Events 2005

December 6, 2005
Kosovo: Tackling the "Final Status" Question
James Pettifer, author and journalist
Ambassador Michael Schmunk, ambassador and special envoy for Afghanistan, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs

November 16, 2005
Cyprus in the EU: Prospects for Reunification, Peace with Turkey, and Regional Stability
H.E. Euripides L. Evriviades, ambassador of Cyprus to the U.S.
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

November 14, 2005
Truth, Falsehood and the Politics of Verification in a Globalizing Turkish Media
Andrew Finkel, Istanbul correspondent, The Times of London

November 9, 2005
Greece as the EU Gateway for the Balkans and Turkey
Nicholas Beis, general manager, Emporiki Bank, Greece
Co-sponsored with the Consulate of Greece, Boston

October 25, 2005
FORUM: International Justice in Pursuit of War Criminals
Carla del Ponte, chief prosecutor, UN War Crime Tribunals

October 5, 2005
Europe's Future: After the Atlantic Era, Heading Towards the Pacific?
Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, member of European Parliament
Co-sponsored with the Center for European Studies

October 3, 2005
Turkey and the EU: Assessing the Post-October 3rd Landscape
Dr. Dimitris Keridis, Constantine Karamanlis Chair on Hellenic and Southeastern European Affairs, Tufts University
Dr. Demet Yalcin Mousseau, fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, International Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, and assistant professor of international relations, Koc University, Istanbul
Co-sponsored with the Havard Turkish Student Caucus and the International Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government

September 19, 2005
FORUM: Serbia: Consolidating Democracy and the Future of Kosovo
H.E. Boris Tadic, president of the Republic of Serbia
Co-sponsored with the Institute for Politics

May 11, 2005
The Triangulation of Turkey: Redefining Ankara's Role in Trans-Atlantic Relations
Omer Sabanci, chairman, Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD)
Ilter Turkmen, former minister of foreign affairs of Turkey and TUSIAD advisor
Pekin Baran, vice chairman of the board, TUSIAD
Ayca Dinckok, board member, TUSIAD
Dr. Soli Ozel, professor of international relations, Bilgi University and TUSIAD advisor

April 28, 2005
Turkish Foreign Policy and the United States
Egemen Bagis, member of Turkish Parliament, Justice and Development Party, and chief foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

April 25, 2005
Albanian Contemporary Political Landscape
H.E. Rexhep Meidani, former president of Albania
Kosta Barjaba, HKS MPA/MC '05, former chief of staff to the Albanian Minister of Labor
Naim Zoto, spokesperson, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

April 20, 2005
Democracy and Human Rights for a Europe of 46 States
Dr. Dimitris Constas, professor and director of Institute of International Relations, Panteion University (Athens) and senior visiting scholar, Alexander Onassis Foundation USA University Seminars Program
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

April 13, 2005
The Challenges and Prospects of Greece's Economic Landscape
H.E. Petros Doukas, deputy minister of economy of Greece
Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics

April 8, 2005
Romanian Cinema Night Featuring Films by Nae Caranfil
Screenings of Filantropica (Philanthropy) and E Pericoloso Sporgersi (Don't Lean out of the Window)
Co-sponsored with the Romanian Student Associations of Harvard and MIT

April 8, 2005
Romania Redux: A View From Harvard
A book launch and lunch with presentations by editor Dan Dimancescu and co-authors Manuel Costescu, Verena Kugi, and Cristiana Pasca on Romania Redux: A View From Harvard
Co-sponsored with the Center for European Studies

April 7, 2005
Salonica, 1430-1950: The Possibilities of a Past
Dr. Mark Mazower, professor of history, Columbia University
Co-sponsored with the Greek Study Group, Center for European Studies

March 23, 2005
Greece's Approach to Turkey and Cyprus
Alkis Courcoulas, Turkey Bureau Chief, Athens News Agency

March 22, 2005
Contemporary European and U.S. Approaches to Foreign Policy Making
George Dimitrakopoulos, member of European Parliament
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

March 13-14, 2005
A New Europe: New Literary Histories
A conference examining recent reconceptions of "Europe" by literary historians
Co-sponsored with the Coordinating Committee for the History of Literatures in European Languages of the International Comparative Literature Association, with support from the study groups of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, the Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and the Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard

March 10, 2005
US-Bulgarian Relations in a Transforming International and Security Environment
H.E. Elena Poptodorova, ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United States

February 22, 2005
Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation
David L. Phillips, senior fellow and deputy director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations, and director of the Peacebuilding Program, American University
Co-sponsored with the Belfer Center's International Security Program and the Study Group on Modern Turkey, Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies