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Military Power Seminar 2011: The Arab Spring – the (F)utility of Military Power?

FULLY BOOKED: The 12th Military Power Seminar organised by the Norwegian Defence University College and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
01 December 2011
10:00 Europe/Oslo
Language:
Henri Dunant Hall, Red Cross Conference Centre
Seminar

The Norwegian Defence University College and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) have the great pleasure to invite you to The 13th Military Power Seminar

The Arab Spring – the (F)utility of Military Power?

We regret to announce that the seminar is fully booked. Please, send an e-mail to seminar@nupi.no 
if you would like to be on the
 waiting list.

Programme (09.00 - 15.30)

08:30 Registration. Coffee & Tea

  • Welcoming remarks Commodore Håkon Tronstad, Norwegian Defence Command and Staff College 

Introduction:

  • Norwegian Middle East Policy: In the Intersection between Politics and Military PowerEspen Barth Eide, Minister of Defence

Session I: (09:40-11:30)

  • The Arab Spring as seen from the Middle EastAssistant Professor Tarek Masoud, Kennedy School of Government
  • The European Great Powers and the Arab Spring – France’s PerspectiveProfessor Francois Heisbourg,
    Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique
      
  • U
    .
    S
    .
     Foreign Policy before and after Libya
    : Obama
     –
    the President who lost the Middle East?Dr. Kori Schake, Hoover Institute
  • Q&A

Lunch (11:30-12:00)

Session II (12:00-13:15)

  • NATO’s role in the Middle East – the Libya InterventionProfessor
     
    Julian Lindley-French,
    Netherlands Defence Academy
     
  • The (F)utility and Necessity of Military Force – Mandates, Legitimacy and Long-term PeaceProfessor Mary Kaldor, London School of Economics and Political ScienceQ&A

Coffee, Tea & cakes

Session III (In Norwegian Only) (13:35-14:15)

  •  
    Militærmakt og norsk utenrikspolitikk sett fra StortingetIne Marie Eriksen Søreide, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Norwegian Parliament
  •  Operational Consequences of the Norwegian Participation in NATO’s Libya Intervention in Comparison with Kosovo (Norwegian)Dr. Dag Henriksen, Royal Norwegian Air
     Force Academy

Paneldebatt (14:15-15:25):
 Militærmaktens rolle i utenrikspolitikken:
Fra Kosovo til Arab Spring
 

  • Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (H)
  • Dag Henriksen
  • Hallgeir Langeland (SV)
  • Nina Græger, seniorforsker, NUPI

Closing remarks 15:25
Iver B. Neumann, Interim Director,
 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

01 December 2011
10:00 Europe/Oslo
Language:
Henri Dunant Hall, Red Cross Conference Centre
Seminar