| GERMAN | 31/07/2010 |
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The 15th European Forum Wachau took place from 26 to 27 June 2010 at Göttweig Abbey in Lower Austria. This year’s meeting was focussing on the topic „The Danube region within a new Europe“. For the first time, the AIES acted as scientific advisor for the European Forum.
Professor Jolyon Howorth, Yale University, was guest speaker in an expert roundtable dealing with the topic of an EU grand strategy and its consequences for the member states, organised by the AIES on June 8, 2010 in Vienna. The next day he spoke at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna about relations between European Security and Defence Policy and NATO. This event was organised by the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the Institute for European Integration Research in cooperation with the AIES.
On 20 January 2010, the AIES together with the Political Academy hosted a talk with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Austria, H.E. José María Pons Irazazábal, about the priorities of the Spanish EU Presidency.
On December 4, 2009 the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) hosted the 13th European Forum in the festivity hall of the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna. The title of this major annual conference of the AIES was "Europe’s role and security with the Lisbon Treaty". Three days after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty the forum offered a comprehensive approach to discuss the impact of the Treaty on the future integration process with high-ranking experts and diplomats from the national and European level. There was a broad agreement amongst the participants that this new phase of the EU’s development will bring improvements as concerns efficiency, the capability to act and the decision-making process. Nevertheless, a range of EU internal and external challenges was identified, which demand more reform steps. Amongst others, the EU will be asked to further develop existing and new strategic partnerships, especially with the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Equally important will be the strengthening of crisis management capabilities, in particular civil-military ones. In sum, the EU needs to debate a Grand Strategy.
On 30 November 2009 the AIES has held together with the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) a workshop on the topic "Space and Maritime Security – Strategies and Capabilities to counter piracy" in Vienna.
International experts from research institutions, EU institutions, international organizations and the industry discussed security political options and the use of space applications to counter piracy including the respective implications for maritime security. The use of space applications and their importance for maritime security was demonstrated using the example of the EU operation NAVFOR–Atalanta.
The results of the workshop will be published in a workshop report.
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