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PUBLIC LECTURE

Event: Public lecture: "Europe, 20 years after the Iron Curtain"
Date: 5 November, 2009, 10.30 AM
Venue: CEU, V. Nador u. 9. , Popper Room
Lecturer: Frans Timmermans, Minister for European Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Opening remarks: Liviu Matei, Chief Operating Officer, CEU
Introduction: Gábor Iván, State Secretary, European Union Affairs, MFA, Hungary      
Invitation

CONFERENCE

Event: Conference: "EU-Turkey Relations - Developing Common Energy Frontiers?"
Date: 12 October, 2009, 9.30 AM
Venue: CEU, Nador u. 9. , Auditorium
Welcome address: Péter Balázs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Panel I. keynote: John Roberts, Energy Specialist, Platts, UK    
Panelists:   

• Gülnur Aybet, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent  
• Mustafa Aydın, Director, TEPAV  
• Natália Soczó, Energy Policy Expert, MOL  
• András Deák, CEU, Center for EU Enlargement Studies

Moderator:
Ahmet Evin, IPC, Sabancı Univ. and Transatlantic Academy, Washington D. C

Panel II. keynote: Zsolt Németh, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, MFA Hungary     
Panelists:        

• Sema Kalaycıoğlu- Dean- Doğuş University  
• Ronald H. Linden, Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, Transatlantic Academy, Washington D. C  
• Mihály Bayer, Nabucco Ambassador, Hungarian MFA  
• Deniz Bingol, CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies 
• Andreas Goldthau, CEU, Department of Public Policy

Moderator:
Atila Eralp, Director, European Union Studies, METU

Closing remarks:
Ahmet Evin, IPC, Sabancı Univ. and Transatlantic Academy, Washington D. C
Program

PANEL DISCUSSION

Event: Panel discussion: "Eastern Partnership from the Visegrad Perspective"
Date: 18 June, 2009, 2 PM
Venue: CEU, Nador u. 11. , Room 616
Panelists:     

• Jacek Kucharczyk, Research Director, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland 
• Piotr Kazmierkiewicz, Research Fellow, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland 
• David Kral, Director, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, Czech Republic 
• Vladimír Bartovic, Research Fellow, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, Czech Republic 
• Lucia Najslova, Editor-in-chief, Zahranicna politika, Slovakia 
• András Deák, Appointed Research Director, CEU CENS   

Moderator:
Gergely Romsics, Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs
Invitation

PANEL DISCUSSION

Event: Panel discussion: "Current Challenges to International Humanitarian Law"
Date: 16 June, 2009, 4 PM
Venue: CEU, Nador u. 9. , Auditorium
Panelists:     

• Prof. Balázs Gellér, Head of the Criminal Law Department of the Eötvös Loránd University 
• Dr. István Horváth, Head of the International and European Law Department of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• Daniel Klingele, Head of the International Humanitarian Law Department of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bern 
• Dr. Jean-Francois Quéguiner, Legal Expert, Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva    
• Dr. Cyrill Laucci , Regional Legal Adviser of the ICRC (Budapest)    
• Dr Réka Varga, Legal Adviser of the ICRC Regional Delegation for Central Europe
  

Moderator:
János Betlen

BOOK PRESENTATION

Event: Book presentation: "Which Way Goes Capitalism? - In Search of Adequate Policies in a Dramatically Changing World" by Daniel Dăianu
Date: 25 Mayl, 2009
Venue: CEU, Popper Room, Nador u. 9.
Invitation

Conferences

Event: "Europe as Soft Power"
Date: 2 April, 2009
Venue: CEU, Auditorium, Nador u. 9.
Coorganizer: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Budapest
Event Report

Event: "Turkey and the European Union"
Speakers: Deniz McDonald (CENS), Anton Pelinka (Nationalism Studies)
Chair: Selim Deringil (Nationalism Studies)
Date: 6:00 p.m., 2 February, 2009
Venue: CEU, Nádor 11 courtyard, Tóth István György Room
Organizer: Nationalism Studies Program

Event: "EU - Turkey Forum"
Date: 5-6 December, 2008
Venue: Sopot, Poland
Organizer: Eastern Institute
CENS Participant: Deniz McDonald
Summary

