09 Europa und seine Nachbarn – EU-Außenbeziehungen im Umbruch?
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Hauptschule
Seminar
in englischer SpracheIn diesem Seminar betrachten wir Herausforderungen und Sicherheitsrisiken, die sich durch die Entwicklungen an Europas östlichem und südlichem Rand ergeben, und beschäftigen uns mit der Frage, ob der strategische Ansatz der EU weiterhin angemessen ist. Zunächst ziehen wir Bilanz über die Veränderungen in der arabischen Welt seit Beginn der Aufstände Anfang 2011. Während sich manche arabische Staaten in schwierigen Übergangsprozessen befinden, herrscht in Syrien Krieg, der sich auf seine Nachbarstaaten auszuweiten droht. Syrien wurde im Kalten Krieg zum Schlachtfeld zwischen dem schiitischen Iran und dem sunnitischen Saudi-Arabien. Europa hat Angst vor der Ausbreitung von politischem Islam und Extremismus sowie einem immer wachsenden Flüchtlings- und Migrationsproblem. In einem zweiten Teil sehen wir uns die Nachbarschaftspolitik der EU in den Staaten der sogenannten Östlichen Partnerschaft an. Welche neuen Kooperationsstrategien mit ihren östlichen Nachbarn hat die EU nach dem Scheitern des Gipfeltreffens der Östlichen Partnerschaft im November 2013 in Vilnius? Welche Auswirkungen hatten die jüngsten Proteste in der Ukraine auf die Beziehungen zwischen der EU und der Ukraine?
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Dr. Christian BERGER
Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara
| 1986-1987 | Operations officer with the Austrian UN-Peacekeeping Battalion on the Golan, UNDOF |
| 1989-1994 | Working with the United Nations in Gaza and Jerusalem |
| 1994-1997 | Deputy Director at the OSCE in Vienna and Secretary of the OSCE Permanent Council; Deputy Executive Secretary to the Joint Consultative Group (Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe) and the Open Skies Consultative Commission |
| 1997 | Mr Berger joined the European institutions |
| 1997-1999 | Committee of the Regions |
| 1999-2001 | Responsible for relations with Syria, European Commission |
| 2001-2005 | Political Advisor on Middle Eastern issues |
| 2005-2006 | EU Representative to the Quartet Special Envoy Mr Wolfensohn |
| 2006-2008 | Head of the Crisis Response & Peacebuilding Unit in the EC |
| 2009-2011 | EU Representative for West Bank & Gaza office |
| since 2011 | Director for North Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran in the European External Action Service; law degrees from Vienna and London |
Dr. Marcus CORNARO
Director, Neigbourhood Policy,EuropeAid Development and Cooperation Directorate-General,European Commission, Brüssel
| Educational History | |
| 1976-1981 | Studied Law, University of Vienna |
| 1981-1983 | Postgraduate Studies of International Affairs and Development, The American University, Washington D.C. |
| Professional experience before joining the European Institutions: | |
| 1983 | Joined the Austrian Foreign Service |
| 1983-1984 | Austrian sponsored Junior Professional Officer, UNDP office in Bamako, Mali |
| 1985-1986 | Staff member, office of the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Austrian Federal Foreign Ministry |
| 1986-1990 | Special Attaché, Austrian Embassy, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| 1990-1994 | Head, Austrian Embassy's Regional Bureau for Development Co-operation, Kampala/Uganda |
| 1994-1998 | Department for Security Policy of the Federal Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1998-2000 | Deputy Head (Minister), Austrian Embassy, Rome, also appointed as Austria's Alternate Governor at IFAD - The International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| Professional experience in the European Institutions | |
| 2000-2001 | Conseiller within European Commission, DG RELEX - Directorate-General for External Relations , responsibilities included participation in reform |
| 2001-2003 | Head of Unit in DG RELEX - Directorate-General for External Relations (Unit H4), in charge of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives and covering the two largest Asia programmes of the Commission |
| 2003-2007 | Ambassador Head of European Commission Delegation, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 2007-2012 | Director for the European Neighbourhood, covering Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Directorate-General Development and Cooperation, EuropeAid |
| since 2012 | Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Development and Cooperation, EuropeAid |
Dr. Thomas MAYR-HARTING
Chair, International Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1977 | Law Studies in Vienna (Dr. iur.) |
| 1977-1978 | Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges |
| 1978 | Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague |
| 1979 | Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
| 1982-1986 | Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels |
| 1986-1990 | Austrian Embassy, Moscow |
| 1991-1993 | Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna |
| 1993-1995 | Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna |
| 1995-1999 | Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1996-1999 | Deputy Political Director, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1999-2003 | Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels |
| 2002-2004 | Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans |
| 2003-2004 | Representative of the Federal Chancellor of Austria in the Commission on the Reform of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna |
| 2003-2008 | Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 2008-2011 | Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York |
| 2009-2010 | Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York (President of the Security Council in November 2009) |
| 2011 | Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York |
| 2011-2015 | Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York |
| since 2015 | Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels |
| Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin |
Mag. Dr. Gudrun HARRER
Senior Editor, DER STANDARD; Lecturer on Modern History and Politics of the Middle East, University of Vienna and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
| Islamic and Arabic Studies, Vienna University (MA) | |
| International Relations Studies, Vienna University (Ph.D.), dissertation on the Iraqi nuclear programme | |
| 1993 | Foreign Desk, Der Standard, Vienna |
| 1998 | The Foreign Editor, Der Standard, Vienna |
| 2005 | Lecturer of Modern Arab History, Vienna University, Institute of Oriental Studies |
| 2006 | Special Envoy of the Austrian Presidency of the European Union to Iraq and Chargé d'Affaires of the Austrian Embassy Baghdad |
| 2007 | Senior Editor and Middle East Editor, Der Standard |
| Lecturer of Modern History and Politics of the Middle East, Diplomatic Academy Vienna |
Pirkka TAPIOLA
Ambassador and Head of Delegation, The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau
| Prior to taking up duty in Chisinau, in September 2013, Ambassador Tapiola worked as Senior Adviser on Eastern Europe in the Strategic Planning Division of the European External Action Service (EEAS). From 2004 to 2009, he was Senior Adviser for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova in the Policy Unit of the then EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Dr Javier Solana. Ambassador Tapiola's background is as a career member of the Finnish Diplomatic Service. His past assignments have included Deputy Head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Latvia, Deputy Head of Mission of the Finnish Embassy to Thailand (also accredited to Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos), and Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Finland in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ambassador Tapiola holds a Masters Degree in Political Science/International Relations from the University of Helsinki. |
