Panorama of global security environment 2015

Partner: Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs
Deadline: Feb 16, 2015
Type: Call for Proposals

Eligibility

The structure and the topics of the Panorama 2015:

1.       Euro-Atlantic Area:

• Consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war for the European security architecture
• NATO Wales Summit 2014 outcomes – A year after:  Reality check
• Impact of US pivot to Asia-Pacific on transatlantic relations
• Future concepts of NATO Partnership – the search for an individual approach
• NATO -Russia relations after Ukrainian crisis – From strategic partner towards a strategic competitor
• NATO-Ukraine relations – Partnership or membership?
• Strategic future of the V4 after Ukrainian crisis – Convergence or divergence
• Sweden/Finland and NATO
• Baltic states – Narva syndrome? How to react to “new warfare” in the context of the Article V.?

2.       Eastern Europe:

•  Eastern Partnership: Year and a half after the Vilnius Summit – Reality Check
• Eastern Partnership – Riga Summit
• Russia – The  dynamics of Russian defense doctrine
• SSR in Ukraine
• The impact of Russian-Ukrainian war on the foreign policy priorities of Ukrainian public
• Annexation of Crimea  and its consequences for the military balance in Black sea region
• Domestic policy in Ukraine
• Moldova  – Transnistria
• Georgia: Escalation or deescalation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
• Changes in the military conflict:  Armenia  – Azerbaijan
• Georgian foreign policy – President and Prime Minister?
• Turkish approach towards ISIL, Kurds, Syria
• Kazakhstan after Nazarbajev (Is there a future for Kazakhstan?)
• Russian propaganda and strategic communication

3.       Middle East and Africa:

• Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Gulf States Alliance against ISIL
• Economic background of ISIL
• The struggle of Iran and Saudi Arabia over Iraq
• Renewed presence of the United Kingdom and France in Gulf region
• Current dynamics of the nuclear program of Iran
• Israel’s defense doctrine changes after ISIS, Syria
• Egypt – the end of Arab Spring – Reality Check
• SAHEL European intervention
• Nigeria
• South Africa – Security provider in South and East Africa?
• Iraq – Factor of stability in the region – what needs to be changed?

4.       Asia and Pacific:

• American pivot – Reality Check
• Japan – Transformation of the US- Japan Alliance towards a more individual foreign policy
• Japan – Australia – India – US – Strategic Quadrilateral relationship
• India and ASEAN
• Russian-Ukrainian war – Consequences for China
• Afghanistan after 2014 – Reality Check
• China’s foreign policy towards Pacific Islands
• India – towards “Raj” around the Indian Ocean

 5.       Arctic:

• Spillover effect: How has the Ukrainian war influenced cooperation between Arctic countries?
• Future challenges of Arctic security
• The effect of sanctions imposed on Russia and future Arctic development
• Newcomers like China or Japan and the prospect of their engagement in the Arctic
• Territorial claims to the North Pole – economic stakes or domestic politics?

 6.       New Threats:

• Deradicalization and Exit Programmes: Successes and Challenges
• Radicalization on the Internet and Social Media; Countering the Propaganda Online
• “Reluctant Radicals” – Soft Supporters of Right-Wing Extremist Parties
• The Phenomenon of “Foreign Fighters”
• Extremism and Terrorism after Paris attack
• The role of social media in International Relations
• Cyber Security after  NATO Wales Summit 2014
• Energetic issues in International Relations (Russia and Eastern Europe)

Requirements

If you would like to contribute to Panorama 2015, please send an abstract via e-mail to publications@cenaa.org by February 16, 2015. Abstract in English should be between 200 and 250 words long and submitted in .doc or .rtf format. Please include your full name, e-mail address and institutional affiliation.

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