Friday, May 13
18:00-19:15
Opening session
Making Values Count
Audio | Video | Transcript
Toomas Hendrik Ilves President of the Republic of Estonia
György Schöpflin Member of the European Parliament for Hungary
Lilia Shevtsova Senior Associate, Moscow Carnegie Center
Kurt Volker Managing Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Moderated by:
Edward Lucas International Editor, The Economist
19:20 Transfer to the Kumu Art Museum
19:30
Dinner, hosted by President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Keynote speaker: Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
(By invitation only)
Saturday, May 14
8:00-9:30
Breakfast sessions (held under the Chatham House Rule)
Nordic-Baltic Security Co-operation: Supplementing or Supplanting NATO?
Alyson Bailes Visiting Professor, University of Iceland in Reykjavik
Artis Pabriks Minister of Defence, Deputy Prime Minister, Latvia
James J. Townsend Jr. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, U.S Department of Defense
Krister Wahlbäck Ambassador (ret.), Professor Emeritus, Foreign Ministry, Sweden; University of Umeå, Sweden
Moderated by:
Tomas Ries Senior Lecturer, Swedish National Defence College
Cyber Defence: From Hype to Implementation
Jaak Aaviksoo Minister of Education and Research of Estonia
Kenneth Geers U.S. Representative, Cooperative Cyber Defence, Centre of Excellence (CCD CoE)
Jamie Shea Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO HQ
Moderated by:
Francois Gere President, Institut Français d’Analyse Stratégique (IFAS)
China’s Role in the World: Global Citizen or Mercantile Bully
Jia Qingguo Professor, Associate Dean of the School of International Studies, Beijing University
Lars Fredén Swedish Ambassador to China and to Mongolia
Bobo Lo Independent Scholar and Consultant
Fedor Lukyanov Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs
Moderated by:
Karlis Neretnieks Senior Researcher, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
Pie in the Sky: The Politics of NATO’s Missile Defence
Robert Nurick Consultant and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Robert Pszczel Director, NATO Information Office in Moscow
Dmitri Trenin Director, Carnegie Moscow Center
Celeste Wallander Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine & Eurasia, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderated by:
Merle Maigre Policy Planning Unit, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO HQ
9:30-11:00
Panel discussion
Europe’s Economy: Pain, Gain and Lessons (Not) Learned
Audio | Video | Transcript
Anders Åslund Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Francois Bujon de l´Estang Senior International Adviser, Citigroup
Valdis Dombrovskis Prime Minister of Latvia
Siim Kallas Vice-President, European Commission
Moderated by:
Steven Erlanger Journalist, The New York Times
Coffee
11:30-13:00
Panel discussion
EU Foreign Policy: Failing, Flailing or Finding Its Feet?
Audio | Video | Transcript
Carl Bildt Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Steven Everts Member of the Vice President Catherine Ashton’s Cabinet
Wolfgang Ischinger Global Head Government Relations, Allianz SE
Karel Kovanda Former Deputy Director General, External Relations, European Commission
Moderated by:
Jackson Diehl Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-16:00
Optional events:
• Tour of Tallinn’s Old Town, guided by Estonian Defence Minister Mart Laar
• Tour of the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (number of participants is limited)
• “Soviet heritage” tour
• “Wooden Tallinn” – tour of early 20th century Kalamaja residential area
16:00-17:30
Panel discussion
Will the Arab Spring Wither or Bloom?
Audio | Video | Transcript
Rania Al Malky Editor-in-Chief, Daily News Egypt
Jackson Diehl Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post
Mohamed Elagati Researcher & Executive Director, Arab Forum for Alternatives (AFA)
Heather Grabbe Director, Open Society Institute – Brussels
Moderated by:
Kurt Volker Managing Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Coffee
17:45-19:15
Panel discussion
Be Careful What You Wish For: Russia’s Multipolar Blues
Audio | Video | Transcript
Ivan Krastev Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
Bobo Lo Independent Scholar and Consultant
Dmitri Trenin Director, Carnegie Moscow Center
Celeste Wallander Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine & Eurasia, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderated by:
Robert Cottrell Founder, The Browser
19:30-20:00
Memorial Event in Remembrance of Ron Asmus (in the Lounge Bar on the 24th floor)
20:00
Networking dinner in the conference hotel
21:30
Night-Owl sessions (held under the Chatham House Rule)
Ukraine: Can the West Stop the Downward Spiral?
