03: Europe and the emergence of new centres of power
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Hauptschule
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in englischer SpracheEurope needs to recognize the important shifts in global economic and political power that are presently underway. The ongoing power shifts foretell a much different world a world characterized by greater distribution of power. Such a world will bring new opportunities but also new uncertainties. As history testifies, tectonic shifts in power are rarely quiet. In addition to the ongoing shifts, energy is getting increasingly intertwined with geopolitics, as global competition for resources sharpens. While the centre of gravity in international relations is beginning to move toward the Asia-Pacific region, Europe can still expect to play an important role in world affairs.
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Ph.D. Zhongping FENG
Director, Institute of European Studies, China Institute for Contemporary International Relations, Beijing
| 1985-1988 | Assistant Professor, History Department Shanxi Teachers' University China |
| 1988-1992 | Ph.D. candidate, Lancaster University, UK |
| 1992-1994 | Associate Professor, Shanxi Teachers' University |
| since 1994 | Researcher Professor, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICR) |
Ph.D. Brahma CHELLANEY
Professor for Strategic Studies, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi
| Brahma Chellaney is Professor of Strategic Studies at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research, an independent, privately funded think-tank. | |
| Until January 2000, Professor Chellaney was an adviser to India's National Security Council, serving as convenor of the External Security Group of the National Security Advisory Board, as well as member of the Board's Nuclear Doctrine Group. | |
| He holds a Ph.D. in arms control. | |
| As specialist on international security and arms control issues, Professor Chellaney has held appointments at the Harvard University, the Brookings Institution, the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and the Australian National University. |
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 |
MA Edward MORTIMER
Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Seminar
| Edward Mortimer is Senior Vice-President and Chief Programme Officer at the Salzburg Seminar. From 1998 to 2006 he served as chief speechwriter and (from 2001) director of communications to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He has spent much of his career as a journalist, first with The Times of London, where he developed an expertise in Middle East affairs, and later with The Financial Times, where from 1987 to 1998 he was the main commentator and columnist on foreign affairs. | |
| Mr. Mortimer has also served as a fellow and/or faculty at several institutions, including Oxford University (where he is a Fellow of All Souls College), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and (as Honorary Professor) the University of Warwick; and on the governing bodies of several non-governmental organizations, including Chatham House, the Institute of War and Peace Reporting, the John Stuart Mill Institute, and Minority Rights Group International. | |
| Mr. Mortimer received an M.A. in modern history from Oxford University. |
