Events 2006

December 4, 2006
Does Europe Still Need NATO?
Dr. Jamie Shea, policy planning director, Secretary General's Office, NATO
Co-sponsored with the Center for European Studies and 21st Century European and American Perspectives Series

November 29, 2006
Serbia After Milosevic: The Road to Democracy or a Standstill?
Dr. Milan St. Protic, former Serbian ambassador to the U.S. and mayor of Belgrade

November 21, 2006
Turkish Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times
Dr. Kemal Kirisci, director, European Studies Center, and Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, Bogazici University, Istanbul

November 9, 2006
Beyond Conflict: Peace and Cooperation in the Balkans of the 21st Century
H.E. Srgjan Kerim, candidate for presidency of the UN General Assembly, former ambassador of FYROM to the UN (2001-2003), and former minister of foreign affairs of FYROM (2000-2001)
Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Fellows Program

November 3, 2006
Film Screening: The Border Post
Rajko Grlic, filmmaker
Co-presented with the Harvard Film Archive, Harvard Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

November 3, 2006
Science Policy in Turkey
Dr. Nuket Yetis, president, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
Co-sponsored with the Study Group on Modern Turkey, Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies

October 19, 2006
NATO-KSG Videoconference: Meeting Global Security Challenges Together
A London-based conference organized by the Office of the Secretary General, NATO, in cooperation with the London School of Economics and City of London

October 17, 2006
The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
H.E. Peter Galbraith, senior diplomatic fellow, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and former U.S. ambassador to Croatia

October 16, 2006
Stability and Development in the Balkans: The Greek Perspective
H.E. Alexandros P. Mallias, ambassador of Greece to the U.S.
Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics and the Consulate General of Greece, Boston

September 27, 2006
Bridging the Euro-Balkan Gap: Development and Transition in the West Balkans
H.E. Dimitrij Rupel, foreign minister of the Republic of Slovenia

September 22, 2006
FORUM: Peace, Progress and the Way Forward in Southeastern Europe
H.E. Stjepan Mesic, president of the Republic of Croatia
H.E. Boris Tadic, president of the Republic of Serbia
Co-sponsored with the Institute for Politics

September 18, 2006
Bulgaria, US, and Europe: Foreign Policy and Economic Priorities
H.E. Ivailo Kalfin, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

May 5, 2006
Turkey, the Middle East and the EU
Mithat Bereket, CNN Turk
Co-sponsored with the Seminar on Modern Turkey, Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies

April 29, 2006
Letter from Istanbul
The Derya Turkan-Sokratis Sinopoulos Ensemble
The closing concert of the 5th Annual Boston Turkish Film Festival
Co-sponsored with the Boston Turkish Film Festival

April 21, 2006
Expanding the Union: Lessons from Southern Europe for Turkish Accession to the EU
Dr. Nikolaos Biziouras, Kennedy School of Government
Zergun Koruturk, Turkish ambassador to Portugal
Francisco Seixas da Costa, Portuguese ambassador to Brazil
Co-sponsored with the Center for European Studies and the Luso-American Foundation

April 20, 2006
Croatia: Beyond the Western Balkans
H.E. Mirjana Mladineo, Croatian ambassador to the United Nations
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

April 4, 2006
The Future Status of Kosovo: Implications for the Balkans and the EU
Dr. Jacques Rupnik, visiting scholar, Center for European Studies
Raphael Pouye, Institut d'Etudes Politique (Sciences Po)
Pranvera Recica, Harvard Law School
Tamara Pavasovic, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Co-sponsored with the Center for European Studies

March 22, 2006
The Western Balkans Towards European Integration
Arben Malaj, member of the Parliament of Albania and senior fellow, Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government

March 15, 2006
Environmental Protection in Croatia
Dr. Nikola Ruzinski, state secretary for environmental protection, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, Croatia

February 15, 2006
Widening or Deepening: The Current Angst About EU Enlargement
Dr. Ahmet Evin, professor, Sabanci University, Istanbul
Co-sponsored with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies' Seminar on Modern Turkey

February 9, 2006
European Enlargement and Democratic Performance: The Cases of Romania and Bulgaria
Dr. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy, and director, Romanian Academic Society
Co-sponsored with the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

February 1, 2006
Non-Violent Conflict Resolution: Former Yugoslavia's Euro-Atlantic Integration
Dr. Ana Trbovich, instructor of negotiations and European integration, Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration (Belgrade), former assistant minister of international economic relations in charge of European integration, Government of Serbia