04: The European Union and Its Neighbours
In cooperation with CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies
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Hauptschule
Breakout
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in englischer SpracheThe European Union’s relations with its geographical neighbours, and more specifically with the countries involved in the European Neighbourhood Policy and Russia, confront the EU with major challenges. The 2013 Vilnius Summit delivered sobering results and the Ukrainian crisis has highlighted the tense and increasingly confrontational nature of EU-Russia relations. In addition, the EU’s Southern neighbourhood remains volatile and its response to the ‘Arab Spring’ still needs to be assessed. This breakout session will analyse the current state of the EU’s relations with its geographical neighbours and discuss how to improve them.
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Peter BALAS
Head, Support Group for Ukraine, European Commission, Brussels
| 1972-1978 | Desk officer for South East Asia, Ministry of Foreign Trade of Hungary, Budapest |
| 1978-1982 | Commercial Counsellor, Commercial Representation of Hungary in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1982-1986 | Director, Ministry of Foreign Trade of Hungary |
| 1986-1991 | Deputy Head, Representation of Hungary to the GATT |
| 1989-1991 | Chairman, Meat Market Analyses Group, International Meat Council |
| 1991-1994 | Director General, Ministry of International Economic Relations of Hungary |
| 1994-1996 | Assistant State Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Hungary |
| 1996-2000 | Deputy State Secretary for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Hungary |
| 2000-2002 | Deputy State Secretary for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary |
| 2002-2005 | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the WTO - World Trade Organization |
| 2002-2004 | Chairman, Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body, WTO |
| 2004-2005 | Chairman, Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance, WTO |
| 2005-2014 | Deputy Director General, DG Trade, European Commission |
| since 2014 | Head, Support Group for the Ukraine, European Commission |
Anna Maria Madeleine MAJORENKO
Head of Division, European Neighbourhood Policy, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels
| 1988-1991 | Head of Section, National Board of Trade, Stockholm |
| 1991-1996 | Policy Adviser, Federation of Swedish Industries, Stockholm |
| 1996-2010 | Head of Unit, European Commission, Brussels |
| since 2011 | Head of Division, European External Action Service, Brussels |
Stephan RICHTER
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, theglobalist.com; President, The Globalist Research Center, Washington D.C.
| 1984 | J.D., University of Bonn |
| 1990-1991 | North American advisor to the Federal Ministry of Economics of the Federal Republic of Germany and to the Vice Chancellor |
| 1990-1998 | U.S. correspondent, Rheinischer Merkur; monthly columnist, CEO Magazine |
| since 1990 | President, TransAtlantic Futures, Inc. global strategic communications firm, Washington D.C. |
| since 2000 | Publisher and editor-in-chief, The Globalist; President of The Globalist Research Center |
| 2002-2008 | Monthly columnist, Les Echos |
| since 2010 | Presenter, The Globalist Quiz on National Public Radio s Marketplace Morning Edition |
MMag. Dr. Doris WYDRA
Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies, University of Salzburg
| 1998-1999 | Legal Long Term Advisor, TACIS Project - Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States, UEPLAC - Ukrainian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre, Kiev |
| 1999-2001 | Research Assistant, University of Vienna |
| 2001-2002 | Research Assistant, Research Project: Ukraine in Europe,University of Vienna |
| 2002-2004 | Key Legal Expert, TACIS Project - Promotion of Tolerance and Improving Interethnic Relations, Moscow |
| since 2008 | PostDoc, Department for Political Science and Sociology, Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies, University of Salzburg |
| since 2012 | Senior Scientist, Department for Political Science and Sociology and Executive Director, Salzburg Centre of European Studies, University of Salzburg |
Hrant KOSTANYAN
Associate Research Fellow, EU Foreign Policy Unit, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
| since 2010 | Associate Research Fellow, EU Foreign Policy Unit, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels |
| Researcher; Lecturer, CEUS - Centre for EU Studies, Department of Political Science, Ghent University | |
| Co-editor, CEPS "European Neighbourhood Watch", Brussels | |
| 2011-2012 | Expert on the European Neighbourhood Policy, EU Neighbourhood Info Centre (European Commission Project), Brussels |
