PUBLIC LECTURES:

2010:

• George Perkovich, Vice-President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  New Strategies for Non-proliferation. (04.06.10)


• Baldur Thorhallsson, Professor, University of Iceland
  David against Goliath: How can a small state strengthen its position? - The case of Iceland. (01.06.10)


• Paul Collier, Professor, University of Oxford
  The Bottom Billion: why some societies remain poor and what can be done to bring prosperity. (22.05.10)


• H.E. Ilham Alijev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  (07.04.10)


• Egemen Bagis, Turkish Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator
  The EU membership process of Turkey and the importance of Turkey for the EU. (25.02.10)


• Hanifullah Ghulamrasool, Provincial Advisor, Nangarhar Afghanistan Stabilization Program;
  Esmatullah Haidary, Deputy Director, Afghan Development Association;
  Amanullah Jawad, Director, Norwegian Project Office - Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan
  The perspective of Afghan NGOs. (04.02.10)


• Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia
  The challenges facing Georgia. (21.01.10)

2009:

• Prof. Hideshi Takesada, Director, Japanese National Institute for Defence Studies
  North Korea's nuclear ambitions. (10.11.2009)


• Alain Délétroz, Vice-President (Europe), International Crisis Group
  Conflict prevention in the Caucasus and Central Asia. (26.10.09)


• Ian Anthony, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
  The Future of Nuclear Weapons in NATO. (08.09.09)


• Grigol Vashadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Georgia
  The Foreign Policy Priorities of Georgia. (25.08.09)


• Nadeem Riyaz, Ambassador of Pakistan
  Recent developments in Pakistan. (18.06.09)


• Prof. Stephen Farnsworth, George Mason University
  President Obama and the US Media. (04.06.09)


• Markku Reimaa, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  Helsinki Catch: the European security accords 1975. (18.05.09)
• H.E. Dr. Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia
  Beyond 2009: A View From Latvia. (08.04.09)


• Dr. Soner Cagaptay, Washington Institute
  Turkey's EU Accession: How Long is the Journey? (13.01.09)


• Prof. Frederick Shiels, Mercy College, New York
  Surprises in the Obama Foreign Policy Future. (12.01.09)

2008:

• Sir Stephen Brown and Jim Hoare, UK Foreign Office
  North Korea and Singapore: Two Asian Enigmas. (21.11.08)


• Pekka Haavisto, Former EU Special Representative for Sudan
  The situation in Sudan and Darfur. (05.09.08)


• Dr Angela Merkel, the Federal Chancellor of Germany
  (26.08.08)


• Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
  The Czech Republic and Estonia ? natural allies in Europe in the 21st century. (06.05.08)


• The venerable Sayadaw U Pannya Vamsa, Chairman of the International Burmese Monks Organization, and Maureen Aung-Thwin, Open Society Institute
  Developments in Burma. (11.04.08)


• Manuel Lobo Antunes, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Portugal, and Alfonso Díez Torres, Director-General for Coordination and Integration, Spanish Foreign Ministry
  The Future of the Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation. (04.04.08)


• David Usupashvili, Chairman, Republican Party of Georgia
  The view from the Georgian opposition. (10.03.08)

2007:

• Takekazu Kawamura, Japanese Ambassadors to the EU
  EU-Japan relations. (16.10.07)


• Dinko Dinkov, Professor, University of National and World Economy, Sofia & Krassimir Nikolov, Professor, Varna Free University
  Bulgaria as a EU foreign policy player: Role in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood. (01.10.07)


• Stephen Krasner, Professor, Stanford University
  The challenges facing US foreign policy makers. (27.09.07)


• Peter Balazs, Professor, Central European University, Budapest
  Can new democracies in Eastern Europe be sustained without the EU-perspective? (24.05.07)


• Yasar Qatarneh, Director, Regional Centre on Conflict Prevention, Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
  The changing security context in the Mediterranean (03.04.2007)


• Stanley Sloan, Director of the Atlantic Community Initiative
  "Transatlantic relations and future of NATO" (20.02.2007)


• Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of Macedonia
  "The Vision of the Republic of Macedonia for more Dynamic Economic Development and Integration in the Euro-Atlantic Structures" (30.01.2007)

2006:

• Ali Babacan, Chief Negotiator of Turkey for European Union Affairs
  Türgi ja Euroopa Liit (06.12.06)


• Indrek Luukas, Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan
  Eesti võimlused ja roll ELi Kesk-Aasia strateegia kujundamisel (24.11.06)


• José Ignacio Torreblanca, Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies & Madalena Resende, Portuguese Institute for International Affairs
  Spain and Portugal 20 years in the European Union: Experiences and Lessons. (28.10.06)


• Esko Antola, Professor, University of Turku
  Baltic Sea Region - An Emerging European Region. (26.10.06)


• Raphael Israeli, Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  What happened to Oslo and the peace process? (29.09.06)


• Murat Bilhan, Chairman, Centre for Strategic Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
  Turkey: Gateway to Europe. (05.06.06)


• Jim Cloos, Director for General Political Affairs at the Council of the European Union
  Quo vadis CFSP. (04.05.06)


• Heikki Talvitie, EU Special Representative to the Southern Caucasus
  The EU's role in the Southern Caucasus. (02.05.06)


