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

Detailed Program

Monday 10 January 2005

Morning session

Introduction and Overview  Chair: Carlo Schaerf
Introduction to ISODARCO
Carlo Schaerf
, (Italy)
Is there a ‘European approach’ to security?
Matthew Evangelista, (USA)

Afternoon session

Security in a New Perspective  Chair: Juergen Altmann
New challenges for intelligence
Dennis Gormley, (USA)
Cybersecurity and cyberterrorism
Giampiero Giacomello, (Italy)

Evening Session

Chair: Francesco Calogero
Terrorism and WMD
Sergei Batsanov, (Russia)

Tuesday 11 January 2005

Morning session

The European Experience with Terrorism, Then and Now  Chair: Malcolm Dando
United Kingdom with particular reference to Northern Ireland
David Carlton, (UK)

Afternoon Session

Security in a New Perspective  Chair: Judith Reppy
Nanotechnology and preventative arms control
Juergen Altmann, (Germany)
Biological weapons programs and proliferation issues
Sonia Ben Ouaghram, (USA)

Wednesday 12 January 2005

Morning session

The European Experience with Terrorism, Then and Now  Chair: Sonia Ben Ouaghram
Twenty years of political violence in Italy
Carlo Schaerf
, (Italy)

10:30   Open discussion
Eastern Europe – From the bloodshed to orange revolution. Case of Romania
Dr. George Anca

14:00   Open discussion
Conflicts and military operations in 21st century new rules of engagement?

Afternoon session

Chair: Matthew Evangelista
European security and international terrorism: the Balkan connection
Nadia Arbatova, (Russia)
Panel Discussion: Is there a new terrorism?
Thomas Biersteker, Bob Nurick, Barak Mendelsohn and others

21:30   Movie  “Dirty bomb”

Thursday 13 January 2005

Morning Session

Chair: Nadia Arbatova
Terrorism and international law
Matthew Evangelista, (USA)

Afternoon Session

Chair: Bob Nurick
Nuclear Terrorism
Gunnar Arbman
, (Sweden)
Bioterrrorism
Malcolm Dando, (UK)

21:30   Open discussion: “Tsunami”

Friday 14 January 2005

Morning Session

Chair: David Carlton
Security within: the backlash from 9/11 in Muslim communities
Alessandro Silj, (Italy)

11:30   Open discussion
9/11 Failed security or false flag?
Clyde Magarelli

Afternoon Session

What Role for the International Community?  Chair: Alessandro Argentini
International humanitarian aid and the security agenda
Antonio Donini, (Italy)
The global effort to regulate the financing of terrorism
Thomas Biersteker, (USA)

21:30   Movie  “Who is Silvio Berlusconi?”

Saturday 15 January 2005

Morning Session

What Role for the International Community?  Chair: Marsha Woodbury
EU/NATO security relationship
Julian Lyndley-French, (UK)
NATO in the New Euro Atlantic Environment

Daniele Riggio, (NATO)

Afternoon Session

Closing Thoughts  Chair: Marsha Woodbury
Issues in international cooperation: NATO, the EU, and Russia
Bob Nurick, (USA)

Panel Discussion  Chair: Carlo Schaerf

Thoughts on leaving:
Stephanie Fain, Austin, Texas
Mads Fleckner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Polina Sokolova, Moscow, Russia
Ulrike Wunderle, Tubingen, Germany