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International Centre for Defence and Security Accessibility
LMC 2009

From Geopolitical Success to Economic Crisis: Will Europe’s New Democracies Survive the Downturn?

Economy, Europe, Geopolitics

Speakers

André Küüsvek

Director, Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Mart Laar

Former Prime Minister of Estonia

Edward Lucas

Founder and Director of the Baltic International Security Centre

György Schöpflin

Member of European Parliament

Stefan Wagstyl

Central and East Europe Editor, Financial Times

Moderator

Robert Cottrell

Founder of The Browser

After Georgia (2): The New Security Paradigm in the South Caucasus
Dealing with Belarus: Principles versus Practice

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