Europe at a Crossroads: European Security Challenges in the Post-Crimean Age

The overarching theme of the conference is the security environment of the EU and its closest neighbors. Armed conflict is the main focus of interest, however events in individual countries, the general political direction today and a range of factors and influences will also be discussed. It will be examined the role of the EU in conflict management, its foreign policy, current crises, wars and conflicts in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Southern Neighborhood countries. European integration as a tool of conflict prevention will also be assessed. The aim of the event is to provide the participants, whether primarily interested in defense and security or conflict management, with a broad understanding of the current situation in the region.

10:45 WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Erik Jones, Director of European and Eurasian Studies and Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

11:00‐13:00 RUSSIA IS BACK: EUROPEAN SECURITY AFTER CRIMEA

POST‐CRIMEAN UKRAINE
Ambassador Yevhen Perelygin, Ambassador of Ukraine to Italy

UKRAINE ON THE WIDER POST‐SOVIET “CHESSBOARD”
Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati, President International Centre for Democratic Transition; Former Chairman, UN Secretary General’s Advisory Committee on Disarmament

EUROPEAN ARMENIA
Ambassador Sargis Ghazaryan, Ambassador of Armenia to Italy

Discussant
Dana Allin, Adjunct Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS; Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Affairs, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Moderator
Erik Jones

13:00‐14:30 LUNCH

14:30‐15:30 SIMULTANEOUS WORKSHOP EVENTS

HYBRID WARFARE AND ITS CHALLENGES TO EUROPEAN SECURITY
Jan Joel Andersson, Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Studies
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN THE BALKANS
Slobodan Boskovic, Project Officer and Advisor, South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons of the United Nations Development Programme

15:30‐16:30 “RING OF FIRE”: SECURITY CHALLENGES IN EUROPE’S SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEIGHBORHOOD
Giovanni Faleg, Consultant, The World Bank Group
Mateusz Krupczynski, Analyst, National Center for Strategic Studies

16:30‐16:50 COFFEE BREAK

16:50‐17:50 QUO VADIS EUROPE? RESPONSE TO CONFLICTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Guillaume Van Der Loo, Researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies

17:50‐18:00 CLOSING REMARKS
Andras Olah, Student, Defense & Security Club, SAIS
Denisa Pacholska, Student, Conflict Management Club, SAIS

INFO
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Via Belmeloro, 11 40126 Bologna
telefono: 051 2917811
www.sais-jhu.edu/europe