European Forum Alpbach in cooperation with CEPS – The Centre for European Policy Studies
The working group will bring together high-level EU experts, practitioners from the Member States, and representatives from European think tanks, academia and the press who will focus on the role of the European Union in the world. The participants in the debate will particularly assess the role and potential of the EU in promoting (good) global governance through strategic partnerships with third countries. In this respect, we will address the question to which extent the increasingly variable geometry of the EU will influence its role on the international stage.
Lisbeth KIRK
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Founder and Editor-in-Chief, EUobserver.com, Brussels | | | |
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Pierre VIMONT
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Former Executive Secretary-General, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels | | | |
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Jakub WISNIEWSKI
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Director, Department of Foreign Policy Strategy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw | | | |
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Richard YOUNGS
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Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brussels | | | |
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Hrant KOSTANYAN
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Associate Research Fellow, EU Foreign Policy Unit, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels | | | |
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Founder and Editor-in-Chief, EUobserver.com, Brussels
1979-1983 | Diploma, Danish School of Journalism
1980-1981 | Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
1983-1992 | Brussels Correspondent and Editor, Notat, Copenhagen
1984-1987 | Brussels Correspondent; Editor in Chief, Notat, Copenhagen
1987-1989 | Degree in Marketing Management and Financial Management, Niels Brock - Copenhagen Business College
1993-1996 | Project Leader, Bysted A/S, Copenhagen
1997-1999 | Freelance, Independent; TV-editing, Damarks Radio; Editor, JordbærBladet;
since 2000 | Founder and Editor in Chief, EUobserver.com , Brussels
Former Executive Secretary-General, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels
| Education |
| - Bachelor's degree in law |
| - Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies, Paris |
| - Graduate of the National School of Administration (ENA), 1977 |
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| Career |
1975-1977 | National School of Administration (ENA)
1977-1981 | Second, then first Secretary, at the Embassy of France in London
1981-1985 | Spokesman at the Information and Press Office, French Foreign Ministry, Paris
1985-1986 | Institute for East-West Security, New York
1986-1990 | Second Counsellor, Permanent Representation of France to the European Communities, Brussels
1990-1993 | Chief of Staff of the Minister Delegate for European affairs, French Foreign Ministry, Paris
1993-1996 | Director for Scientific and Technical Cooperation, Department for Cultural, Scientific and Technical Relations, French Foreign Ministry, Paris
1996-1997 | Deputy Director General for Cultural, Scientific and Technical Relations, French Foreign Ministry, Paris
1997-1999 | Director for European Cooperation, Department of European and Economic Affairs, French Foreign Ministry, Paris
1999-2002 | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France to the European Union, Brussels
2002-2007 | Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign affairs, French Foreign Ministry, Paris
Director, Department of Foreign Policy Strategy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw
2002-2009 | Head of Section, Department of Analyses and Strategies, Office of the Committee for European Integration, Warsaw
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brussels
1992-1996 | PhD International Studies, Warwick University, Coventry
1988-1991 | BA Social and Political Science, Cambridge University, Cambridge
1991-1992 | MA International Studies, Warwick University, Coventry
1995-1998 | Senior Research Fellow, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
1998-2001 | Senior Research Fellow, EU Project on European Democracy Promotion
2001-2004 | EU Marie Curie Fellow, Norwegian Institute for International Relations, Oslo
2012-2013 | Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington, D.C.
2004-2013 | Director (since 2009), FRIDE - Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior, Madrid
since 2004 | Professor of International Relations, Warwick University, Coventry
Associate Research Fellow, EU Foreign Policy Unit, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
since 2010 | Associate Research Fellow, EU Foreign Policy Unit, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
since 2010 | Researcher; Lecturer, CEUS - Centre for EU Studies, Department of Political Science, Ghent University
since 2010 | Co-editor, CEPS "European Neighbourhood Watch", Brussels