EU External Relations Guest Lecture Series: Europe and its Neighbours
Brussels School of International Studies
University of Kent
EU External Relations Guest Lecture Series:
Europe and its Neighbours
Winter Term 2011
9 February – 30 March 2011,
Wednesdays @ 13.00-14.30
Wilson Room
Brussels School of International Studies / University of Kent
Boulevard de la Plaine 5
1050 Brussels
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME – SPEAKERS INVITED
Week 1: Wednesday; February 9
Europe-China-Russia: Challenges Vs Cooperation
Speaker: Ambassador Vladimir Rakhmanin Deputy-Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat
Former-Head of Protocol to the former Russian President, Vladimir Putin
Discussant: Mr Gary Cartwright, Senior Policy Advisor on Russia, European Parliament
Week 2: Wednesday; February 16
Europe and Russia: past contemplations and future considerations
Amb. Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union
Week 3: Wednesday; February 23
Europe and Ukraine: prospect for cooperation
Amb. Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the European Union
Week 4: Wednesday; March 2
Europe and the Arctic
Steffen Weber; Secretary General; EU-Arctic Forum, European Parliament
Week 5: Wednesday; March 9
NATO and European collective defence
Dr. Jamie Shea,
Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary-General, NATO
Mr. Nikolay Korchunov,
Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO
Week 6: Wednesday; March 16
European energy policy: aspirations, assessments and impacts
Mr Bulat Subaev,
Managing Director, Lukoil Belgium N.V
Mr Howard Chase,
Director of European Government Affairs, BP
Mr Mehmet Ogutcu,
Director of International Communications, BG Group
Week 7: Wednesday; March 23
The evolution of European Neighbourhood Policy
Mr Gunnar Wiegand, Director for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Western Balkans, European External Action Service
Week 8: Wednesday; March 30 (tbc)
Europe and the Mediterranean
Mr Emmanuel Dupuy
Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic Research, Paris
Mr Samuel Furfari
DG Energy and Transport, European Commission
