REGIONAL SECURITY
COOPERATION IN
SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE 2000-2001
Organizer of the
programe "Regional Security Co-operation in South Eastern
Europe" - Democracy After Communism
Foundation (DAC), Budapest, Hungary.
Support to the program
- the Regional Networking Project, sponsored by Freedom
House, with funding provided by the U.S.
Agency for International Development and by the Ministry
for foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary.
The target of the program
- young political leaders, experts, advisors from parliamentary
parties, NGO representatives.
Participating countries
in the project - Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, and Serbia.
About the program - The
program has been designed to offer young policy makers the
direct and hands-on knowledge of specific issues as they
are seen in Hungary and the other countries of the Eastern
and central European region:
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The role of the region's
NATO and non-NATO member countries in world politics.
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Current strategic thinking
about NATO and NATO's future following the Cold War.
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The new wave enlargement.
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The common risks in the new
millenium.
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Insights about the transition
process of the Hungarian military.
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The security risks that Hungary
and NATO face in Central Europe and from the Balkans.
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The public sentiment towards
a new strategic cooperation between the Balkan's democracies.
Centre
for Security Studies Representative's Views of the Seminar
Participants
First
study tour, 25-29 June, 2000, is designed to
educate the young edvisors to government official and
policy makers in Parliament, government and ministrie
who wish to specialize in security issues and for them
to establish contacts for on-going interaction on how
these issues are apporached by governemnt and elected
officials, militaru leaders, opinion makers and journalists.
Second
study tour, 8-12 November, 2000, is going to educate
participants with security issues and policy in Hungary
and to develop a new partnership between Hungary and the
other participating countries.
Third
study tour, 15-18 February, 2001, would concentrate
on military briefings and lectures held by the Ministry
of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hungarian Military
representatives.
