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A Transatlantic Divide on Security:
Canada, the European Union, NATO and the New Bush Doctrine


Friday 11 June 2004

 

 

 

 8.00   Welcoming  Refreshments
 8.30   Welcome Address

           
Amy Verdun and Andrew Rippin

 8.45   Session 1
           
Roundtable (Part I) - Towards a New World Order?
            Moderator: Oliver Schmidtke
            Osvaldo Croci , Stanley R. Sloan , Anand  Menon

10.00  Break

10.30  Session 2 - The New Transatlantic Relationship
            Chair: Colin Bennett

Ben Tonra
Misperception, Asymmetry and Disequilibrium
Defining the Transatlantic Relationship
Alexander Moens
Transatlantic Relations and the George W. Bush Administration

Stanley Sloan

How U.S. Unilateral Actions affect European
Attitudes and therefore US Interests

             Discussant: Anand Menon

12.00   Lunch

13.15   Session 3  - The Impact of the Transatlantic Divide on CFSP in the EU
             Chair: Robert Bedeski

Charis Xirouchakis
The CSFP and the EU Enlargement
Sonia Lucarelli
 
'Old Europe' Alive Despite All?
Values and Principles in the EU Foreign Policy
Lenard J. Cohen
Mastering Multilateralism: EU-U.S. Relations and
The Challenge of Nation-Building in Southeastern Europe
Udo Diedrichs
The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy
after September 11th: From Coherence to Crisis?

             Discussant: Michael Wallack

14.45   Break

15.15   Session 4 - Transatlantic Divide - A European Divide?
             Chair:  Claire Cutle

Emil Kirchner
EU Security Governance in Europe and NATO
Ryszard Piasecki
European Divide on Transatlantic Security:
Poland and the New Europe
Isabelle Façon
The New Strategic Framework for Russian-American Relations

              Discussant: Erika Simpson

16.45   Break

17.00   Reception offered by the Department of Political Science

18.00   Dinner

19.30   Keynote Address Gwynne Dyer (University Centre Auditorium)
            
Worst Case: A Neo-Orwellian World