrid 3/11: Does Europe Do Enough in the War on International Terrorism? (powerpoint file) MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
13 May 2004 PARIS	The Implementation of the Schengen Acquis: its Impact on Border Controls and Immigration Policies in the Old and New Member States (powerpoint file) WOUTER VAN DE RIJT General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Directorate-General H – Justice and Home Affairs
13 May 2004 PARIS	What is the Impact of the Harmonisation of Criminal Law on Terrorism, Organised Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking? Prof. Dr. GERT VERMEULEN University of Ghent Director Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP)
19 Feb 2004 PARIS	What is the Impact of Migration on the Labour Markets of an Enlarging European Union? Dr. IRENE STACHER The International Centre for Migration Policy Development ICMPD,Vienna
19 Feb 2004 PARIS	What Makes America Work? A Short Introduction into the Organisation of the Labour Market in the US JAMES C. MURPHY PhD President Floriana Institute for Independent Research (FIFIR) Santa Barbara, Cal.
01 Jan 2004	Six Dimensions of the Growing Transatlantic Divide: Are the US and Europe Definitively Driving Themselves Apart? MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
14 Nov 2003 ROME	Recent Trends in Immigrant Strategies in Germany, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom – A Comparison Prof. Dr. BO STRATH European University Institute, Florence
13 Nov 2003 ROME	Curbing the Number of Asylum Claimants: In How Far is a Stricter Approach the Solution? MARCO BERTOTTO Chairman Amnesty International Italian Section
13 Nov 2003 ROME	The Recent British Proposals on Asylum Policy: A Critical Evaluation ANNELIESE BALDACCINI Justice, London
16 Oct 2003 PARIS	Turkey’s Preparation for EU Accession: What Has Been Achieved? His Excellency Mr ULUÇ ÖZÜLKER Ambassador of Turkey to France
08 Oct 2003	Security Council Reform: How and When? (Published in InTheNationalInterest) MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
01 Jun 2003 PARIS	Are Reinforcing the ESDP and Improving Transatlantic Relations Compatible Objectives? JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH Geneva Centre for Security Policy Director European Security Policy
01 Jun 2003 PARIS	Toward a New Euro-Atlantic Euro-Mediterranean Security Community HALL GARDNER Chair, International Affairs Department American University of Paris
14 May 2003	FRANCE: Champion of a Multipolar World (Published in InTheNationalInterest) MARCEL H. VAN HERPEN Director The Cicero Foundation
01 May 2003 PARIS	The Iraq Crisis and Its Impact on the Future of EU-US Relations: An American View HALL GARDNER Chair, International Affairs Department American University of Paris