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21st International Workshop on Global Security - Berlin, Germany 7-10 May 2004
"Global Security: a Broader Concept for the 21st Century"

 

NEW! coming events presented by csdr

22nd International Workshop on Global Security - Paris, June 2005
Keynote speaker: French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie.

Principal invited speakers: NATO Military Committee Chairman General Harald Kujat, Supreme Allied Commander Europe General James L. Jones, U.S. Ambassador to NATO William Burns, French Director of Strategic Affairs Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, French Air Force Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Richard Wolsztynski, SHAPE Chief of Staff General Rainer Schuwirth, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe General George Joulwan, former NATO Military Committee Chairman General Klaus Naumann, EADS Executive Vice President Jean-Louis Gergorin, Chair of House of Commons Select Committee on Defense The Rt Hon Bruce George

 
 

csdr's most recent workshop in berlin, germany

German Defense Minister Peter Struck's keynote address to the 21st Workshop presented in Berlin, May 2004
NATO Military Committee Chairman General Harald Kujat, Supreme Allied Commander Europe General James Jones, U.S.Amb. to NATO William Burns, U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Michael Wynne, Asst. Secretary of Defense Linton Wells, Italian Chief of Defense Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Romanian Defense Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu, Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov, Georgian Defense Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, and Lithuanian Defense Minister Linas Linkevicius were among the principal speakers.

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click to read the workshop overview

 
Defense Minister Peter Struck says "religious hatred, weapons of mass destruction, and terrorism-related fanaticism blend with poverty, ethnic antagonism, and faults in social structures."  


about the center for strategic decision research

 

The Center for Strategic Decision Research is a small research institute located near Stanford University In Menlo Park, California. For over twenty years, CSDR has presented an annual forum--presently called the The International Workshop on Global Security-- in major European cities. These workshops bring together political, military, industry, and academic leaders from North American, European, Asian, and African countries to discuss global security challenges on an informal and not-for-attribution basis. Participants include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, ambassadors, military leaders, business leaders, academics, and representatives from the European Union, NATO, the OSCE, and the United Nations. CSDR has recently sponsored annual conferences at Stanford University on the Horn of Africa and is currently interested in finding better ways to improve transatlantic and global relations.

 
Former SACEUR Gen George Joulwan calls hyperterrorism a potential threat to civilization


SPONSORS. The 21st International Workshop on Global Security was presented by CSDR in Berlin, Germany on 7-10 May 2004 in partnership with BDLI (German Aerospace Industries Association), ILA Berlin Air Show, EADS, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Department of Defense, and with additional major sponsorship by Alenia Aeronautica SpA, The Boeing Company, General Dynamics Corporation, MITRE Corporation, and SGI (Silicon Graphics International).

NEW! All 21st Berlin Workshop speeches available for download
(click on authors' names below to view full text):

 

SACEUR General James Jones wants improvements in the capability-usability gap, military resources, national caveats, tooth-to-tail ratios, intelligence, and resource use.


proceedings of 21st workshop on global security - berlin - may 2004

- Chairman's Overview: Roger Weissinger-Baylon
- EADS CEO Rainer Hertrich
- Former SACEUR General George Joulwan
- BDLI President Hans-Joachim Gante

Global Security: Political-Military Perspectives

- German Defense Minister Peter Struck
- NATO Military Comm. Chair Gen Harald Kujat

General Harald Kujat, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, says "WMDs and the growing capabilities gap between actors are causing a shift toward asymmetric threats."

- SACEUR General James L. Jones
- U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns
- Lithuanian Defense Minister Linas Linkevicius

  Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Italy's Chief of Defense, suggests that, in the Middle East, "the Israeli-Palestinian question remains the central problem."

- Italian Defense Chief Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola
- Estonian Chief of Defense Admiral Tarmo Kouts
- CINC AFNORTH General Gerhard Back
- French AF Chief LtGen Richard Wolsztynski
- EU Military Staff Dir. LtGen Jean-Paul Perruche

Defense Cooperation, Alliance Transformation, & NII

The Honorable Michael Wynne, U.S. Under Secretary of Defense, seeks knowledge-enabled systems, network-centricity, and information-age logisitcs. He calls industrial cooperation with allies "a fundamental step for improving joint operational capabilities" and "not only desirable but an imperative."

