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The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs has the great pleasure of inviting you to the Military power seminar 2012.

Threat perceptions and NATO's neighborhood - what threatens Norway?

This year's Military Power seminar looks into how regional security concerns are being attended to through NATO initiatives. What are the dominant threat perceptions and how is NATO equipped to deal with them? How has the implementation of the 2010 strategic concept responded to the debates about a better balance between national and international defence?

Furthermore, we probe how Norwegian concerns and needs are accommodated through NATO and through more targeted Norwegian policies and investigate the nature of present and, possibly, future threats to the security of NATO and its members.

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Registration. Coffee & Tea (08:30-09:00)

Program 9:00-15:00

• Welcome (09:00)Dr. Ole Jacob Sending, Research Director, NUPI

• Keynote addressAnne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, Norwegian Minister of Defence

• Q&A

Session I (09:50– 11:45)

• NATOs New Strategic Concept and the Alliance’s Near AbroadProfessor Sten Rynning, University of Southern Denmark

• Turkey, NATO and Regional SecurityProfessor Dr Mustafa Aydin, Rector Kadir Has University 

• How can NATO secure the Middle East and North Africa region? A view from FranceDr. Etienne de Durand, Director of Security Studies Center,
   Intitut Française des Relations Internationales 

Lunch (11:45 – 12:15)

Session II (in Norwegian only) (12:15 – 13:20)

• Krigsforebyggende terskel – hva og hvorfor?Kjetil Skogrand, spesialrådgiver i forsvarsdepartementet 
• Regional sikkerhet og militærmaktens begrensningerKontreadmiral (R) Jørgen Berggrav, Generalsekretær, Norske Reserveoffiserers Forbund

Kaffe, te og frukt (13:20-13:45)

Session III (13:45-14:55)

• Paneldebatt: Fremtidige sikkerhetsutfordringer og ForsvaretLiv Tørres, Generalsekretær, Norsk FolkehjelpKjetil Skogrand, Forsvarsdepartementet Jørgen Berggrav, Norske Reserveoffiserers ForbundSten Rynning, Syddansk Universitet

• Avslutning (14:55 – 15:00)Louise Dedichen,  Kontreadmiral, Forsvarets Høgskole