“Strategic Autonomy, Stronger Europe in a Turbulent World?”
The annual Spring Security Conference with a provocative title “Strategic Autonomy, Stronger Europe in a Turbulent World?” took place on Friday, May 25th, 2018 in House for Professed, Prague. The conference with more than 180 attendees was traditionally organized by the Center for Security Policy, IPS, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. representation in the Czech Republic. On the eve of the conference, the Ambassador of Italy in Prague hosted a reception for speakers and partners.
From left: Aleš Chmelař, State Secretary for European Affairs, H.E. Roland Galharague, Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic, Lubomír Zaorálek, Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, President EuroDéfense-CZ, Miloš Balabán, Head of the Center for Security Policy, Edward Rhodes, George Mason University, Washington, D.C., Claudia Major, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, and Vincenzo Camporini, Vice President of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
From left: H.E. Aldo Amati, Ambassador of Italy to the Czech Republic, Vincenzo Camporini, Vice President of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, former Chief of Defence General Staff of Italy, and Benke Aikell, your Publisher
From left: Robert Prokop, Owner of URC Systems, Milan Janíček, URC Systems, and Kateřina Smrčenská, Institute of Joint Cooperation, a.s.
From left: Gabriela Balabánová, spouse of Miloš Balabán, Zlata Vodenková, Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Mirka Kortusová, Center for Security Policy, and Pavlína Bláhová, Center for Security Policy
First row from left: Vincenzo Camporini, Istituto Affari Intenazionali, Rome, Claudia Major, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Edward Rhodes, George Mason University, Washington, D.C., Jan Ludvík, Center for Security Policy, Charles University
From left: Michal Smetana, Center for Security Policy, and Jan Ludvík, Center for Security Policy
From left: Martin Uher, Chairman of the Board of Directors, CyberGym Europe, a.s., Andrej Čírtek, Spokesperson of Czechoslovak Group Holding, Pieter Taal, Head of Unit Industry Strategy and Wider EU Policies, European Defence Agency, Libor Stejskal, Center for Security Policy, Tomáš Kopečný, Director of Defence Industrial Cooperation Department, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, Patrick Bellouard, President of EuroDéfense-France, former Director of OCCAR, and Dušan Švarc, Deputy of Executive Director, Defence and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic
From left: Aleš Chmelař, State Secretary for European Affairs, H.E. Roland Galharague, Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic, and Lubomír Zaorálek, Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, President EuroDéfense-CZ
From left: Miloš Balabán, Head of the Center for Security Policy, Edward Rhodes, George Mason University, Washington, D.C., and Claudia Major, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
From left: Jan Ludvík, Center for Security Policy, Charles University, Arnaud Danjean, Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the French drafting board working on a Strategic Review of National Defence and Security, and Bogdan Klich, Member of the Senate of Poland, Deputy Chairman of the Senate ́s Committee on Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Defence
From left: Miroslav Žižka, former Military Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO and the EU, Vincenzo Camporini, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, and Claudia Major, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
From left: Patrick Bellouard, President of EuroDéfense-France, former Director of OCCAR, Radka Wildová, Vice-Rector of the Charles University, Anne Seyferth, Director of the Fried- rich-Ebert-Stiftung Representation in CR and Slovakia, Miloš Balabán, Head of the Center for Security Policy, Dana Kovaříková, Head of European Commission Representation in the Czech Republic, and H.E. Aldo Amati, Ambassador of Italy to the Czech Republic