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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.

02.12.2009 / Full Report in German

Together with the Egmont - Royal Institute for International Relation the AIES had held an expert seminar on the topic "Building a New World Order: The EU and the Emerging Powers, the BRICs" in Brussels. International experts discussed the role of Brazil, Russia, India & China and the implications for the EU. The AIES was represented by its president Werner Fasslabend, its Director of Research Franco Algieri and Research Fellow Michael Fuker.

21.10.2009 / Full Report in German

Is the support of political reform processes in the Middle East a shared objective of the new U.S. administration, the European Union, and reformists in the Middle East? What are perspectives of future co-operation? The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) together with the American think tank "Project on Middle East Democracy" (POMED) hosted a series of workshops in 2009 to tackle this question. The workshops aimed at identifying converging interests in Europe, the United States and the Middle East with regard to political reform in the Middle East. The first workshop took place in Washington D.C. end of May 2009, involving 15 participants from Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East. The findings of the first workshop were then discussed in an event at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP) in Berlin in the beginning of June 2009. The final workshop in the series was held in Washington again beginning of October 2009. During a public event at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, AIES Associate Fellow Almut Möller together with participants of the workshop reported about the workshop’s discussions and findings. The results as well as policy recommendations will be published in a policy paper by the end of 2009.

12.10.2009 / Full Report in German

On 22 June 2009 the Department of Leadership and Management of the Swedish National Defence College organized in cooperation with the AIES in Stockholm a research workshop on the topic "New missions - new challenges. Peacekeeping and Crisis Management: The EU and Canada's New Operations". The AIES was represented by its associate fellow Franz Kernic and its Director of Research, Franco Algieri, as well as its Secretary General, Arnold Kammel. The research workshop report is now available as a pdf download.

06.10.2009 / Full Report in German

"The European Union as a global player: a view from the Council" was the topic of an expert roundtable organised by the AIES on September 3, 2009. Dr. Karl Buck, who has been for a long time the director of the Latin America department at the Council Secretariat in Brussels, gave an overview on structural characteristics of European foreign policy and explained the EU's external relations with respect to Latin America and Asia. Buck pointed out that the EU cannot be considered as a world power, however, globally powerful. The AIES organises regularly expert roundtables concerning European and security political questions.

10.09.2009 / Full Report in German