Anders Åslund Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
David Kramer Executive Director, Freedom House, Washington, DC
Hryhoriy Nemyria Former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Foreign Policy Adviser to Yulia Tymoshenko, All-Ukrainian Union ‛Batkivshchyna’
Andrew Wilson Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Moderated by:
Per Carlsen Ambassador of Denmark to Latvia
False Posture? NATO after the American Drawdown
Janusz Bugajski Director, CSIS New European Democracies Project and Senior Fellow of the Europe Program
Jüri Luik Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO
Paul Schulte Non-Resident Senior Associate/Senior Visiting Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace/King’s College London
James J. Townsend Jr. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderated by:
General (ret.) Sir Garry Johnson Chairman, International Security Advisory Board (ISAB)
Russia’s Leadership and 2012: Election, Selection or Ejection?
Andrei Illarionov Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity
Boris Nemtsov Former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
Andrei Piontkovsky Leading Researcher, Institute for Systems Studies
Lilia Shevtsova Senior Associate, Moscow Carnegie Center
Moderated by:
Marie Mendras Professor, Sciences Po University, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales
Right on? Do the New Radical Parties Challenge the Consensus – or the System?
Steven Erlanger Jounalist, The New York Times
Iivi Anna Masso Editor-in-Chief, Diplomaatia newspaper
Ivan Krastev Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies
György Schöpflin Member of the European Parliament for Hungary
Moderated by:
Graham Avery Senior Adviser, European Policy Centre, Brussels
Sunday, May 15
08:00-09:30
Breakfast sessions (held under the Chatham House Rule)
Middle Eastern Geopolitics in an Age of Change
Owen Alterman Associate, International Law and National Security Program, Institute for National Security Studies, Israel
Hossein Bastani Political Analyst and Multimedia Producer, BBC WORLD
Mohamed Elagati Researcher & Executive Director, Arab Forum for Alternatives (AFA)
Ilter Turan Professor of Political Science, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi Univesity
Moderated by:
Sven Mikser Member of the Estonian Parliament
Less Money but Better Ideas: How to Revive the Eastern Partnership?
Leila Alieva President, Center for National and International Studies, Azerbaijan
Heather Grabbe Director, Open Society Institute – Brussels
Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Eka Tkeshelashvili State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration, Vice Prime Minister of Georgia
Moderated by:
Dag Hartelius Permanent Representative of Sweden to the EU
Is Shale a Game Changer? Environmental and Economic Aspects of Unconventional Hydrocarbons
Jeremy Boak Director, Center for Oil Shale Technology & Research (COSTAR) Colorado School of Mines
Sandor Liive CEO, Estonian Energy Company
Alan Riley Professor, City Law School
Moderated by:
Pauls Raudseps Commentator, weekly magazine Ir
Lostpolitik: Can Germany Rise to Its Leadership Challenge?
Thomas Bagger Office of the Foreign Minister, German Foreign Ministry, Berlin
Michael Haltzel Senior Fellow , Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Peter Semneby Former EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus
Constanze Stelzenmüller Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States in Berlin
Moderated by:
Tuomas Forsberg Professor, University of Tampere
09:30-11:00
Panel discussion
Geopolitics, Corruption and Credibility: Securing Europe’s Energy Supply
Audio | Video | Transcript
Andrius Kubilius Prime Minister of Lithuania
Vladimir Milov Chairman, Democratic choice movement
Keith Smith Senior Associate, New European Democracies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Vladimir Socor Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation, Washington
Moderated by:
Edward Lucas International Editor, The Economist
Coffee
11:25-12:55
Panel Discussion
NATO in Libya: What Are We in For?
Audio | Video | Transcript
Jüri Luik Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO
Fedor Lukyanov Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs
Constanze Stelzenmüller Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States in Berlin
James Jr Townsend Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
Ahmet Üzümcü Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Moderated by:
Steven Erlanger Jounalist, The New York Times
13:00
Closing session
Keynote speech: Lennart Meri Lecture,
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia
Full Speech Text | Audio | Video
Final words:
General (ret.) Sir Garry Johnson, Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the ICDS
13:45
Farewell lunch