• Vytatutas Landsbergis, Member of European Parliament (Lithuania)
  Baltic-Russian relations. (03.03.06)


• Jean-Jacques Subernat, French Ambassador (retired)
  Global challenges and the EU. (23.02.06)

2005:

• Serafim Urechean, President of "Our Moldova Alliance",
  Moldova's road to the EU. (14.10.05)


• Dr Heinz Timmermann, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik,
  German-Russian relations. (24.08.05)


• Graham Avery, Director of Strategy, Coordination and Analysis, External Relations Directorate-General, European Commission
  The European External Action Service. (10.06.05)


• Denis Badré, Senator, France
  The Constitutional Treaty: The Future Challenges for the European Union. (23.05.05)


• Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Director of Strategic Affairs, French Ministry of Defence
  The responsibility of Europeans in current and future crisis management: the French view. (15.04.05)


• Bernard R. Bot, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands
  Estonia, the Netherlands and our common European Future. (07.03.05)

2004:

• Jozef Oleksy, Speaker of the Polish Parliament
  European Values and the Future of Europe. (09.11.04)


• Richard Jenseni, Professor of the University of Illinois
  The US presidential elections. (12.10.04)


• Claudie Haigneré, French Minister of European Affairs
  the Lisabon Strategy and EU competitiveness. (08.10.04)


• Michele Alliot-Marie, French Minister of Defence
  L'Europe de la défense et l'OTAN: compétition ou complémentarité? (23.07.04)


• David M. Malone, President of the International Peace Academy
  The US, the EU, the UN and Iraq: A Potent Brew. (25.06.04)


• John S. Micgiel, Professor of Columbia University
  The USA and 'New' Europe. (26.05.04)


• Anders Åslund, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  Russia's Future. (27.04.04)

2003:

• Jacques Simonet, Belgium Secretary of State
  A perspective for the European Union with 25 members. (07.11.03)


• Michael Hennessy, Royal Military College of Canada professor
  Canada-US crossborder security after 9-11. (25.04.03)


• Melanie Johnson, British Minister of Trade for Competition
  Reforming Europe's Economy. (13.02.03)


• Gary Troeller, UNHCR Baltic and Nordic representative
  UNHCR: overview of key policy and asylum issues, and global operations. (05.02.03)

2002:

• Mauno Koivisto, former President of Finland
  The Idea of Russia. (27.11.02)


• Igor Leshukov, Director, Institute of International Affairs, St. Petersburg
  The Foreign Policy Priorities of Putin's Russia. (13.11.02)


• Dennis MacShane, British Minister for Europe
  Europe - where next? A personal vision. (07.11.02)


• Mei Zhaorong, Director of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs
  China's Development & Foreign Policy. (13.09.02)


• Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish Foreign Minister
  Small States and the Management of Globalization. (27.08.02)


• Kim Traavik, Norwegian Secretary of State
  NATO - taking on new security challenges. (26.08.02)


• Artem Malgin, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
  Russian-EU relations within European politics. (31.05.02)


• Andrew Michta, Professor, Rhodes College, USA
  Lessons from the 1999 Round of NATO Enlargement. (13.05.02)


• Pat Cox, President of the Euroopean Parliament
  EU enlargement and the Future of Europe. (15.04.02)


• Klaus Kinkel, ex-Foreign Minister of Germany
  The Baltic States on their way into EU and NATO and Russia's future relations with the West. (11.04.02)


• Tonino Picula, Croatian Foreign Minister
  Croatia and EU and NATO Enlargement Processes. (03.04.02)


• Janos Martonyi, Hungarian Foreign Minister
  The future of the EU from the perspective of small states. (14.03.02)


• Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Ambassador of France
  The debate on the future of Europe. (25.01.02)

2001:

• Charles Grant, Director of the Centre for European Reform, London
  The EU in 2010 - an optimistic vision of the future. (9.11.01)


• Rudolf Scharping, German Minister of Defence
  Regionale Kooperation und globale Sicherheit. (2.11.01)


• Fernando Carderera, Ambassador of Spain
  Priorities for Spanish presidency in the EU and Spanish views on the enlargement. (21.9.01)


• Benelux Ambassadors to NATO, Thierry de Gruben, Nicolaas Biegman and Jean-Jacques Kasel
  The NATO enlargement debate. (6.9.01)


• Jozef Stank, Slovak Defence Minister
  Slovakia on the way to NATO. (4.9.01)


• Lord Roper, House of Lords, UK
  The New Agenda for European Security in the 21'st century. (3.9.01)


• Jacques Chirac, President of France, and Lennart Meri, President of  Estonia
  Bonjour l'Estonie. (28.7.01)


• Frank de Grave, Netherlands Defence Minister
  European Security: The Dutch Perspective. (4.7.01)


• Espen Barth Eide, Norwegian Secretary of State
  Euro-Atlantic security policy challenges seen from the Norwegian perspective. (21.6.01)


• Jordi Pujol, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia
  Language, Culture and Small Nations in the European Union. (20.6.01)


• Jean-Bertrand Ouvrieu, Personal Representative of the French Minister of Defence
  European Security: The French Perspective. (21.3.01)