Autumn, 2005
NATO:
The workshop is organized under the auspices of the Security Through Science Program run by NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division. In 2004 NATO changed the direction of its civil science program, renaming it the NATO Program for Security Through Science in order to focus on addressing post 9/11 security concerns identified by NATO, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue Countries. The new priorities of the program are: (1) Defense against Terrorism; (2) Countering Other Threats to Security; and (3) Partner Country Priorities. Previously, the science program had a more general public diplomacy goal of fostering international cooperation through partnerships between NATO and Partner countries.
The new priorities of the Security Through Science Program reflect NATO’s overall transformation in response to the security challenges it faces in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. At the Prague Summit, November 21-23, 2002, NATO issued invitations to seven new states – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia -- thereby expanding the alliance to 26 Member states. NATO made it clear that adding seven new countries to the alliance is only a part of a much broader transformation strategy which views enlargement of the alliance as a means to create a common security space capable of responding to the international security challenges posed by terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. NATO’s 2002 Prague Declaration introduced a variety of reforms and new initiatives to combat terrorism and underlined the commitment of the Partner Countries to work with NATO to combat terrorism through mechanisms such as the Partnership Action Plan on Terrorism.
For information on the NATO Security Through Science Program see: http://www.nato.int/science/index.html
For the full text of the 2002 NATO Prague Summit Declaration see: http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2002/p02-127e.htm
For the Partnership Action Plan Against Terrorism see: http://www.nato.int/docu/basictxt/b021122e.htm
Workshop Co-Directors:
NATO Advanced Research Workshops have two co-directors: one from a NATO member country, and one from a NATO partner country.
Tedo Japaridze, Secretary General, The Organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), Georgia.
Secretary General of the Organisation for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). A leading international diplomat and former Foreign Minister of Georgia, he was appointed to his current position in November 2004.
Other positions include, Foreign Minister of Georgia -- November 2003 to March 2004; National Security Adviser to the President of Georgia; Secretary of the National Security Council -- February 2002 to November 2003; Ambassador of Georgia to the United States, Canada and Mexico -- November 1994 to February 2002; National Security Adviser to the Georgian Head of State -- March 1992 to November 1994; Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia, promoted to First Deputy Foreign Minister -- 1990 to March 1992; Secretary of the National Commission for UNESCO Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- 1989 to 1990; Senior Research Fellow, PhD., the USA and Canada Studies Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR -- 1977 to 1989. Publications include: The White House: the Decision-Making Process, 1979, Moscow; Political Institutions of the United States: History and the Current Status, 1983, Moscow. Also numerous articles and presentations on: US-Soviet relations; Georgian-American relations; European security; regional security in the South Caucasus; post-Soviet affairs.
For more information about Tedo Japaridze and BSEC see:
http://www.bsec.gov.tr/charter_.htm
Dr. W. Duncan Wood, Research Director, Institute for Applied Science, USA.
Research Director, the Institute for Applied Science, an independent US-based non-profit, established in 1997 as a US-Russian collaboration to facilitate nonproliferation through the commercial application of Russian science and technology for peaceful purposes. The Institute’s work focuses on the commercialization of science and technology developed in the Russian Academy of Sciences and on international nonproliferation and security policy collaborations. Dr. Wood is responsible for a variety of security through science and counter-terrorism projects.
Former positions include: NATO Workshop Organizing Committees – NATO Workshop on Illicit Trafficking: Detection, Deterrence and Interdiction, September 2004; NATO Workshop on Emerging Threats to Energy Security & Stability, January 2004. Organising Committee Member, DOE-MinAtom International Approaches to Nuclear and Radiological Security Conference series 2002-2004. Board of Visitors, US Department of Energy, NNSA International Material Protection Control & Accounting program – 2000-2002. Investigator, US House of Representatives, Energy & Commerce Committee. Legislative Director, US House of Representatives – New York Delegation. Author of various academic and US Government Oversight & Investigations Reports on issues including: Nuclear Safeguards & Security; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety & Safeguards; Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention; Securities & Exchange Commission Oversight and Enforcement. Oxford Analytica Inc. Director, PenguinRadio, Inc. Other professional credentials include: Senior Light Scholarship – St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University; Member of International Institute for Strategic Studies; Member of Government Affairs Council, Consumer Electronics Association. D.Phil. International Relations, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University UK; M.Phil. International Relations, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University UK; BA Cornell University, USA.
The Institute for Applied Science is part of the Trilateral Group. For information about Trilateral Group see: http://trilat.secureias.com/trilateral.php
For further information contact:
The Trilateral Group
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