Final report from the workshop held in Stavanger in May 2012
PROGRAMME
THE NORDIC & BALTIC SMALL STATES: PERCEPTIONS ON ECONOMY, SECURITY AND IDENTITY IN AN INCREASINGLY REGIONALIZED EUROPE
Second International Workshop: SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION
University of Stavanger, Norway
Arne Rettedals hus
Room G-101
Thursday 24 May 2012
0900 Welcome and introduction by the workshop co-organizers:
SEROS – Centre for risk management and societal safety University of Stavanger and The International Centre for Defence Studies, Tallinn
Followed by:
Scene-setting session
Chaired by Ole Andreas Engen, University of Stavanger
Keynote presentations:
Two speakers: two generic topics:
1. Geopolitical aspects of small states security
Alyson Bailes, University of Iceland
2. Societal security, civil protection and preparedness in small states Ørjan N. Karlsson, Head of Unit for International Relations, Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning
Discussant: Jan Egeland, Deputy Director Human Rights Watch and Adjunct
professor at the University of Stavanger
1030 Coffee
1045 Role of the Nordic states: national, regional and global security
Chaired by: Bjørg Ofstad, Norwegian Research Council
Norway: Ivar Knai, Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning and University of Stavanger
Sweden: Gunilla Herolf, SIPRI
Denmark: Anders Wivel, University of Copenhagen
Iceland:, Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Adjunct at the Faculty of Political Science,
University of Iceland Slides
Each presenter gets 20 min and then discussion of Nordic parallels and
differences, and the relevance of Nordic cooperation
1245 lunch
1330 The Baltic States Subjects or Objects of Security?
Chaired by: Peter Burgess, PRIO
Estonia: Riina Kaljurand, Researcher,
Latvia: Raimonds Rublovskis, research fellow, Latvian foreign policy
institute
Lithuania: Margarita Seselgyte, Institute of International Relations and
Political Science, Vilnius University
Each presenter gets 20 min. Discussion of parallel/contrasts, Nordic/Baltic
differences, and the relevance of regional arrangements
1500 Coffee and tea
1520 The Faroes and Greenland
Chaired by: Anders Wivel, University of Copenhagen
Faroes: Beinta í Jákupsstovu, Molde University College and Regin Berg,
University of Aberdeen
Greenland: Maria Ackren, Associate Professor in Political Science,
University of Greenland
General discussion
1630 Short break
1640 Final working session for project partners
Co-chaired by Kenneth Pettersen and Riina Kaljurand
– Summing-up of workshop issues and findings
– ‘Unsolved’ research questions (to go forward for follow-on project
proposal)
– Preparation of workshop report (SEROS and International Centre for
Defence Studies)
– Selection of papers to be developed for publication
– Possible contributions for final volume
– Any other project business
1730 End