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Third AFES-PRESS GMOSS Workshop on
Reconceptualising Security in an Era of Globalisation

Final Programme Version

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Opening Session

Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 17.00 -18.00
Special Tour of the Peace Palace, The Hague

Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 18.30 - 19.15

Reception

Hosted by Institute for Environmental Security, The Hague

Wouter Veening, Director, Institute for Environmental Security

Welcome speech:

Goals and Work of the Institute for Environmental Security,
The Hague - Brussels - Washington

Opening Session at the same venue, 19.15-20.15

Co-Chair: Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, John Grin, University of Amsterdam and Czeslaw Mesjasz, Economic University of Cracow


Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 20.30 - 23.00

Opening dinner for speakers, discussants and other invited guests at a restaurant to be announced hosted by NATO


Thursday, 9 September 2004

14:00-15:30: Panel 1: Towards Reconceptualising Security

Chair: Ursula Oswald, former President of IPRA, Univ. of Mexico, UNAM, CRIM, Mexico

Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, Germany: Introduction: Global Monitoring for Stability & Security (GMOSS) Contributing to GMES

Paper 1: Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, Germany: Conceptual quartet: Security linkages with peace, development and environment

Paper 2: John Grin, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Security and (late) modernity

Paper 3: Czeslaw Mesjasz, Economic University of Cracow, Poland: Security as an Analytical Concept

Discussant: Navnita Behera Chadha, Univ. of Delhi, India

 

15:45-17:15: Panel 2: Political and Energy Security in the MENA

Chair: Bechir Chourou, University of Carthage, Tunisia

Paper 4: Alberto Bin, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, Head, Regional Affairs and Mediterranean Dialogue: NATO's Role in the Mediterranean and the Middle East after the Istanbul Summit

Paper 5:Abdullah Sahar Mohammad, Kuwait: Energy Security: A political and economic security perspective from the Arab world

Paper 6: Selim Kapur, Univ. of Cukurova, Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Social Science, Adana: Energy, water and food security: Security relevance of the Eastern Anatolia project, Abstract

Discussant: Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, Germany

 


17:30-19:00: Panel 3: Human Security in the MENA

Chair: Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Paper 7: Tobias Debiel, Executive Director, Institute for Development and Peace, Univ. of Duisburg, Germany: Extended vs. Human Security: The Need for an Integrated Security Concept for Development, Foreign, and Security Policy

Paper 8: Bassam Hayek, Director, Environmental Research Center. Royal Scientific Society, Amman, Jordan: Environmental, water or food security in the Arab world with a focus on Jordan

Paper 9: Bechir Chourou (Tunisia): Human security in the Maghreb

Discussant: Larry Swatuk (Canada), University of Gaberone, Botswana

 

19:15 - 20:15: Second Evening Session with three presentations, Contributions of Remote Sensing to Security Research

Chair: Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Paper 10: Niels Wielaard, Sar Vision, Wageningen: Space Agencies and Remote Sensing Monitoring Systems

Paper 11: Philippe Steeghs, TNO, The Hague: Space-based remote sensing Applications for non-military security issues

Paper 12: Iain Shepherd, JRC, GMOSS Science Coordinator: GMOSS and GMES: Application of remote sensing for security decision-making in the wider European Union


20:30 - 23:00 Dinner for invited guests only hosted by
NATO and AFES-PRESS GMOSS
[at an Indonesian restaurant in The Hague for invited guests]

Friday, 10 September 2004

9:00-10:30: Panel 4: Environmental and Human Security in Israel and Palestine: Three Perspectives

Chair: Ursula Oswald, former President of IPRA, Univ. of Mexico, UNAM, CRIM, Mexico

Paper 13: David Newman, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Politics and Government, Israel: Conceptualisation of and Debate on Environmental and Human Security in Israel

Paper 14: Mohammed Dajani, Director, American Studies Institute, Al Quds University, Jerusalem: Concepts of Environmental an Human Security in Palestine

Paper 15: Robin Twite, IPCRI, Jerusalem: Environmental and Human Security Issues in Israel and Palestine

Discussant: John Grin, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

10:45-12.15: Panel 5: Environmental and Human Security Issues in North Africa and in Latin America

