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LMC 2016

Distrust of the East and Anxiety of the South – Balancing European Neighbourhood

Europe, European Union, Security

Speakers

Michael Köhler
Michael Köhler

Director for Neighbourhood South at the Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission

David Bakradze

State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration

Vincenzo Camporini

Vice President of IAI

Moderator

Judy Dempsey

Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe

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