Event: "Annual Turkey - EU Observactory"
Date: 5-6 December, 2008
Venue: Berlin
Organizer: Istanbul Policy Center, Sabanci University
CENS Participant: Péter Balázs, Zselyke Tófalvi

Event: "EU´s Eastern Partnership: How to Proceed in 2009?"
Date: 2:00 p.m., 8 December, 2008
Venue: Brussels, Crowne Plaza Hotel Brussels, Rue de la Loi 107, 1000 Brussels
Coorganizers: Prague Security Studies Institute (Prague), Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava), Centre for International Studies (Warsaw), International Visegrad Fund, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
CENS Participant: Anna Reich
Program
Project info

Event: "National and European Identities: Current Events and Future Trends"
Date: November 27-28, 2008
Venue: French Institute, Budapest - CEU, Popper Room
Partners: French Institute, Budapest
Details

Event: "EU Energy Policy and Infrastructure Development - The Role of the Visegrad Countries"
Date: 9:00 a.m., November 4, 2008
Venue: CEU, Auditorium
Partners: International Visegrad Fund, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Budapest
Program and Presentations

Event: Ukraine - Hungary Conference
Date: 22 September 2008
Venue: CEU, Auditorium
Program

Event: "The European Social Model - Old versus New Europe?"
Date: 19 September, 2008
Venue: CEU, Nador u. 11, Room 616

Event: "Accelerating the Accession Process in the Western-Balkans: What Can be Done"
Date: 11 September 2008
Venue: Krynica Economic Forum, Poland
Speakers: Jan Truszczynski (DG Enlargement, European Commission), Nicolas Miletitch (Agence France Press), Hido Biscevic (Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council), Slobodan Chashule (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Macedonia), Albert Gajo, Deputy Minister of European Integration, Albania
Commentators: Ana Trbovich (FEFA, Serbia), Erion Veliaj (G99, Albania)
Event Report

Event: "Intercultural Dialogue for the Greater Europe - The European Union and the Balkans"
Date: 23 - 24 June, 2008
Venue: Zagreb, Regent Esplanade Hotel
Program

Event: "The Impact of the Enlarged Schengen Zone on the Eastern Neighbourhood Policy"
Date: 5:00 p.m., 3 June, 2008
Venue: Brussels, Residence Palace
Coorganizers: Prague Security Studies Institute (Prague), Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava), Centre for International Studies (Warsaw), International Visegrad Fund, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Project info

Event: "Eastern and Southern Dimensions of the ENP: Common Approach or Divergent Interests?"
Date: TBA, 4 June, 2008
Venue: Paris, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Sciences-Po, 56 rue Jacob, Paris
Coorganizers: Prague Security Studies Institute (Prague), Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava), Centre for International Studies (Warsaw), Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (Paris), International Visegrad Fund, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Project info

Event: "EU Eastern Relations and the Neighborhood Policy"
Date: 14 May, 2008
Venue: CEU, Senate Room, Nador u. 9.
Coorganizer: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Budapest

Event: "The Transformation Process in the New Member States"
Date: 14 April, 2008
Venue: Centre for European Reform, London
Project/Sponsor: Economic and Social Research Council

Event: "Financial Market Integration, Structural Change, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in the EU25"
Date: 28 April, 2008
Venue: DG Economic and Financial Affairs, Brussels
Project/Sponsor: Jean Monnet Transnational Research Group

Event: "EU Enlargement and Global Implications of the Balkan Problem"
Date: 22-23 February, 2008
Venue: CEU, Auditorium and Popper Room, Nador u. 9.
Coorganizer: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Budapest
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Event: "The Impact of the Enlarged Schengen Zone on the Eastern Neighbourhood Policy"
Date: 7 February, 2008
Venue: Brussels, Residence Palace
Coorganizers: Prague Security Studies Institute (Prague), Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava), Centre for International Studies (Warsaw)

Event: "Deepening the European Neighborhood Policy: Views from the Visegrád Countries and Germany"
Date: 16 October 2007
Venue: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
Coorganizers: Prague Security Studies Institute (Prague), Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava), Centre for International Studies (Warsaw), The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Program

Event: "A Roadmap for the Western-Balkans: Using IPA and other EU Funds to Accelerate Convergence and Integration"
Date: 11 October 2007
Venue: Brussels, TBA
Supporters: University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), Open Society Institute-Brussels
Event Report
Program

