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What Turkey? What Europe?
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09 May - 13 May, 2010 <br>
(Session 469) </big></big></div>
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<div class="SESSIONSPageTitles" align="left"><strong> Faculty: </strong></div>
<a
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target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">Wolfgang Ischinger</a>
<span class="FacultyAbstractBrief">(Co-Chair)</span> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - Chairman, Munich Security Conference,
Germany
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<a
href="http://www.salzburgglobal.org/2009/includes/FacultyPopUp.cfm?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=2534&IDRecords=124351&Participation=Faculty"
target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">Elif Sözen-Kohl</a>
<span class="FacultyAbstractBrief">(Co-Chair)</span> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - Chief Investment Officer and Director,
Eagle Advisors Ltd., Geneva, Switzerland
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<a
href="http://www.salzburgglobal.org/2009/includes/FacultyPopUp.cfm?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=2534&IDRecords=75225&Participation=Faculty"
target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">Michael Leigh</a> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - Director-General for Enlargement,
European Commission, Brussels (tentative)</span><br>
<p> <a
href="http://www.salzburgglobal.org/2009/includes/FacultyPopUp.cfm?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=2534&IDRecords=134956&Participation=Faculty"
target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">Egemen Bagis</a> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - Minister for EU-Affairs and Chief
Negotiator of Turkey, Ankara (invited)
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<a
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target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">Carl Bildt</a> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden,
Stockholm (invited)
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<a
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target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">Robert Cooper</a> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - Director-General for External and
Politico-Military Affairs, Council of the European Union, Brussels
(invited)
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<a
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target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">David Hannay</a> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - Member, House of Lords, Parliament of
the United Kingdom, London (invited)</span><br>
<a
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target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">Neil MacGregor</a> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - Director, British Museum, London
(invited)</span><br>
<a
href="http://www.salzburgglobal.org/2009/includes/FacultyPopUp.cfm?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=2534&IDRecords=104534&Participation=Faculty"
target="FacultyPopUp" class="FacultyNames">Strobe Talbott</a> <span
class="FacultyAbstractBrief"> - President, Brookings Institution,
Washington, DC (invited)
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<div class="SESSIONSPageTitles" align="left"><strong>
Abstract:</strong></div>
Turkey's strategic position in Europe and the Middle East, and close
ties with Russia and other former Soviet states, make it impossible to
ignore. The country's negotiations for EU membership are proceeding
very slowly and with no certainty of a successful outcome, while the
Cyprus problem remains unresolved, and Turkey's potential role as an
energy link between Europe and the Caspian is growing in importance, as
is its involvement with both Russia and the Middle East. It is also
widely upheld as an example of Muslim democracy, but the domestic
political orientation is also likely to continue being contentious in
coming years. Both Turkish leaders and their European counterparts have
a strong interest in clarifying these issues and seeking a constructive
framework for their mutual relations.
<p>By convening this session, the Seminar aims to provide a valuable
service to the policy-making and business communities, both in Turkey
and among its strategic partners, by bringing analysts and
practitioners together to project its potential for economic,
political, and social development in ten to fifteen years' time and
think how a more constructive set of relationships could be built over
the decade ahead. Participants will also explore the likely development
of the EU itself in the same time period with a view to enabling Turks
to develop a clearer idea of the future shape of Europe so that they
can develop a realistic strategy for finding their proper place in it.
A series of briefings and follow up meetings in Istanbul, Ankara and
selected European capitals will allow the session findings to be
discussed with a wider public and fed into the policy-making process. </p>
<p>The fee for this session is 3,300 EURO. The fee covers the cost of
the
program, accommodations, and meals. Limited scholarship funding may be
available for those who are unable to pay the full fee (i.e. from
developing countries or NGOs). Participants seeking scholarship
assistance must submit an application for financial aid to our
registration office. </p>
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For more info and registration:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.salzburgglobal.org/2009/Sessions.cfm?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=2534">http://www.salzburgglobal.org/2009/Sessions.cfm?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=2534</a>
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