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24th International Workshop - </strong><strong>Paris '07</strong></p>
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<span class="style219"><a href="/2007book/weissinger07.htm">Preface- Dr. Roger<br>
Weissinger-Baylon<br>
Workshop Chairman<br>
</a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/2007book/ranquet07.htm">Foreword - Ing General<br>
Robert Ranquet<br>
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<span class="style219"><a href="/2007book/joulwan07.htm">Opening Dinner Debate - <br>
General George Joulwan<br>
Former SACEUR<br>
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Global security challenges: <br>
Is there hope for <br>
Afghanistan or Iraq?<br>
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<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/bentegeat07.htm">General Henri Bentegeat<br>
President of EU Military Committee</a>
<a href="/2007book/georgelin07">Gen Jean-Louis Georgelin C<strong>hef d’état</strong>-<strong>major</strong> des armées - France</a><a href="/2007book/amecourt07.htm">Mr. Jean de Ponton d'Amecourt - French Dir of Strategic Affairs</a><a href="/2007book/schuwirth07.htm">General Rainer Schuwirth <br>
Chief of Staff, SHAPE</a><a href="/2007book/ramms07.htm">General Egon Ramms <br>
Commander, Allied Joint Force Cmd, Brunssum</a>
<a href="/2007book/akram07.htm">
Amb Munir Akram<br>
Pakistan's Amb to UN</a><a href="/2007book/zhan07.htm">
Major Gen ZHAN Maohai<br>
Vice Chair of China IISS</a><br>
Energy & Climate Change<br>
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/jones07.htm">General James Jones<br>
Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe</a><a href="/2007book/ashton07.htm">Mr. John Ashton<br>
UK Special Repr for Climate Change</a><br>
Security in the Balkans & Black Sea region<br>
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/baramidze07.htm">Georgian Vice Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze</a>
<a href="/2007book/tarasyuk07.htm">Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk</a>
<a href="/2007book/mediu07.htm">Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu</a><a href="/2007book/bliznakov07.htm">Bulgarian Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov</a><a href="/2007book/bezhuashvili07.htm">Georgian Foreign Min Gela Bezhuashvili</a><a href="/2007book/ildem07.htm">Ambassador <strong> Tacan Ildem</strong><br>
Turkish Amb to NATO</a><a href="/2007book/buzhinsky07.htm">
Lt Gen Evgeniy Buzhinsky<br>
Russian Ministry of Defense</a><br>
Time for new strategies?<br>
NATO after the Riga Summit<br>
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/eldon07.htm">Amb Stewart Eldon<br>
UK Ambassador to NATO</a>
<a href="/2007book/orgaz07.htm">Amb Pablo Benavides Orgaz<br>
Spanish Amb to NATO</a>
<a href="/2007book/stefanini07.htm">Amb Stefano Stefanini <br>
Italian Amb to NATO</a><a href="/2007book/dipaola07.htm">Adm Giampaolo Di Paola<br>
Italian Chief of Defense<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/gagor07.htm">Gen Franciszek Gagor Polish Chief of Defense</a><br>
How can the EU, NATO, the OSCE, and UN reform?<br>
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/brichambaut07.htm">Amb Marc Perrin de Brichambaut<br>
OSCE Secretary General </a><a href="/2007book/lintonen07.htm">Amb Kirsti Lintonen Finnish Amb to UN</a>
<a href="/2007book/brodi07.htm">Amb Gabor Brodi<br>
Hungarian Amb to UN</a><a href="/2007book/rinkevics07.htm">State Sec Edgars Rinkevics - Latvian MOD</a><a href="/2007book/linkevicius07.htm">Amb Linas Linkevicius<br>
Lithuanian Amb to NATO<br>
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<a href="/2007book/chizhov07.htm">Amb Vladimir Chizhov<br>
Russian Amb to the EU<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/monteforte07.htm">Vice Adm Ferdinando Sanfelice di Monteforte<br>
Italian Mil Repr to NATO</a><br>
Dealing with middle east:<br>Views from North Africa
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/yousfi07.htm">Amb Youcef Yousfi<br>
Algerian Amb to UN and former Foreign Minister</a><a href="/2007book/karem07.htm">Amb Mahmoud Karem<br>
Egyptian Amb to EU and Repr to Med Dialogue</a><a href="/2007book/alem07.htm">Amb Menouar Alem<br>
Moroccan Amb to EU and Repr to Med Dialogue<br>
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<p align="center" class="style17">WMD and cyber threats
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/pfirter07.htm">Amb Rogelio Pfirter<br>
Director-General, OPCW</a>
<a href="/2007book/hopkins07.htm">Dr. Arthur T. Hopkins<br>
Assist to U.S. Sec of Defense - Nuclear & Chemical & Biological</a><a href="/2007book/aaviksoo07.htm">Estonian Defense Minister<br>
Jaak Aaviksoo</a><a href="/2007book/grimes07.htm">Hon John Grimes<br>
US Assistant Secretary of Defense - NII<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/lentz07.htm">Mr. Robert Lentz<br>
US Dep Asst Sec for NII<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/wolf07.htm">Lt General Ulrich Wolf<br>
Dir of NATO CIS Service Agency<br>
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<a href="/2007book/bloechl07.htm">Mr. Tim Bloechl<br>
