09: Pragmatic alliances and global disorder
Since 9/11, the world has shifted from multi-polarism towards global disorder. Stable authoritarian regimes in the Middle East have been overthrown and long-standing power balances have been unsettled either by interventions from powerful outside actors or emerging non-state actors, some of them extremely capable in military terms.
How can we understand and tackle the political and strategic challenges in this new disorderly world? How can we structure cooperation on multilateral and bilateral levels in order to deal with global conflicts in the future?
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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. 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 |
Ph.D. Andrew A. MICHTA
Selim YENEL
Ambassador, Undersecretary, Turkish Ministry for EU Affairs, Ankara
1979-1980 | Attaché and Third Secretary at the Department of Nuclear Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1980-1981 | Military Service, Third Secretary at the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1981-1984 | Third Secretary and Second Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the Organization for Economic |
Co-operation and Development in Paris | |
1984-1986 | Second Secretary and First Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Kabul |
1986-1988 | First Secretary at the Department of Middle East and Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1988-1988 | First Secretary at the Special Advisory Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1988-1993 | First Secretary and Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the United Nations in New York |
1993-1994 | Head of Section at the Special Advisory Office of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1994-1994 | Chief of Cabinet of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1994-1999 | Counsellor and First Counsellor at the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the European Economic Community in |
Brussels | |
1999-2001 | Head of Department for European Union Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2001-2005 | Deputy Director General, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Deputy Directorate General for European Union Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2005-2009 | Ambassador to Austria |
2009-2010 | Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2010-2011 | Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary for Bilateral Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2011-2017 | Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Turkey to the EU |
since 2017 | Ambassador, Undersecretary, Ministry for EU Affairs |
Dr. Maria Raquel FREIRE
Associated Professor; Jean Monnet Chair - EU External Relations towards the East, CES - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
1996 | Master, International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury |
2002 | Ph.D., International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury |
since 2007 | Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra |
since 2015 | Director, Ph.D. Programme, International Politics and Conflict Resolution, School of Economics, Centre for Social Studies; University of Coimbra |
Associate Professor, International Relations, School of Economics, University of Coimbra | |
2016-2019 | Jean Monnet Chair - EU External Relations towards the East, University of Coimbra |