Ballistic Missile Defense: Global and Regional Dynamics

Vienna, February 18 and 19, 2010

Program

last update:  February 15, 2009
Conference Day 1, February 18, 2010
8.30 – 9.30 am Registration
9:30 – 10:00 am Introductory Remarks
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Panel I – Ballistic Missile Defense and the Great Powers
Recent Trends and Prospects of US Missile Defense Policy
Bernd W. Kubbig, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Europe
Anthony Seaboyer, German Council on Foreign Relations
The Russian Federation
Alexander Pikayev, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow
The People’s Republic of China
Xia Liping, Tongji University
Chair
Jürgen Wilzewski, University of Technology Kaiserslautern
12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 – 4:00 pm Panel II – Ballistic Missile Defense in East Asia and the Pacific
Motivations of Regional and External Actors
Camilla T. N. Sørensen, University of Copenhagen
The Impact of Missile Defenses on Regional Stability: A Positive View
Robert Schmucker, Technical University of Munich
The Impact of Missile Defenses on Regional Stability: A Negative View
Xia Liping, Tongji University
Chair
Martin Senn, University of Innsbruck
4:00 – 4:30 pm Coffee Break
4:30 – 6:30 pm Panel III – Missile Defense and Missile Non-proliferation
MTCR and HCoC: An Overview and Evaluation
Ana Teresa Dengo Benavides, Ambassdor of Costa Rica to Austria, Chairperson of the Hague Codue of Conduct against Missile Proliferation
Missile Defense and Missile Non-proliferation: Conflict and/or Complementarity
Götz Neuneck, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg
Philippe Sommaire, George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies
Chair
Hans Winkler, Director of the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna
Conference Day 2, February 19, 2010
9:00 – 9:30 am Coffee
9:30 – 11:30 am Panel IV – Ballistic Missile Defense in the Middle East
Motivations of Regional and External Actors
Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University
The Impact of Missile Defenses on Regional Stability: A Positive View
Uzi Rubin, Rubicon Defense Consulting
The Impact of Missile Defenses on Regional Stability: A Negative View
Reuven Pedatzur, Tel Aviv University
Chair
Gudrun Harrer, Der Standard
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Coffee Break
12:00 – 1:00 pm Round-up Speech: Ballistic Missile Defense and Global Zero
Martin Senn, University of Innsbruck
Chair
Gerhard Mangott, University of Innsbruck

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