Events
Munich, 12-13 July 2021
Young Security Conference 2021
Call for Participation to the 2021 Young Security Conference in Munich
In 2021, MEIA Research again supports the Young Security Conference (YSC), a joint program for young professionals and academics in the field of security studies. The YSC aims at connecting young thinkers with policy experts and academic scholars in a dialogue about the future of European security and defence. It combines a flagship conference with a strategic fellowship programme.
We cordially invite Master Students, PhD candidates, post-docs and young professionals from around the world to present their work and proposals at this second edition of the Young Security Conference Programme, this time on the topic of
"The EU's strategic autonomy. Momentum for change"
The YSC 2021 takes place on the 12th and 13th of July in Munich at the historic Amerikahaus in a hybrid format, meaning all sessions will be streamed live and workshops will be held online. This year, the YSC will host policy sessions with high-ranking policy makers & some of the best thinkers from all over Europe! Some of the morning-session workshops are dedicated to the YSC Fellows (selected through this call for participation), to critically discuss diverse topics and to foster political innovation. The afternoon- and evening sessions will be organised in close cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and the Thomas-Dehler-Foundation and are open to the public.
Through the submission of policy papers, workshops, panels, and innovative exchanges and techniques, the conference provides a perfect environment for sharing and discussing new ideas related to the new EU strategic autonomy at all levels.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we propose to incoming fellows and the entire YSC alumni community a special training programme: during the one-year YSC Fellowship, Fellows will have the occasion to present their ideas, works and proposals, to discuss and exchange with high ranked panellists and ‘academic advisors’. The YSC Fellowship program will focus on many issues related to the future of Strategic autonomy and European Affairs.
For all information click the following pdf file.
Munich, 15 December 2020
10 Years After the Arab Spring: retrospective and Look ahead
Discussion with Book Presentation and Talks with Experts (Online)
organized by the Center for Applied Policy Research at Munich University, MEIA Research and Tunisian partners
Munich, 15 December 2020, 17:40 – 18:45 & 18:50 – 19:55 CET on Zoom
On 17 December 2010, the self-immolation of the street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid triggered a transnational wave of protest and a historic upheaval. Decades-old autocratic regimes fell, civil wars and counterrevolutions followed in some states in the region, reforms and new social dynamics in others.
For ten years “the Arab world” has been changing its face. What are the major challenges, but also what opportunities are facing the people of the region and with them their European neighbors? What role does Germany play, what can we contribute to change?
With Franz Maget, former Bavarian top politician and late-appointed staff member at the German embassies in Cairo and Tunis as well as consultant, author and editor of the book “Ten Years of the Arab Spring – What’s now?“, we want to get to the bottom of the causes and consequences of the uprisings in the region. Particular emphasis is placed on the situation in Tunisia, the only country to have made a transition to democracy.
Voices directly from Tunisia – participants in the program “Political Consulting and Strategy Development”, which the C.A.P. has been implementing since 2016 with the Union des Tunésiens Indépendents pour la Liberté and other partners in the framework of a multi-year cooperation between the Free State of Bavaria and the Republic of Tunisia – provide insights into current social, economic and political challenges the country faces.
Beirut/ Munich, 16 April 2020
NAFS Monitoring project goes online
As a reaction to the travel restrictions resulting from the international corona crisis, the NAFS team, MEIA Research, UN ESCWA and the GIZ decided to conduct the self-monitoring project for the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) program online from now on. Michael Bauer and Silvia Simbeck held a digital workshop with the NAFS team to discuss the status of the program, adjustments due to the current situation and the further development of the program's strategy.
Munich, 14 - 16 February 2020
Young Security Conference
Source: https://www.europanova.eu/actions/young-munich-security-conference
Program :
Morning Sessions: closed sessions for Young Professionals with experts, happening at the Institut Français: Kaulbachstraße 13, 80539 Munich
Afternoon Sessions: open public sessions with panels and workshops, at the Technische Universität: Vorhoelzer Forum at TU Munich, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Munich
Evening Sessions : Saturday = open public; Sunday = closed session.
Official inscription links for the afternoon sessions:
15.2.: https://shop.freiheit.org/#!/Veranstaltung/3QIRF
16.2.: https://shop.freiheit.org/#!/Veranstaltung/5TFAQ
Friday, 14.02.2020
19h Arrivals, presentation of the program and dinner for Young Professionals
CADU - Cafe an der Uni - Ludwigstraße 24, 80539 München
Saturday, 15.02.2020
8h30 - 9h00 Opening and introduction of the program
- Dr. Stephan Stetter, Professor at Universität der Bundeswehr
9h00 – 10h30 Morning Session 1: The future of EU’s “hard security” after EU elections
Moderation: Dr. Nicolas Fescharek, Coordinator of the international study programs at Freie Universität Berlin & Lecturer in European Security and Defense
- Dr. Stephan Stetter, Professor at Universität der Bundeswehr
- Dr. Jean Yves Haine, Professor at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3
10h30 – 10h45 Coffee break
10h45 – 12h15 Morning Session 2: European Security & Defense… and NATO?
