Conference: “The Prague Agenda 2016“, 1-2 December 2016, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Czernin Palace, Prague
The Centre for European Security of the Institute of International Relations Prague in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Charles University in Prague, Metropolitan University Prague, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and the PragueVision organized the 6th Prague Agenda Conference. The conference focused on nuclear arms control, nuclear security, disarmament and non-proliferation. The conference spanned over two days, with the first day being an academic conference and the second day being a political conference. On the second day was presented a supportive letter from the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
The conference attended experts such as Jason Enia, Dieter Fleck, Matthew Kroenig, Jacek Bylica, Jeffrey Fields etc. For more information please visit this link.
Discussion: “The Referendum on the Refugee Quotas in Hungary – Questions and Possible Effects”, 23 November 2016, Institute of International Relations Prague
The Centre for International Law of the Institute of International Relations Prague organized a public discussion on “The Referendum on the Refugee Quotas in Hungary – Questions and Possible Effects”. Speaking at the event was Tamás Lattmann, a Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague. The discussion was chaired by Veronika Bílková, a Senior Researcher and the Co-ordinator of the Centre for International Law of the Institute of International Relations Prague.
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Presentation and discussion: “The Use of Force Against the Islamic State”, 15 November 2016, Institute of International Relations Prague
Two senior researchers at the Institute of International Relations Prague, Veronika Bílková and Tamás Lattmann, presented their policy paper “The Use of Force Against the Islamic State”. The presentation, followed by a discussion, was cordially organized by the Institute of International Relations and the Czech Society of International Law. The issues discussed included whether the IS is a state, and if not, what its legal nature is; whether the use of force against the IS by countries other than Syria and Iraq is lawful under international law; what the nature of the armed conflict(s) in which the IS is involved is, which rules apply to it (them) and what the status of the IS fighters is; as well as which crimes the IS has committed, and what the options for criminally prosecuting IS members for these crimes are.
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Symposium: “8th International Symposium: Czech Foreign Policy”, 21-22 September 2016, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Czernin Palace, Prague
The Institute of International Relations Prague in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organized the 8th International Symposium “Czech Foreign Policy”. The symposium focused on a variety of aspects of Czech foreign policy from a wide range of different research fields. This year’s main topic was “Strategy in Foreign Policy”. The conference lasted for two days and welcomed numerous distinguished speakers, such as Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali, Editor of the International Spectator and special adviser to HR Federica Mogherini, Charles Gatti, senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Institute and a professorial lecturer of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, Piotr Buras, Head of the Warsaw office, European Council on Foreign Relations, Jakub Groszkowski, Head of Central European Department, Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw, or Matthias Schäfer, Head of Team of Economic Policy at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin. The sessions focused on the Bratislava Summit, EU Defence and Security, Czech foreign policy and strategic relationships, resilience and public diplomacy.
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