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PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes Study Group

PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes Study Group Crisis Management in South East Europe. Presentation Andreas Wannemacher/Ernst Felberbauer CMR 3 rd Meeting Vienna 05 04 2002. Vision of SG CM SEE.

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PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes Study Group

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  1. PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes Study Group Crisis Management in South East Europe Presentation Andreas Wannemacher/Ernst Felberbauer CMR 3rd Meeting Vienna 05 04 2002

  2. Vision of SG CM SEE • Assessment of the situation in the South East European Region through enhanced international co-operation, especially with institutions located in or close to the region of interest. • Strategic research on an academic level supplementary to the practical work done in the region. • Giving support to the improvement of networks in the field of security policy and helping to create a peaceful, strategic community in the South East European Region.

  3. Study Group Organisation Chair: COL Gustav GUSTENAU, Permanent Representative of the Commissioner for Strategic Studies, MOD AUSTRIA Co-Chair: Mr. Filip TUNJIC, Advisor to the Minister of Defence, MOD SLOVENIA Operations Officer: Mr. Andreas WANNEMACHER, Bureau for Security Policy, MOD AUSTRIA

  4. Methods • Conferences, Meetings, Workshops • Joint Publications • Virtual Discussion Network (via email) • Exchange of Personnel • Co-operation in Research Projects • Personal Contacts

  5. Study Group Milestones Past Activities (1999-2001) Dec 1999: Presentation of the Proposed Study Group, SOFIA Conference May 2000: First REICHENAU Workshop: "Information Management in the Field of Security Policy in South East Europe" Oct 2000: Scholar Conference in OCHRID: "Ten Years After - Democratisation and Security Challenges in South East Europe" May 2001: Second REICHENAU Workshop: "Multiethnic State or Ethnic Homogeneity - the Case of South East Europe"

  6. Working Group Milestones Publications (1999-2001) • Information Management in the Field of Security Policy in South East Europe: Publication to the First REICHENAU Meeting, Oct 2000, NDA, Vienna • Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe: A Survey of the National Perspectives and of the Adaptation Process to the Partnership for Peace Process, Apr 2001, ISIS, Sofia and NDA, Vienna • Ten Years After - Democratisation and Security Challenges in South East Europe, Publication to the OCHRID Conference, May 2001, NDA, Vienna

  7. Study Group Milestones Publications (1999-2001) • Ten Years After - Democratisation and Security Challenges in South East Europe - Part II, Publication to the OCHRID Conference, Oct 2001, NDA, Vienna In Preparation: • Multiethnic State or Ethnic Homogeneity - the Case of South East Europe, Publication to the Second REICHENAU Meeting, April 2002, NDA, Vienna • Building Stability in Weak States, Publication to the TIRANA Meeting, April 2002, NDA, Vienna

  8. Second REICHENAU Workshop Multiethnic State or Ethnic Homogeneity Second workshop of a series of REICHENAU conferences on the security-political development in South East Europe 18 - 21 May 2001, REICHENAU, AUSTRIA Multiethnic State or Ethnic Homogeneity - the Case of South East Europe 48 participants from 22 countries: ALBANIA, AUSTRIA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, CANADA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, LATVIA, MOLDOVA, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA, SWEDEN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, YUGOSLAVIA

  9. Second REICHENAU Workshop Multiethnic State or Ethnic Homogeneity Development in South East Europe: From the collapse of multiethnic state structures in the 90s to the creation of predominately nation states Phenomena of the 21st century (globalisation, power politics, confederation/federation of states etc.) Status of unfinished peace processes in South East Europe Key elements for the continuation of these processes: • Integration • Democratisation • Logic of inclusion Sustainable peace leading to sustainable states

  10. Second REICHENAU Workshop Email Discussion - Network Test Network Functioning Test: Email Discussion on the Situation in Macedonia: end of March – beginning of April 4 central questions– answers forwarded to all SG members 1. What is your personal viewpoint on the possible development of the crisis in Macedonia? 2. What concrete measures do you suggest should come from the international community (EU, NATO, OSCE...)? 3. What can the Macedonian government do to deescalate the situation? 4. What can the neighbouring countries do to help in the crisis?

  11. Second REICHENAU Workshop Multiethnic State or Ethnic Homogeneity Is the right to self-determination more important than the concept of sovereignty? Is the finalisation of the disintegration process within the Former Yugoslavia region a precondition for a renewed regional co-operation and integration into European structures? Interdependence ofMultiethnicityandEthnic Homogeneity is linked toStabilityandSecurity = Central Issues to South East Europe = Central Issues to the broader region of Europe

  12. Second REICHENAU Workshop Multiethnic State or Ethnic Homogeneity Workshop results: • Workshop marked the change from the structural-organisational development of the WG to actual issues • Central issue with parallel observation given to two current security-political problem areas (Macedonia, Kosovo-FRY) • Progress from security-political country studies to a thematic approach on actual issues • Continuation of the discussion plus spill-over effects to political side

  13. TIRANA Workshop Building Stability in Weak States • Conference:Building Stability in Weak States • in TIRANA, ALBANIA • 10-11 November 2001 • 20 participants • SG CM SEE in co-operation with the Albanian Institute for International Studies, TIRANA • 6 sessions with 2-4 presentations of case studies • Publication upcoming, printed and distributed by the National Defence Academy, VIENNA, deadline: April 2002

  14. Work Programme for 2002 Third REICHENAU Conference May 2002 • Conference The Stability Pact for South East Europe - Dawn of an Era of Regional Co-operation? • in REICHENAU, AUSTRIA • 09-13 May 2002 • 46 participants • in co-operation with the Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for SEE, Erhard BUSEK • 5 panels on: the outcome of the Stability Pact so far; regional co-operation in SEE; integration of the region in Euro-Atlantic structures; national questions and conflicts of order politics as a danger to the Stability Pact; the role of national minorities in the process of stabilisation

  15. Work Programme for 2002 BLED Conference Oct 2002 • Conference: Title: „TBN“ • in BLED, SLOVENIA • October 2002 • 20 participants • co-ordination: Filip TUNJIC, SLOVENIA

  16. END Thank you for your attention

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