In diesem Seminar betrachten wir Herausforderungen und Sicherheitsrisiken, die sich durch die Entwicklungen an Europas östlichem und südlichem Rand ergeben, und beschäftigen uns mit der Frage, ob der strategische Ansatz der EU weiterhin angemessen ist. Zunächst ziehen wir Bilanz über die Veränderungen in der arabischen Welt seit Beginn der Aufstände Anfang 2011. Während sich manche arabische Staaten in schwierigen Übergangsprozessen befinden, herrscht in Syrien Krieg, der sich auf seine Nachbarstaaten auszuweiten droht. Syrien wurde im Kalten Krieg zum Schlachtfeld zwischen dem schiitischen Iran und dem sunnitischen Saudi-Arabien. Europa hat Angst vor der Ausbreitung von politischem Islam und Extremismus sowie einem immer wachsenden Flüchtlings- und Migrationsproblem. In einem zweiten Teil sehen wir uns die Nachbarschaftspolitik der EU in den Staaten der sogenannten Östlichen Partnerschaft an. Welche neuen Kooperationsstrategien mit ihren östlichen Nachbarn hat die EU nach dem Scheitern des Gipfeltreffens der Östlichen Partnerschaft im November 2013 in Vilnius? Welche Auswirkungen hatten die jüngsten Proteste in der Ukraine auf die Beziehungen zwischen der EU und der Ukraine?
Christian BERGER
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Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara | | | |
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Marcus CORNARO
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Director, Neigbourhood Policy,EuropeAid Development and Cooperation Directorate-General,European Commission, Brüssel | | | |
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Thomas MAYR-HARTING
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Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels | | | |
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Gudrun HARRER
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Senior Editor, DER STANDARD; Lecturer on Modern History and Politics of the Middle East, University of Vienna and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna | | | |
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Pirkka TAPIOLA
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Ambassador and Head of Delegation, The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau | | | |
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Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara
1986-1987 | Operations officer with the Austrian UN-Peacekeeping Battalion on the Golan, UNDOF
1989-1994 | Working with the United Nations in Gaza and Jerusalem
1994-1997 | Deputy Director at the OSCE in Vienna and Secretary of the OSCE Permanent Council; Deputy Executive Secretary to the Joint Consultative Group (Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe) and the Open Skies Consultative Commission
1997 | Mr Berger joined the European institutions
1997-1999 | Committee of the Regions
1999-2001 | Responsible for relations with Syria, European Commission
2001-2005 | Political Advisor on Middle Eastern issues
2005-2006 | EU Representative to the Quartet Special Envoy Mr Wolfensohn
2006-2008 | Head of the Crisis Response & Peacebuilding Unit in the EC
2009-2011 | EU Representative for West Bank & Gaza office
Director, Neigbourhood Policy,EuropeAid Development and Cooperation Directorate-General,European Commission, Brüssel
| Educational History |
1976-1981 | Studied Law, University of Vienna
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| Professional experience before joining the European Institutions: |
1981-1983 | Postgraduate Studies of International Affairs and Development, The American University, Washington D.C.
1983 | Joined the Austrian Foreign Service
1983-1984 | Austrian sponsored Junior Professional Officer, UNDP office in Bamako, Mali
1985-1986 | Staff member, office of the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Austrian Federal Foreign Ministry
1986-1990 | Special Attaché, Austrian Embassy, Harare, Zimbabwe
1990-1994 | Head, Austrian Embassy's Regional Bureau for Development Co-operation, Kampala/Uganda
1994-1998 | Department for Security Policy of the Federal Foreign Ministry, Vienna
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| Professional experience in the European Institutions |
1998-2000 | Deputy Head (Minister), Austrian Embassy, Rome, also appointed as Austria's Alternate Governor at IFAD - The International Fund for Agricultural Development
2000-2001 | Conseiller within European Commission, DG RELEX - Directorate-General for External Relations , responsibilities included participation in reform
2001-2003 | Head of Unit in DG RELEX - Directorate-General for External Relations (Unit H4), in charge of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives and covering the two largest Asia programmes of the Commission
2003-2007 | Ambassador Head of European Commission Delegation, Hanoi, Vietnam
2007-2012 | Director for the European Neighbourhood, covering Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Directorate-General Development and Cooperation, EuropeAid
Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels
1977 | Diploma, Law Studies in Vienna
1977-1978 | Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges
1978 | Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague
1979 | Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service
1982-1986 | Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels
1986-1990 | Austrian Embassy, Moscow
1991-1993 | Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna
1993-1995 | Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna
1995-1999 | Deputy Political Director and Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
1999-2003 | Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels
2002-2004 | Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans
2003-2004 | Representative of the Chancellor in the Reform Commission of the Federal Army, Vienna
2003-2008 | Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
2008-2011 | Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York
2009-2010 | Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York
2011 | Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York
2011-2015 | Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York
| Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin |
| Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna |
Senior Editor, DER STANDARD; Lecturer on Modern History and Politics of the Middle East, University of Vienna and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
| Islamic and Arabic Studies, Vienna University (MA) |
| International Relations Studies, Vienna University (Ph.D.), dissertation on the Iraqi nuclear programme |
1993 | Foreign Desk, Der Standard, Vienna
1998 | The Foreign Editor, Der Standard, Vienna
2005 | Lecturer of Modern Arab History, Vienna University, Institute of Oriental Studies
2006 | Special Envoy of the Austrian Presidency of the European Union to Iraq and Chargé d'Affaires of the Austrian Embassy Baghdad
2007 | Senior Editor and Middle East Editor, Der Standard
Ambassador and Head of Delegation, The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau
| Prior to taking up duty in Chisinau, in September 2013, Ambassador Tapiola worked as Senior Adviser on Eastern Europe in the Strategic Planning Division of the European External Action Service (EEAS). From 2004 to 2009, he was Senior Adviser for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova in the Policy Unit of the then EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Dr Javier Solana. Ambassador Tapiola's background is as a career member of the Finnish Diplomatic Service. His past assignments have included Deputy Head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Latvia, Deputy Head of Mission of the Finnish Embassy to Thailand (also accredited to Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos), and Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Finland in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ambassador Tapiola holds a Masters Degree in Political Science/International Relations from the University of Helsinki. |