Since 1966 – International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts – Italian Pugwash Group

Detailed Program

Monday 21 January 2002

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Carlo Schaerf
Crises in South-Eastern Europe from the Fourteenth Century to 1990
George Joffé
(British)

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Giancarlo Tenaglia
“Humanitarian” Intervention: the Near East from Gladstone to Rambouillet
François Rigaux (Belgian)

18:00 – 18:15   Break

18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Anne-Marie Dupré
Sovereignty, Self-Determination and Intervention
Paolo Calzini (Italian)

Tuesday 22 January 2002

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Mirco Elena
Challenges to Westphalia: French Revolution to Kosovo
David Carlton (British)

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Paolo Calzini
Crises in the Balkans: from 1990 to Dayton
Nadia Arbatova (Russian)

18:00 – 18:15   Break

18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Saiful Islam
State Building and Yugoslavia from Versailles to Tito
François Rigaux (Belgian)

21:00   Party

Wednesday 23 January 2002

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Gert Harigel
Principles of Military Intervention in the Balkans and Beyond? A Practitioner’s Perspective
Jack Segal (US)

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Francesco Calogero
Round Table Discussion
The Impact of 11 September 2001
Impact of September 11 on Russian-Western
Nadia Arbatova
(Russian)
Relations: US Policy and European Integration (45 minutes)
Are Terrorists Never Good Guys? (20 minutes)
David Carlton (British)
The Impact of 11 September 2001 on South-Eastern Europe (20 minutes)
George Joffé (British)
Terrorism: A Quantitative Evaluation (20 minutes)
Carlo Schaerf (Italian)

18:15 – 18:30   Break

18:30 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Francesco Calogero
Continuation of Round Table Discussion

Thursday 24 January 2002

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Susie Shu Yuan Hsieh
The Humanitarian and Political Role of NGOs in Conflict Areas
Anne-Marie Dupré (Italian)

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Rita Rogers
Albanian Nationalism(S) in the Context of the Balkan and General Post-Communist Crises
Mark P. Almond (British)

18:00 – 18:15   Break

18:30 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Frederic Labarre
The Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe
Hanns-D. Jacobsen (German)

Friday 25 January 2002

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Sandra Butcher
The Situation in South-Eastern Europe: A View from Belgrade?
Vladimir Bilandzic (Yugoslav)

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: Hanns-D. Jacobsen
Further Unravelling? The Montenegrin Conundrum
Elizabeth Roberts
(Irish)

18:00 – 18:15   Break

18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: Jun Wu
Surrounding Areas: Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria
Mark P. Almond
(British), Vladimir Bilandzic (Yugoslav), George Joffé (British)

Saturday 26 January 2002

9:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: George Joffé
The Outlook for Croatia and for Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mark P. Almond
(British)

16:30 – 18:00   Session 2  Chair: David Carlton
Round Table Discussion: Summing Up
Reflections on 11 September 2001 with Particular Reference to the Possibility of Nuclear Terrorism (15 minutes)
Francesco Calogero (Italian)
Some Thoughts on Non-State Actors and NGOs in South-Eastern Europe (15 minutes)
Elizabeth Roberts (Irish)
The Economic Outlook for South-Eastern Europe (15 minutes)
Hanns-D. Jacobsen (German)

18:00 – 18:15   Break

18:15 – 19:45   Session 3  Chair: David Carlton
Continuation of Round Table Discussion
Some “Hot Spots” in South-Eastern Europe in the Coming Decade (15 minutes)
Mark P. Almond (British)
Multiculturalism with Particular Reference to South-Eastern Europe (15 minutes)
George Joffé (British)
“Humanitarian” Intervention (15 minutes)
Paolo Calzini (Italian)