Chair: Navnita Behera Chadha, Univ. of Delhi, India

Paper 16: Ghazi Ali, Environment Ministry, Algiers. Algeria: Desertification as an environmental and human security challenge in the Sahara region (in french), Abstract

Paper 17: Ursula Oswald, Univ. of Mexico, UNAM, CRIM, Mexico: Human Security in Latin
America with special emphasis in Mexico

Discussant: Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, Germany

 

13:45-15:15: Panel 6: Water and Food Security in Sub-Sahara Africa

Chair: Peter H.Liotta, Executive Director, Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Newport, R. I., USA

Paper 18: Emad Adly, General Coordinator, Arab Network for Environment and Development, Egypt: Water and food security in the River Nile Basin: The perspectives of governments and NGOS in the major downstream country Egypt

Paper 19: Larry Swatuk (Canada), University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana: Environmental Security in Practice: Transboundary natural resources management

Discussant: Ursula Oswald Spring, Univ. of Mexico, UNAM, CRIM, Mexico


15:30-17:00: Panel 7: Environmental Security in Africa, Central Asia and Latin America

Chair: Bechir Chourou, University of Carthage, Tunisia

Paper 20: Navnita Behera Chadha, Univ. of Delhi, India: Security in the New Millennium: A South Asian Debate or Peace and Security: An Alternative Formulation in the Post-Cold War Era

Paper 21: Zarina Othman, Program of Strategic Studies and International Relations, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia: Human Security Concepts, Approaches and Debates in Southeast Asia, Abstract; Presentation

Paper 22: Eva Rakel, Humboldt University Berlin: Environmental security debates in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Emerging debates in the OSCE/UNEP/UNDP context

Discussant: Czeslaw Mesjasz, Economic University of Cracow, Poland

 

17:15-18:45: Panel 8: Water and Security Linkages

Chair: John Grin, University of Amsterdam

Paper 23: Annabelle Houdret, Free University of Berlin & Paris VIII: Water as a security concern: Conflict or Cooperation?

Paper 24: Fabien Nathan, Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED) and NCCR-NS/IP8, Geneva: Water-related natural disasters as insecurity

Paper 25: Mara Tignino, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva: Reflections on the Legal Regime of Water during Armed Conflicts

Discussant: David Newman, Ben Gurion Univ., Israel

 

Third Evening Event, Friday, 10 September 2004
20.00 pm - 23.00

Farewell Buffet Dinner for all Speakers at the Workshop
hosted by NATO

Keynote After Dinner Speech

Chair: Dr. Navnita Behera-Chadha, Delhi University, India

PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin and AFES-PRESS: Introducing the book project, especially of part II on philosophical, ethical and religious contexts (10-15 minutes)

Prof. Dr. Hassan Hanafi, Director, Department of Philosophy, University of Cairo, Egypt: Security Conceptualisation in Arab Philosophy and Ethics & Muslim Perspectives


Saturday, 11 September 2004

9:30-11:00: Panel 9: Nordic Theoretical Perspectives on Security

Chair: Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Paper 26: Magnus Ekengren, Stockholm: 'Functional' security in Wider Europe - towards a framework for analysis of the European Security and Defence Policy, Abstract

Paper 27: Ole Jacob Sending, NUPI, Norway: The Security-Development Nexus, Abstract

Paper 28: Peter Liotta, Director, Pell Center, Newport, R. I., USA: Alternative Security Futures

Discussant: Czeslaw Mesjasz, Economic University of Cracow, Poland

 

11:30-13:00: Panel 10: Alternative Security Futures and Terrorism

Chair: Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Paper 29: Gunhild Hoogensen: University of Tromsø, Norway: Non-state actors as referents: terrorist networks

Paper 30: Pablo Pareva Alcaraz, Barcelona and Georgetown University, Washington, DC: Counter-Terrorist Strategies in Southeast Asia: Risks and Lessons, Abstract

Paper 31: Mohammed Dajan, Director, American Studies Institute, Al Quds University, Jerusalem: The Big Dreams and the Small Hope for Peace in the Middle East

Discussant: John Grin, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

After the Conference: 11 September 2004
First Editorial Conference at the Beach in Scheveningen

After the Conference: 11 September 2004
AFES-PRESS GMOSS Business Meeting at the Beach in Scheveningen

 

Photos by © Czeslaw Mesjasz, Cracow and Ron Kingham, Brussels

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