Ráðstefna um ný viðhorf í öryggismálum Norðurlanda komin á netið

Nú er upptaka frá 2. ráðstefnu Varðbergs, Nexus og Alþjóðamálastofnun Háskóla Íslands aðgengileg á netinu sjá hér:

Ráðstefnan var haldin í fyrirlestrarsal Þjóðminjasafns frá 14.00 til 17.00 fimmtudaginn 27. október. Fjórir fyrirlesarar frá Norðurlöndunum fluttu erindi um stöðu öryggismála í Danmörku, Finnlandi, Noregi og Svíþjóð. Að lokum voru pallborðsumræður sem Björn Bjarnason, formaður Varðbergs, stjórnaði.

Fyrirlesarar voru:

Sten Rynning, Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark where he also heads the Center for War Studies. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including on NATO in Afghanistan and on Transforming Military Power since the Cold War.

Anna Wieslander, Director for Northern Europe at the Atlantic Council and Secretary General for the Swedish Defence Association and former Deputy Director at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. Anna has previously held positions as Head of Speaker ́s Office at the Swedish Parliament, as Secretary of the Swedish Defence Commission and as Deputy Director at the Swedish Defence Ministry.

Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Senior Research Fellow – The Global Security research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. His expertise is in United States foreign and domestic policy and Finnish security and defense policy, including peace-keeping and crisis management.

Svein Efjestad, Policy Director of the Norwegian Defense Ministry where he has worked since 1981. He served at the Norwegian delegation to Nato 1986-1990. His responsibilities at the Ministry include: Chairman Coastguard Council, Norwegian Representative at Nordefco Policy Steering Committee, member of the board at the Defence Studies Institute.

NATO Public Diplomacy Office styrkti ráðstefnuhaldið .