The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade,
in cooperation with the Atlantic Council of the United States

have the pleasure to invite you to the public conference titled

 

NATO at 70: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges

 

to be held on

25th April (Thursday) at 14.00

at the

Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade

13-15. Bérc Street, Budapest 1016

 

The event is public but registration is required.

The event will be held in English.

 

Please note that any audiovisual recording of the event can only be made upon prior written approval of the Atlantic Council and the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

 

 

Program

 

14:00 – 14:40

Welcome remarks and keynotes

 

Amb. Péter SZTÁRAY

State Secretary for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary

Amb. Kurt VOLKER

Executive Director, McCain Institute for International Leadership, Arizona State University

 

14:40 – 16:00 Panel I

From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the New Cold War: Lessons Learned

 

Amb. Kurt VOLKER

Executive Director, McCain Institute for International Leadership, Arizona State University

Dr. Sławomir DĘBSKI

Director, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Poland

Lt. Gen. Jürgen BORNEMANN (Ret.)

Former Director General of the International Military Staff at NATO HQ in Brussels, Germany

 

Moderated by: Diána SZŐKE

Senior Analyst, IFAT

 

16:00 – 16:20

Coffee break

 

16:20 – 17:45 Panel II

NATO and the Future of European Security

 

Mr. Damon WILSON

Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council of the United States, USA

H. E. Eimert van MIDDELKOOP

Former Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, President of the Supervisory Council, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, The Netherlands

Amb. Tamás MAGYARICS

Professor, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

Dr. István BALOGH

Political Director, Deputy State Secretary for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary

 

Moderated by: Dr. Gergely VARGA

Senior Reserach Fellow, IFAT, Hungary