Summer University for young professionals (between 25 – 35 years) is tailored for representatives of ministries of foreign affairs, defence, as well as academic institutions and NGO´s, potentially media, in early stage of their professional carrier. The strategic goal is to contribute to the professional development of young leaders in the field of security policy and international relations from Ukraine, Central Europe, and potentially South Caucasus by providing them up-to-date information and analysis on most relevant issues of European and Trans-Atlantic security environment. It will also contribute to shape the opinions of future leaders and stakeholders in field of security, who will gradually occupy key positions in their countries state institutions (MoD, MFA), as well as public opinion formation.
The project is realized in a partnership with the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Armed Forces Academy and the General Staff of Slovak Armed Forces in the premises of the Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.
Besides the lectures the excursion of Sliač Airbase of the Slovak Air Forces is planned, which is a key body of NATINEADS system in Slovakia.
The result of the Summer University will not only the broadening the scope of the participants and deepening their professional skills and knowledge, but also to build network of young leaders from Ukraine and Central Europe, as well as to contribute to creation of new generation of young leaders-professionals who are educated according to pro-Atlantic values.
2016 Summer University program:
Sunday, 19 June 2016
7,30 – Breakfast
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 EU GLOBAL STRATEGY
Vladimír BILČÍK, Head of the European Affairs Program, Slovak Foreign Policy Association
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16,00 – 17,30 CURRENT CHALLENGES OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Dr. Lucia HUSENICOVÁ, Director, Institute of Asian Studies and University of Matej Bel
18:00 – 18:30 Dinner
Monday, 20 June 2016
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast
09:30 – 10:00 OFFICIAL OPENING
Róbert ONDREJCSÁK, Director, STRATPOL
Doc. Jozef PUTTERA, Rector, Armed Forces Academy
10:00 – 11:30 CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AND BALTIC SECURITY IN POST-CRIMEAN ERA
Robert ONDREJCSÁK, Director, STRATPOL
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30: PRIORITIES OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Ivan MÁČOVSKÝ, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30 NATO´S WARSAW SUMMIT
Peter BÁTOR, Advisor to President of the Slovak Republic
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 CURRENT STATE OF U.S. – SLOVAK RELATIONS
H.E. J. Liam WASLEY, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy, Bratislava
18:30 Dinner
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast
09:00 – 10:30 NATO FUTURE OPERATIONS AND REASSURANCES IN CEE AND BALTIC REGION
Gen. Pavel MACKO, 1st Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 –12:30 U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND NATO IN THE LIGHT OF 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Dušan FISCHER, Research Fellow, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.30 BLACK SEA SECURITY: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
Maryna VOROTNYUK, Ukrainian Foreign Policy Council PRISM, Ukraine
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30 CURRENT TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY TRENDS
Matthew RHODES, Professor of Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
16,30 – 17,30 PRESENTATION OF THE UKRAINIAN FOREIGN POLICY SCORECARDS 2015 (Foreign Policy Council „Ukrainian Prism“)
17:30 – 18:15 Dinner
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
All-day excursion of Slovak Air Forces Base – Sliač: tour around the base, static presentations of MiG-29, Presentation about NATINEADS and Slovakia as a member state role in the integrated air defence system of the Alliance
Thursday, 23 June 2016
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast
09:00 – 10:30 POLAND, THE BALTICS, AND UKRAINE: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
Beata GÓRKA-WINTER, Fellow, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 ISIS AND TURKEY
Erzsébet RÓZSA, Institute of World Economics, Hungary
POSSIBLE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL CURT RELATED TO THE ISIS
Tamás LATTMANN, Institute of International Relations, Czech Republic
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 PUBLIC OPINION IN SLOVAKIA – HEADING EAST OR WEST?
Oľga GYARFÁŠOVÁ, Public Policy Institute, Slovakia
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 MINSK 2 – CONFLICT IN DONBAS: SCENARIOS AND SOLUTIONS
Alexander DULEBA, Director, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)
18:30 Dinner
Friday, 24 June 2016
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast
09:00 – 10:30 EU PRESIDENCY – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SLOVAKIA
Miroslav MIZERA, Adviser to State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 NATO – RUSSIA RELATIONS
Petr LUŇÁK, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO HQ
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 PROPAGANDA IN CENTRAL EUROPE (debate)
Miroslav ČAPLOVIČ, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Pravda
Mirek TÓDA, Editor, Denník N
Chair: Dušan FISCHER, Research Fellow, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)