NATO Towards the Challenges of a Contemporary World – After the Warsaw 2016 Summit

The International Relations Research Institute in Warsaw and Faculty of International and Political Studies (University of Lodz, Poland) in cooperation with Institute of Political Studies (Charles University, Czech Republic) have a pleasure to invite you to participate in the international conference “NATO Towards the Challenges of a Contemporary World – After the Warsaw 2016 Summit”.

 

The conference will be held by the University of Lodz in Poland from 15 to 16 November 2016. The invitation is addressed to scholars, researchers, experts and professionals who are interested in NATO issues and the transatlantic security.

 

The conference will address all major issues related to NATO and the Warsaw Summit 2016, including:

1. NATO’s “Eastern Flank” (including VJTF)
2. NATO’s “Southern Flank” (including migration crisis and the Islamic State)
3. NATO’s “Northern Flank” (including cooperation with Sweden and Finland)
4. Current and future NATO Strategic Concept
5. Air and missile defense (including EPAA)
6. The transatlantic defense and security relations
7. Regional dimensions of NATO (including the V4 cooperation)
8. “Out of area” (including the Middle East and Afghanistan)
9. Psychological/Information warfare
10. NATO towards new and potential partners (inluding Ukraine, Georgia, and others)
11. “Open door policy”
12. NATO and Russia
13. NATO – European Union
14. NATO and cyber-security
15. NATO and energy security
16. Smart defense and capability building
17. Nuclear detterence (both tactical and strategic)
18. Other issues related to current NATO’s agenda and the Warsaw Summit 2016

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for sending a paper proposal: 10 October 2016
Notification of abstract acceptance: 20 October 2016
Deadline for a conference fee payment: 4 November 2016
Conference: 15 – 16 November 2016

Others Details

For more details and updates please visit the conference website