Challenges that Trans-Atlantic Region Faces and how NATO and the EU Could Tackle Them
There is an urgent need to address challenges that Trans-Atlantic region faces, and to offer ways to overcome them. The old continent entered into a new phase in its history when Russia illegally annexed Crimea. Defence and security practitioners and academics revisit Cold War dynamics. Hybrid practises pose multi-dimensional threats to our nations and societies. The battlefield widens as new domains such as cyber and space have been added to the existing ones.
Schedule
Monday Apr, 01
Registration
Networking Area
16:00 – 16:30
Welcome Remarks
Samet COBAN, EXO at Beyond the Horizon International Strategic Studies
MAIN HALL
16:30-16:35
Panel Session
Challenges that Trans-Atlantic Region Faces and how NATO and the EU Could Tackle Them
Moderator: Kate Jackson, Project Manager at Brussels International Center for Research and Human Rights
Challenges in and around Trans-Atlantic Region
Panellist: Dr. Niklas Nováky, Research Officer at the Martens Centre, and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the European View at the Centre’s biannual policy journal.
How NATO can adapt?
Panellist: Dr.Seth Johnston, Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University and the author of “How NATO Adapts”.
Possible/promising areas of cooperation between NATO and the EU
Panellist: Prof.Steven Blockmans, Head of EU foreign policy at CEPS and Professor of EU External Relations Law and Governance at the University of Amsterdam.