Mehrere Notfälle in der strategischen Nachbarschaft der EU, hybride Sicherheitsbedrohungen, Jahre unkoordinierter Kürzungen der Verteidigungsausgaben sowie sich schnell entwickelnde globale Trends haben die Rolle der EU als sicherheitspolitischen Akteur in einer multipolaren Welt schwinden lassen. Die Gemeinsame Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik muss effizienter und effektiver werden, wenn sie sich den zukünftigen Sicherheitsherausforderungen stellen und die Interessen der EU unabhängig von anderen globalen Akteuren vorantreiben soll. Was könnten die Eckpfeiler einer umfassenden zivil-militärischen Sicherheitsarchitektur in Europa sein?
Rudy PRIEM
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Senior Government Relations Manager for Security and Defense, Europe, United Technologies Corporation, Brussels | | | |
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Nathalie TOCCI
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Special Advisor to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome | | | |
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Nick WITNEY
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Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR - European Council on Foreign Relations, London | | | |
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Wolfgang WOSOLSOBE
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Secretary General, Centre France Autriche, Vienna;Former Director General, European Union Military Staff, Brussels | | | |
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Giovanni FALEG
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Associate Research Fellow, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels; Consultant, The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. | | | |
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Senior Government Relations Manager for Security and Defense, Europe, United Technologies Corporation, Brussels
| Rudy joined the UTC Government Relations team in Brussels on April 1st, 2010. He is responsible for communicating the positions and concerns of UTC in matters of defense, space and security to European and NATO decision makers, as well as for monitoring and advising the business units of UTC on EU and NATO rulemaking and policy decisions. |
| Prior to joining UTC, Rudy served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Belgian Air Force. During his military career, Rudy dealt mainly with operational and acquisition logistics and he lived and worked twice in the USA (as F-16 Liaison Officer at Hill Air Force Base in Utah (1990-1994), and as Defense Cooperation Attaché and Director Belgian Military Supply Office (for FMS + DCS Purchases) in Washington, DC (2005- 2009). From 2005 to 2009, in Washington DC, Rudy was also the Head of the Belgian Delegation to the Defense MOU Attachés Group (DMAG) and founding member/first Chairman of the Foreign Procurement Group (FPG)’s Foreign Commercial Procurement Working Group (FCPWG). Rudy holds the Meritorious Service Medal for meritorious non-combat service to the U.S. |
| Rudy is a 1984 graduate of the Belgian Royal Military Academy, where he obtained a master’s degree in Military and Aeronautical Sciences. In 2000, Rudy obtained a master after master’s degree in Public and Military Administration and earned both the Belgian Chief of Defense’s and the Belgian Joint Forces Staff College Alumni Association’s Prizes as best student. Rudy is also an alumnus of the 2011 European Session for Armament Officials (SERA) course in France and of the 2012 UTC Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) course at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. |
| Rudy successfully completed several other courses in Belgium and abroad, including the NATO Logistics Course (NATO Logistics School - Hamburg - Germany), the Security Assistance Management Foreign Purchaser Course (Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management (DISAM) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base - Ohio), the Logistical Support of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Course (UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) - Dag Hammarskjöld Centre - New York) and the Basics of U.S. Commercial Contracting Course (Federal Publications Seminars - Washington DC). |
| Since 2010, Rudy serves as the Deputy Head of the Belgian Delegation to the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG). He’s also a member of the Economic, Legal and Trade Commission at the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and a member of the Security and Defense Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU. |
| Rudy co-chaired two NIAG studies on Transatlantic Defense Technological and Industrial Cooperation (TADIC) and is author or co-author of several position papers and articles on total quality management, performance measurement and on the U.S. export control regime. |
Special Advisor to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
1995-1998 | BA (Hons), PPE - Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University College, Oxford
1998-1999 | M.Sc. in Development Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, London
1999-2003 | Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
2000-2003 | Ph.D. in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, London
2003-2004 | Jean Monnet Fellow, Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
2005-2007 | Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence
2006-2010 | Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
2009-2010 | Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington
since 2011 | Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome; Editor, The International Spectator
since 2013 | Member of the Board of Administrators, Edison
2014 | Strategic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome
Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR - European Council on Foreign Relations, London
| Classics, Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| UK Ministry of Defence |
| Private Secretary to the British Ambassador, Washington |
| Director-General of International Security Policy, UK Ministry of Defence |
2004 | Project Leader, Developing the Concept and Blue-Print, EDA - European Defence Agency
Secretary General, Centre France Autriche, Vienna;Former Director General, European Union Military Staff, Brussels
1974 | Theresianische Militärakademie, Wiener Neustadt
1977 | Infantry Officer
1982-1985 | General Staff Officers Course, Austrian Armed Forces
1985-1987 | Defence Planner
1987-1988 | École Supérieure de Guerre Interarmées and Cours Supérieur Interarmées
1989-1990 | Defence Planner; Lecturer "Strategic Management Methods", Austrian Defence Academy; Chief of Staff, Territorial Command of Salzburg
1991 | Military Advisor for Disarmament, Austrian Diplomatic Mission, Geneva
1992-1997 | Defence Attaché (colonel) to France
1997-1998 | Commander, Austrian Special Forces
1999-2005 | Director for Military Policy
2001 | Brigadier General
2006 | Defence Policy Director, during the Austrian presidency of the EU-Council
2007 | Military Representative, Brussels
2007 | Major General
2009-2010 | Dean, EUMC - European Union Military Committee
2012 | Director General, EUMS - European Union Military Staff
2013-2016 | Lieutenant General
Associate Research Fellow, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels; Consultant, The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
since 2011 | Associate Research Fellow, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
2013-2014 | Researcher, IAI - Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
since 2014 | Advisory Services and Learning Consultant, The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
2014 | Doctorate in European Studies, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London