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The 20th Workshop of the PfP Regional Stability in the South Caucasus

November 14, 2019

Summary – The conflicts in the South Caucasus may indeed have frozen, however dialogue about them remains heated and in full swing

In the first week of November, the PfP Consortium Study Group on “Regional Stability in the South Caucasus” (SG RSSC) held its 20^th workshop in Reichenau an der Rax in Austria. The event was jointly organised by the Partnership for Peace (PfP) Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, the Austrian National Defence Academy as well as the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute.

Held since 2012, the workshops in Reichenau and in the wider region (Tbilisi, …

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Vladimir Yakunin: The centre for global development will inevitably move into the space of Greater Eurasia

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November 11, 2019

Astana, November 11, 2019

Chairman of the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute Vladimir Yakunin addressed the opening session “World (dis) order: who will write the history of the future?”, which was held as part of the 5th annual meeting of the Astana Club of experts. The event is attended by over 50 top global politicians, recognised leaders of Eurasia and the best experts in the field of international relations.

Astana Club is a large-scale international dialogue platform organised by the foundation of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s first president, Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev, and the Institute of World Economy and Politics. Key …

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Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall: The unravelling of post-modern illusions

Peter W. Schulze

November 11, 2019

In retrospect, the time between spring 1989 and 1992 could well be considered the golden age of European security and international cooperation between the two formerly antagonistic blocs, the transatlantic alliance and the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union withdraw from Afghanistan, and in the case of the first war against Iraq, the UN Security Council was able to act as the ultimate and legitimate institution of global governance. Trust and thus consensus were present. In December 1991, the USSR ceased to exist and its imperial reach across Central and Eastern Europe evaporated: Comecon and the Warsaw Pact were dissolved.

Although …

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the future of Europe

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The fall of the Berlin Wall and the future of Europe

Walter Schwimmer

November 9, 2019

The fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago opened many previously closed doors. But aren’t there also new obstacles and barriers to use these allegedly open doors? Are there new curtains and walls behind these doors?

What were the circumstances and conditions for the fall of the Berlin Wall? Europe was divided in ‘East’ and ‘West’ for more than 40 years. Europe was breathing during that time ‘with one lung only’, as expressed by Pope John Paul II. Several attempts to end the communist dictatorship such as in Budapest in 1956, the Prague Spring of 1968, and the creation …

The psychology of walls and the need for windows of dialogue

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The psychology of walls and the need for windows of dialogue

Prof. Dr. Luk Van Langenhove

November 8, 2019

There is a famous line in the preamble of the Constitution of UNESCO that states that “Wars start in the minds of people and therefore it is there that peace must be constructed”. I believe that the same is true of walls: they too have their origins in the minds of people and hence it is also in minds that such walls need to be torn down. But the mental construction of walls has a lot to do with a basic tendency of human beings: the need to construct an identity. A need that has been to a large extent …

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20 Nov 2019

Religious radicalism in Central Asia

On 12 November 2019 in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), the French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) and the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (DOC) held the ‘Religious radicalism in Central Asia’ roundtable.

Leading religious scholars and experts on extremism from the region analysed the evolution of radical movements, the current dynamics of religious extremism, and the problems of de-radicalisation.

In her opening remarks, IFEAC Director Catherine Poujol addressed the issue of the return of former jihadists to their countries of origin in Europe. According to her, there is still no clear answer to the question of how to respond to the …

14 Nov 2019

The 20th Workshop of the PfP Regional Stability in the South Caucasus

Summary – The conflicts in the South Caucasus may indeed have frozen, however dialogue about them remains heated and in full swing

In the first week of November, the PfP Consortium Study Group on “Regional Stability in the South Caucasus” (SG RSSC) held its 20^th workshop in Reichenau an der Rax in Austria. The event was jointly organised by the Partnership for Peace (PfP) Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, the Austrian National Defence Academy as well as the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute.

Held since 2012, the workshops in Reichenau and in the wider region (Tbilisi, …

11 Nov 2019

Vladimir Yakunin: The centre for global development will inevitably move into the space of Greater Eurasia

Astana, November 11, 2019

Chairman of the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute Vladimir Yakunin addressed the opening session “World (dis) order: who will write the history of the future?”, which was held as part of the 5th annual meeting of the Astana Club of experts. The event is attended by over 50 top global politicians, recognised leaders of Eurasia and the best experts in the field of international relations.

Astana Club is a large-scale international dialogue platform organised by the foundation of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s first president, Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev, and the Institute of World Economy and Politics. Key …

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