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.
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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
