Focusing on Security Policy
Organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports Please contact the organisers to register at stefan.ulmer@bmlvs.gv.at.
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Hotel Alphof
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in englischer SpracheWhat are the expectations of civil society and of young people in particular towards a modern security and defence policy in Europe and Austria? This question will take centrepiece in four workings groups.
After the discussion, some drinks and snacks will be served. The number of participants at the session is limited. Please register via email: stefan.ulmer@bmlvs.gv.at.
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Mathew J. BURROWS
Director, Strategic Foresight Initiative, Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C.
| 1976 | Graduate, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut |
| 1983 | PhD, European History, University of Cambridge |
| 1986 | Analyst, Directorate of Intelligence, CIA - Central Intelligence Agency (for the including the development of European institutions such as the European Union) |
| 1998-1999 | first holder of the Intelligence Community Fellowship and served at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York |
| 1999-2001 | Special Assistant to the US UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke |
| 2001-2002 | Deputy National Security Advisor to US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill |
| 2007 | Appointed as Counsellor to the National Intelligence Council |
| 2010 | Director, Analysis and Production Staff |
Mag. Dr. Walter E. FEICHTINGER
Brigadier, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports, Vienna
| 1976-1979 | Theresianische Militärakademie |
| 1979-1998 | Panzeroffizier in verschiedenen Funktionen |
| 1993-1998 | Kommandant Panzerbataillon 10, St. Pölten |
| 1998 | Sponsion Mag. phil. (Studienrichtungen Politikwissenschaft und Publizistik) |
| 1998-2001 | Stv. Leiter des Instituts für Friedenssicherung (Spezialgebiet Konfliktbildforschung) |
| 2001-2002 | Sicherheits- und verteidigungspolitischer Berater im Bundeskanzleramt |
| seit 2002 | Leiter des Instituts für Friedenssicherung und Konfliktmanagement an der Landesverteidigungsakademie |
| 2002 | Promotion Dr. phil. |
| 2001-2006 | Generalsekretär der Österreichischen Offiziersgesellschaft |
Mag. Dr. MAS Johann FRANK
Director for Security Policy, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Vienna
| 1988-1989 | One-year voluntary service with the Austrian Armed Forces (preparatory course for the military academy) |
| 1989-1992 | Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria |
| 1992-1997 | Company Commander and Instructor, NBC- Defense School, Vienna |
| 1996-1997 | Postgraduate, Disaster Management, Austrian Research Center,Seibersdorf |
| 1993-1999 | Magister Philosophiae in Political Science and Philosophy, University of Vienna |
| 1998-1999 | Deputy Head of Division at NBC Defense School, Vienna |
| 1999 | Desk Officer Arms Control, Military Policy Division, Vienna |
| 1999-2001 | Researcher, Institute for International Peace Support , National Defence Academy, Vienna |
| 2002-2007 | Head of Division for Security Political Analysis, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Vienna |
| 2007 | Department for Security Policy, Austrian Federal Chancellery, Vienna |
| 2007-2008 | Postgraduate: Master of Advanced Studies "Security Policy and Crisis Management" ETH Zurich (Zurich, Washington, London) |
| 2008-2014 | Head of Office for Security Policy, Vienna |
| 2013-2014 | Member, Cabinet of the Minister, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Vienna |
| since 2014 | Defence Policy Director, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Vienna |
Ivan KRASTEV
Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
| Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna. He is a founding board member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Board of Trustees of The International Crisis Group and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. In 2018-2019 Ivan is appointed as the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress. His latest books in English are 'After Europe' (UPenn Press, May 2017) 'Democracy Disrupted. The Global Politics on Protest' (UPenn Press, May 2014); 'In Mistrust We Trust: Can Democracy Survive When We Don't Trust Our Leaders?' (TED Books, 2013). He is a co-author with Stephen Holmes of a forthcoming book 'The Light that Failed' (with Penguin) on perils of the politics of imitation. |
Mag. Dr. Alexander MARSCHIK
Director General, Section II - Bilateral Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Vienna
| 1989-1996 | Assistant Professor, Institute of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna |
| 1990-1998 | Lecturer of International Law at the University of Vienna |
| 1996 | Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; EU-Department |
| 1997 | First Secretary at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva |
| 1997-1999 | Head of General-Affairs-Council Unit in the EU-Division, Austrian MFA |
| 1999-2003 | Legal and Political Counsellor at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations in New York |
| 2003-2007 | Deputy Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations |
| 2007-2011 | Ambassador; Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna |
| 2011-2015 | Austrian Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Brussels |
| 2015-2018 | Director General for International Affairs and Political Director, Austrian MFA |
| since 2018 | Director General for Bilateral Affairs, EU-Common Foreign Policy and Political Director, Austrian MFA |
Ph.D. M.Sc Nathalie TOCCI
Special Advisor to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
| 1995-1998 | BA (Hons), PPE - Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University College, Oxford |
| 1998-1999 | M.Sc. in Development Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, London |
| 1999-2003 | Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels |
| 2000-2003 | Ph.D. in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, London |
| 2003-2004 | Jean Monnet Fellow, Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute |
| 2005-2007 | Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence |
| 2006-2010 | Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome |
| 2009-2010 | Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington |
| since 2011 | Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome; Editor, The International Spectator |
| since 2013 | Member of the Board of Administrators, Edison |
| 2014 | Strategic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome |
| since 2015 | Special Advisor to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs; Vice President of the European Commission |
Dr. Ulrike GUEROT
Head of Department, European Policy and the Study of Democracy, Danube University Krems - University for Continuing Education; Director and Founder, European Democracy Lab, European School of Governance, Krems
| Since 2016 Ulrike Guérot is Professor at Danube-University Krems and head of the department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy. Core activities of the department are both interdisciplinary research and network building. The main goal is to initiate a citizen-oriented and sustainable debate on key issues surrounding today’s Europe. Since September 2017 Ulrike Guérot is holder of Alfred-Grosser visiting professorship at the Goethe-University Frankfurt. Furthermore, she founded the Berlin based think tank "European Democracy Lab. The lab seeks to rethink and redesign European democracy. Currently, the lab is building a campaign platform advocating for both the principle of political equality beyond nation states and the empowerment of regional stakeholders within the EU-setup. | |
| Prior to her work in Krems and Berlin, Ulrike Guérot built up the office and served as Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and lectured at various internationally renowned universities, such as Bucerius Law School Hamburg, John Hopkins University, INSEAD Singapore and Europa University Viadrina in Frankfurt. In addition she conducted research at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) on the topics of democracy and democratization. In April 2016 her first book 'Why Europe needs to become a republic! A political utopia' was published by Dietz. The principal idea of the book is the creation of a ‘European Republic’ based on the concept of equality in front of the law in a union of citizens. Her latest work 'The new civil war - the open Europe and its enemies', published by Ullstein is a bestseller in Germany. In this cutting edge pamphlet she describes the great divide throughout the European societies. She has been publishing widely in Germany, English and French on European, transatlantic and global issues in various newspapers, journals and books. In times of turmoil and crisis, Ulrike Guérot aims at creating a sustainable blueprint for Europe in the 21st century, which puts the citizen first. |