Microsoft Exec Director</a>
<p align="center" class="style17">How industry can help address the global challenges<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/lahoud07.htm">Mr. Marwan Lahoud<br>
Chief Operating Office EADS</a><a href="/2007book/schneider07.htm">Mr. Kent Schneider<br>
President, Defense Group<br>
Northrop Grumman IT<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/auroy07.htm">Mr. Patrick Auroy<br>
Deputy Director,<br>
French DGA
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</a><a href="/2007book/volkman07.htm">Mr. Alfred Volkman<br>
Dir, Defense Cooperation<br>
US Dept of Defense<br>
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<a href="/2007book/linnenkamp07.htm">Dr. Hilmar Linnenkamp<br>
Dep CEO, EDA</a>
<a href="/2007book/lind07.htm">Mr. Jan-Olof Lind<br>
Swedish National Armaments Director</a>
<a href="/2007book/buckley07.htm">Dr. Edgar Buckley<br>
Thales Senior Vice President</a>
<a href="/2007book/trice07">Dr. Robert Trice<br>
Lockheed Martin <br>
Senior Vice President<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/bertolone07.htm">Ing. Giovanni Bertolone<br>
CEO, Alenia Aeronautica</a>
<p align="center" class="style17">The way ahead & why current approaches don't work
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/martinusz07.htm">Amb Zoltan Martinusz<br>
Hungarian Amb to NATO<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/ducaru07.htm">Amb Dumitru Sorin Ducaru<br>
Romanian Amb to NATO</a><a href="/2007book/kujat07.htm"> General Harald Kujat<br>
Former Chair of NATO Military Committee</a>
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<p align="center" class="style26" >Emerging Multipolarity and the Prospects for Cooperation</p>
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Ambassador of the Russian Federation
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<p align="center" class="style26"><em>"...no single
existing organization, neither the United Nations nor NATO nor the<br>
European
Union nor the OSCE, is now capable
of <br>
dealing with the new security agenda
alone."</em></p>
<p>I am particularly impressed,
as a professional diplomat representing a very peaceful country to a very
peaceful institution with a relatively minor military capability, by the
interest of the Euro-Atlantic defense community, so widely represented at this
conference, in the issue that is now under discussion. That interest has
actually led me to two alternative conclusions: that the defense community is
in search of a mission for itself, and that it concedes that security in today�s
world is a much broader issue than just military security.</p>
<p align="center" class="style26">DEFINING THE ELEMENTS OF�SECURITY ORGANIZATION INTERACTION</p>
<p>Addressing the
point of our discussion�to define modalities of interaction between the various
security organizations and institutions active in the Euro-Atlantic field�is not a theoretical exercise; it is a very practical issue. And given the issue�s
practical dimension, we need to begin by defining two basic elements: </p>
<p>��������� 1. The global and
regional environment in which those organizations operate.<br>
��������� 2. The set of goals
on which their cooperative efforts should focus. </p>
<p>I must admit that
it is easier to address the second element. Obviously, the goals are to enhance
global and regional security and to provide a joint or at least a common
response to the risks and challenges of the 21st century. The issue
concerning the international security environment, the international context,
is much more complicated, and I would say the context itself is becoming
increasingly complicated. Old divisions have become history though they can
still provide useful lessons if we will learn them. And although no ideological
conflicts similar to those that dominated the Cold War era are now in sight,
new threats keep piling up, demanding new approaches and concerted action.� </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">EMERGING MULTIPOLARITY</p>
<p>One of the problems we all
face is that many of the instruments at the disposal of the international
community today remain largely the same as they were years ago; they were
inherited from old times. Another point I would like to make is that no single
existing organization, neither the United Nations nor NATO nor the European
Union nor the OSCE, is now capable of dealing with the new security agenda
alone. But that is not the case only because at least some of those
organizations are products of different times and were meant to operate in a
totally different environment. I believe that one of the key features of the
world we live in today is its emerging multipolarity. I do not know if
everybody at this workshop likes that term, but indeed it is a fact. I would
add that all concepts of a unipolar world that mushroomed after the lapse of
the bipolar world were doomed from the outset because they cannot fit into a
world of increasing globalization and an already global economy. Globalization
and unilateralism are hardly compatible.</p>
<p> Having said this,
let me stress that multipolarity does not automatically entail confrontation.