- U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Michael Wynne
- Hon Dale Klein, Nuclear, Chem., Biolog. Progr.
- U.S. Asst. Secretary of Defense Linton Wells

- Mr. Robert Lentz, Office of Asst. Sec. Def.
- MITRE Vice President John Quilty
- ACT Asst. CoS Maj Gen Ruud van Dam
- Swedish CoS Lt. General Johan Kihl
- U.S. Dir. Internat.Coop. Alfred Volkman
- Northrop Grumman VP David Stafford
- Ministerialdirektor Dr. Hans-Heinrich Weise
- Mr. Gene Cunningham, Boeing Company
- Alenia Aeronautica CEO Dr. Georgio Zappa
- Ing Gen Robert Ranquet, French MOD

The Black Sea Region, Ukraine, & Russia

Romanian Defense Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu, leading a panel with Turkish, Bulgarian, and Georgian Defense Ministers, sees the Black Sea region as "a passageway for Caspian oil and gas" that will be central to future European development.

- Romanian Defense Min. Ioan Mircea Pascu
- Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul
- Bulgarian Defense Min. Nikolai Svinarov
- Georgian Defense Min. Gela Bezhuashvili
- Ukrainian NATO Amb Volodymyr Khandogiy
- Russian Col. General Alexander Skvorzov
- Austrian Ambassador to NATO Franz Cede
- Former GDR Foreign Min. Marcus Meckel
- Dr. Andrei Piontkovskiy SSC (Moscow)

A Broader View for the 21st Century

- Fmr Indonesian President Dr. B.J. Habibie
- Fmr Czech Def. Chief General Jiri Sedivy
- Indian Dep. Nat. Security Adv. S. Chandra
- Gen Ashok Mehta, Indian Armed Forces
- Belgian Amb. to Italy Jean de Ruyt
- French Dir. Strat., M. Perrin de Brichambaut
- EADS Exec VP Jean-Louis Gergorin
- Fmr Austrian Def. Min. Werner Fasslabend
- Czech Amb. to India Jaromir Novotny
- Fmr NATO MilCom. Chair Gen K. Naumann
- The Rt Hon Bruce George, U.K. Parliament


recent csdr international workshops

20th International Workshop on Global Security - Moscow, Russia, 27-30 June 2003
Keynote speaker: First Deputy Minister Andrei Fursenko, Russian Ministry of Industry, Science, and Technology

Moscow Workshop information: agenda, summary of workshop papers

19th International Workshop on Global Security - Berlin, Germany, 3-6 May 2002
Keynote: German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping, in the Weltsaal of German Foreign Ministry and Hotel Palace

19th Berlin Workshop information: agenda

German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping opens the 19th Workshop in Preussischer Lantag, Berlin. German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping, General Klaus Naumann, and Dr. Weissinger-Baylon opened the 19th Workshop in the Preussischer Lantag, Berlin, Germany.

 

18th International Workshop on Global Security - Kronborg Castle, Denmark, 24-27 May 2001
Patron: Danish Defense Minister Jan Trøjborg

18th Danish Workshop Proceedings

Royal Danish Horse Guards at Kronborg Castle welcome 18th Workshop for an address by Danish Minister of Defense Jan Trøjborg. Royal Danish Horse Guards welcomed the18th Workshop in Kronborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark. Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and Danish Defense Minister Jan Trøjborg addressed the Workshop.

 

proceedings of other csdr international workshops

17th International Workshop on Global Security - Old City Hall, Berlin, Germany, 2-5 June 2000
Keynote speaker: German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping
17th Berlin Workshop Proceedings

16th International Workshop on Global Security - Hungarian Parliament, Budapest, 20-23 June 1999
Keynote: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

16th Budapest Workshop Proceedings

15th International Workshop on Global Security- Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria, 19-23 June 1998
Patron: Austrian Defense Minister Dr. Werner Fasslabend

15th Hofburg Palace Workshop Proceedings

14th International Workshop on Global Security - Prague, Czech Republic, 21-25 June 1997
Patron: Czech President Václav Havel

14th Prague Castle Workshop Proceedings

Havel Vaclav Havel's address in Prague Castle, Czech Republic to the 14th Workshop. President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel, Romanian President Emil Constantinescu, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus, and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, General George Joulwan addressed the14th Workshop in Prague Castle.  

13th International Workshop on Global Security - Warsaw Castle, Poland, 19-23 June 1996
Patron: President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski

13th Warsaw Castle Workshop Proceedings

 

 



 

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