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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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<td>Spanish Ambassador to NATO Pablo Benavides Orgaz (second from right) with, from left to right, Polish Chief of Defense Gen Franciszek Gagor, Italian Chief of Defense Adm Giampaolo Di Paola, Georgian Vice Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze, and UK Amb to NATO Stewart Eldon (right).</td>
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<p class="style26">Ambassador Pablo Benavides Orgaz<br>
Permanent Representative of Spain<br>
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<p align="center" class="style26"><em>"...we have to base NATO discussions
on healthy political consensus. <br>
NATO is basically political. Obviously, its
roots are military in nature, <br>
but without political debate, operations cannot
be sustained."</em></p>
<p>I am calling this
presentation �A View from the South� because geography and history give added
value to NATO that we have to take into account, not only for logical reasons
but also because current threats come from the south. I have seven points to
make regarding this view. </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">THE NEED FOR POSITIVE LEADERSHIP</p>
<p>First, I believe that
positive leadership on both sides of the Atlantic is very important for the
immediate future. This for me is key, because we have to base NATO discussions
on healthy political consensus. NATO is basically political. Obviously, its
roots are military in nature, but without political debate, operations cannot
be sustained. In that sense, let us hope that our sense of leadership will
improve in the near future, because it will help Council debates as well as
help our ministers and our heads of state and government to deliver.</p>
<p align="center" class="style26">THE IMPORTANCE OF SYNERGY AND OPENNESS</p>
<p>Second, Ambassador Eldon
mentioned the importance of synergy. I would call synergy the vocation of
openness that the Riga Summit left with us. If you go through the declaration,
you will see that NATO has never been engaged in as many different regions of
the world as it is now. This obviously means that the famous global approach or
comprehensive approach needs to be carried out day-to-day in our theaters, in our
capitals, and in Brussels.</p>
<p align="center" class="style26">ASSYMETRIC THREATS</p>
<p>Third, the problem of Afghanistan is an excellent example of the asymmetric nature of today's threats. In fact, I
believe that Afghanistan is going to change our culture of defense because what
we have to face in the future has nothing to do with what we've faced in the
past. The combination of humanitarian aspects, the risk of proliferation and
terrorism, rogue states, all these categories will be acting together against
our values and we have to know how to proceed.</p>
<p align="center" class="style26">MAINTAINING ARMS CONTROL</p>
<p>Fourth, it is very important
that, along with providing our legitimate defensive needs, we fight to maintain
the present system of arms control.� Otherwise, we will open a Pandora's box
that could be extremely dangerous.� This point applies not just to the NPT
Treaty but also to the CFE Treat, and, in spite of the fact that in Vienna we could not go very far, we should continue working to preserve transparency and
mutual trust, because these are the basis of a good arms control system. I
should also point out that people are not always aware that missile defense
includes more than only long-range ballistic missiles. Missile defense includes
short and medium-range missile attacks but also non-state actors, and this
means terrorist groups. The threat is the same for all allies, and therefore
all allies should be covered against all kinds of threats, which NATO has taken
into account.</p>
<p align="center" class="style26">BEING CLEAR WITH RUSSIA</p>
<p>Fifth, regarding Russia, the allies must remain united, and this is what we are doing. We should look beyond
the rhetoric of provocation; in Brussels recently we reaffirmed the importance
of keeping an open dialogue and not being afraid of being transparent with the
Russians, because that may be the only way to resolve contradictions. Let us
not be afraid of being clear.</p>
<p align="center" class="style26">MAINTAINING A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THE BALKANS</p>
<p>Sixth, Riga was the key
moment when we opened Partnership for Peace to the three countries of the
Balkans. So when we talk about Kosovo, let us not forget that our approach
there cannot be separated from a regional approach to the whole Balkans region.
In that sense, international community unity is essential, even if we are going
through a difficult moment. The Security Council Resolution is important to the
Euro-Atlantic perspective. </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">TALKING FRANKLY WITH THE SOUTH</p>
<p>Finally, in Riga we also
opened Partnership for Peace to the Mediterranean Dialogue countries. This is
proceeding well. There is more trust now, and we are talking more frankly. It
is very important that we continue engaging with these countries in order to
change misperceptions.� </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">CONCLUDING REMARKS</p>
<p>One final point: Our work will
make no sense if our societies don�t understand what we are doing. We need a
much more sophisticated communication strategy.</p>
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