On the contrary, it has been proved by recent developments across the globe
that unilateral approaches combined with an overestimated role of military
force has led to an increase only of conflict potential across the world. �As
far as multilateralism is concerned, history, including the more recent history
of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, has shown that multilateralism only counts when
it is effective. Otherwise, there is the danger of repeating the ill-fated
example of the League of Nations and all the various holy alliances of the 19<sup>th</sup> century.� </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">BUILDING ON PREVIOUS SUCCESSES</p>
<p>No one expects a
symphony of synergy (using the current phrase, based on the Greek language) to
be established overnight. It may only come as a result of concerted and
persistent efforts by all countries concerned. But we do not have to start from
scratch. Let me remind you that it was eight years ago at the OSCE Summit in Istanbul, which for some dubious reason is only remembered because of some side events,
that an unduly forgotten document called the Platform for Cooperative Security
was adopted. Let me also remind you that it was the European Union that
initiated this document and unfortunately was among the first to forget about
it.� </p>
<p>The essence of the
platform was the idea of complementarity between interacting European and
Euro-Atlantic organizations on the basis of equality and respect for each
other. But the sole basis for such cooperation can only be international law,
as enshrined in collective U.N. decisions. I agree with Ambassador Lintonen
that the U.N. remains the main pillar of multilateral world diplomacy. It has proven
its authority in much more difficult times than those we live in today, and,
with the Cold War behind us, it has all the prerequisites to play its role.</p>
<p align="center" class="style26">THE NEED FOR REFORM</p>
<p>I should add that this does
not mean that the U.N. is not in need of reform. U.N. reform is an issue that
needs to be addressed with proper care, and, actually, all the organizations we
are discussing are in need of reform and transformation. NATO has evolved from
debates on its own viability in the modern world, which was the focus of
attention in the 1990s, to a new and, I say with all due respect, a false sense
of self-confidence created by the smokescreen of euphoria over enlargement. I
am sure that the current problems that the Alliance faces in Afghanistan and elsewhere are a good indication that enlargement did not bring additional efficiency
to the Alliance.� </p>
<p>The OSCE, which is supposedly
an organization of sovereign states bound together by a balanced set of 10
principles and values as outlined in collective decisions by participating
states, still has no legal capacity. That is why I am referring to
participating states rather than to member-states.� What is important about
this, however, is that too often the prerogatives of participating states are
in fact usurped by institutions that boast of their autonomy and work on the
basis of self-proclaimed rules and procedures.� </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">EFFECTING A COMMON FOREIGN POLICY</p>
<p>Recently I participated in a discussion entitled �Will the EU Ever Have a Common Foreign Policy?� at one of
the Brussels think tanks. I was surprised that the overwhelming majority of the
participants, including some EU officials, concluded that the answer is more to
the negative. Perhaps I am more optimistic. I think the EU Common Foreign
Policy (CSFP) has a future, though of course it still faces serious
difficulties: When we have a situation in which two European Union
member-states conclude separate deals with a third country on an issue as
sensitive as missile defense behind the backs of the European Union, then something
is wrong with the CSFP and the ESDP. But of course the ultimate success of a
European Union Common Foreign Policy will come and will be proven when the EU
has a single seat in other international organizations like the United
Nations.� </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">CONCLUDING REMARKS</p>
<p>Overall, the picture is mixed. The tools to deal with the risks and challenges of the 21<sup>st</sup>
century, though imperfect, are there. But adapting them to the evolving
realities of the 21<sup>st</sup> century as well as enhancing their efficiency
will require the concerted will of the countries involved. It is true that any
international organization is as effective as its member-states want or can
afford it to be, which makes me optimistic that, through the political will of
the countries that belong to the Euro-Atlantic community, we indeed have a
chance of successfully promoting cooperation among the various organizations
active in the security area on the basis of already agreed-upon principles such
as the Platform for Security Cooperation.�</p>
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