Event: "Economic Forum in Krynica"
Date: 6 - 9 September 2007
Venue: Krynica, Poland
Organizer: The Institute for Eastern Studies Foundation
Partner: Center for EU Enlargement Studies, CEU
Details
Press info

Event: "Eastern ENP and relations with Russia after the German Presidency "
Date: 5:00 p.m., 20 June, 2007
Venue: Brussels, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Coorganizers: Prague Security Studies Institute (Prague), Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava), Centre for International Studies (Warsaw)
Program
Policy Brief

Event: "The Future of the Common EU Budget - A Hungarian Perspective"
Date: 21 May, 2007
Venue: Institute for World Economics, Országház u. 30., Jakobinus Terem
Coorganizer: Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Please note that the working language of the conference is Hungarian. No interpretation is provided!
Program

Event: "Polish-Hungarian Roundtable - Ways and Means of Cooperation in the EU"
Date: 28 February, 2007
Venue: CEU, Senate Room, Nador u. 9.
Coorganizer: Embassy of Poland

Event: "Ever-Expanding Union? Re-Thinking Enlargement Stretegy and the European Neighborhood Policy "
Date: 23-24 February, 2007
Venue: CEU, Auditorium, Nador u. 9.
Coorganizer: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Budapest
Conference Report
Program
Gallery

Event: "The EU's Eastern Policy: Central European Impulses"
Date: 5:00 p.m., 25 January, 2007
Venue: Brussels, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Coorganizers: Prague Security Studies Institute (Prague), Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava), Centre for International Studies (Warsaw)
Policy Brief
Project Details

Event: "Strategic Framework for the EU's Eastern Policy - In a Search of a New Approach"
Date: 10-11 November, 2006
Venue: Bratislava, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cooperating Partner: Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava), Prague Security Studies Institute (Prague), Centre for International Studies (Warsaw)
Details

Event: "Committee Governance in an Enlarged European Union"
Date: 9:00 a.m., 6 May, 2006
Cooperating Partner: Center for Policy Studies (CEU)
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Event: "Beyond Homogeneity"
Date: 9:00 a.m., 9 February, 2006
Venue: CEU, Auditorium, Nador u. 9.
Details and Transcripts
Program (Pdf)
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Event: "One Year After the Accession: Looking East and Looking West"
Date: 9:00 a.m., 5 May, 2005
Venue: CEU, Auditorium, Nador u. 9.
Details and Transcripts
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Event: "European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Albania”
Speakers: Lulzim Basha (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania)
Date: 5.00 p.m., 10 February 2009
Venue: CEU, Auditorium, Nador u. 9.
Event Report

Event: "The New Kosovo-Central Asia Frontline against the Background of the European Neighborhood Policy"
Speakers: Armando Marques Guedes (Professor, Law Faculty, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Date: 5.00 p.m., 11 November 2008
Venue: CEU, Room 006, Nador u. 11.

Event: "Diplomacy of Small States"
Speakers: Vartan Oskanian (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Armenia)
Date: 4.00 p.m., 30 October 2007
Venue: CEU, Auditorium, Nador u. 9.
Event Report (Pdf)

Event: "Will the United States and Europe Get Along after Bush?"
Speakers: Thomas Carothers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), István Gyarmati (Centre for Democratic Transition)
Date: 18 October 2007
Venue: CEU, Auditorium, Nador u. 9.
Coorganizer: CEU Humanities Center
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Event: "The United States and Hungary Paths to Diplomacy: 1848-2006 "
Speakers: April H. Foley (U.S. Ambassador to Hungary), Marc Susser (Director of the Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State), Péter Balázs (Director, CENS), Béla Szombati (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary), Tamás Magyarics (ELTE)
Chair: János Betlen (Journalist, MTV)
Date: 5:00 p.m., 9 May, 2007
Venue: CEU, Auditorium, Nador u. 9.
Cooperating Partners: Embassy of the United States in Hungary
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Event: "The Turkish Military and Democracy "
Speakers: Savas Genç (Assistant Professor, Fatih University / Istanbul)
Date: 3:00 p.m., 9 May, 2007
Venue: CEU, Hanák Room, Nador u. 11.
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