Towards Europeanization of Nordic Defence cooperation concept

Seminar

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Date: September 25, 2013 from 09:00 to 15:30
Place: Foundation for Strategic Research, Paris, FR

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As part of the NORDIKA programme, the Strategic Research Foundation is organising a closed seminar: Towards Europeanization of Nordic Defence cooperation concept to be held in Paris on 25 September 2013, from 9:00 to 15:30.

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Programme of the half-day

9h00-9h15
Opening Remarks
Jouko Leinonen, Chargé d'affaires, Embassy of Finland to France
9h15-10h45
Panel 1 : European Security: the EU-Russia Angle

MODERATOR : Yves Boyer, Deputy Director, FRS, France

Hiski Haukkala, Professor of International Relations, University of Tampere, Finland

Isabelle Facon, Senior Research Fellow, FRS, France

11h00
Coffee break
11h00-12h30
Panel 2 : Flexible defence cooperation: bilateral vs multilateral (structured) cooperation: the case of NORDEFCO and UK-France defence cooperation

MODERATOR : Tuomas Iso-Markku, Researcher, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland

Mikko Tyrväinen, Senior Specialist, Ministry for Defence, Finland

Sigurd Marstein, Senior adviser, Security Policy department, Ministry of Defence, Norway

Colonel Arnaud Ladrange, Deputy Director of the International Organisations division at the Etat Major des Armées, France

12h30-13h45
Lunch
11h00-12h30
Panel 3 : Armaments acquisition and life cycle support: new partnership models

MODERATOR : Philippe Gros, Research Fellow, FRS, France

Jari Takanen, Director of the Materiel Unit, Ministry of Defence, Finland

Christina Wilén, Deputy Director, Department for Acquisition, Research and Development, Ministry of Defence, Sweden

Reynold de la Boutetière, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), France

15h15-15h30
Closing Remarks
Camille Grand, Director of FRS and Krzysztof Soloch, Head of Nordika Programme