Moderation: Ms. Alena Kudzko, Deputy Research Director at GLOBSEC Policy Institute
- Dr. Anja Opitz, President of the Global Health Security Alliance (GloHSA), Head of Section for International Relations at APB Tutzing, founding member of MEIA Research
- Dr. Holger Stritzel, Professor at King’s College London
- M. Rüdiger Lentz, Executive Director at the Aspen Institute Germany
12h15 – 13h30 Lunchbreak
13h30 – 14h00 Forum of ideas for Europe 2030
Keynote speech
- M. Peter Grk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia & Secretary General of Bled Strategic Forum
14h00 – 15h30 Afternoon-Session 1: EEAS and Neighborhood Policies
Moderation: Ms. Amélie Jaques-Apke, Deputy Director, Center for Studies, EuropaNova
- Dr. Asiem El Difraoui, Co-Founder, Candid Foundation Paris/Berlin
- M. Denis Cenusa, Researcher at Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen
- Ms. Jessica Berlin, Managing Director, CoStruct
15h30 – 16h00 Coffee Break
16h00 – 18h00 Hybrid threats, migration and sustainable policies in Europe
Moderation: M. Moritz Floessler, LMU München
- Dr. Roderick Parkes, Senior Researcher, international home affairs cooperation, European Union Institute for Security Studies
- Dr. Anja Opitz, President of the Global Health Security Alliance (GloHSA), Head of Section for International Relations at APB Tutzing, founding member of MEIA Research
- Ms. Alena Kudzko, Deputy Research Director at GLOBSEC Policy Institute
- M. Michael Buschheuer, Founder of Sea-Eye & Space-Eye, Berlin
- Ms. Lisa Raffy, CIVIPOL, Programme Manager, Migration and SSR Unit
- Ms. Sonja Licht, President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Belgrade
18h00 – 19h30 Buffet
19h30 – 21h00 Forum of ideas for Europe 2030: Do we need a new EU security roadmap?
Moderation: Ms. Jessica Berlin, CoStruct
- M. Ulrich Lechte, MdB, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Deutscher Bundestag
- M. Peter Grk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia & Secretary General of Bled Strategic Forum
- Dr. Jean Yves Haine, France, Professor at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3
- M. Julien Serre, adjunct faculty, SciencesPo Paris & Deputy Director, peace, stability and security, Expertise France
- Dr. Holger Stritzel, Professor at King’s College London
Sunday, 16.02.2020
09h00 – 10h30 Morning Session 1: Proposals: Migration and border policies
Moderation: Ms. Amélie Jaques-Apke, Deputy Director, Center for Studies, EuropaNova
- Dr. Asiem El Difraoui, Co-Founder, Candid Foundation Paris/Berlin
- Ms. Lisa Raffy, CIVIPOL, Programme Manager, Migration and SSR Unit
10h45 Coffee break
10h45 – 12h15 Morning Session 2: Proposals: New policy roadmaps for the EU
Moderation: M. Etienne Girard, Head, EU office, International Cooperation, Ministry of the Interior, FR
- M. Denis Cenusa, Researcher at Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen
- M. Julien Serre, adjunct faculty, SciencesPo Paris & Deputy Director, peace, stability & security, Expertise France
12h15 – 13h30 Lunchbreak
14h00 – 15h30 Forum of ideas for Europe 2030
Keynote speech
- Dr. Zaki Laïdi, senior advisor to the EU High Representative / Professor at SciencesPo Paris * Exchange with Young Experts
* M. Zaki Laïdi will speak in a strictly personal capacity.
15h30 – 16h00 Coffee break
16h00 Closing Event- Summary and proposals of the YSC2020
Exchange with Young Professionals
- Moderation: Dr. Nicolas Fescharek, Coordinator of the international study programs at Freie Universität Berlin & Lecturer in European Security and Defense
- Closing words by Dr. Elise Bernard, Director, Center for Studies, EuropaNova 18h00 Networking cocktail
18h00 Networking cocktail
Beirut 23-24 January 2020
Michael Bauer and Silvia Simbeck facilitated another self-monitoring workshop with the team of UN ESCWA's National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) program. The workshop covered the status of the program, ongoing activities, challenges and next steps. A specific focus was also on the development of the NAFS program beyond 2020. MEIA Research implements the monitoring project for UN ESCWA and GIZ during the project period 2018-2020.
Munich, 26 September 2019
40 years after the Iran Hostage Crisis
Forty years ago, 52 U.S. American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, after a group of Iranian college students who supported the Iranian Revolution took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Kathryn Koob was one of two women among those held captive, and she is the only female hostage still living.
Ms. Koob was sent to Tehran in July 1979, only four months before the hostage crisis, as the director of the Iran America Center, a cultural center about two miles from the U.S. Embassy. Following her captivity, Ms. Koob resumed her foreign service career which – among other postings – also brought her to Munich.
In conversation with Dr. René Rieger, Kathryn Koob will recall the events of 1979-1981 on 26 September 2019, 7 p.m. at Amerikahaus München, Barerstr. 19a in Munich.
Organizers: MEIA Resaerch, U.S. Consulate General Munich, Bavarian Center for Transatlantic Relations
Please register at https://www.amerikahaus.de/veranstaltungen/detail/forty-years-after-the-iran-hostage-crisis/
(Photo: Iran Hostage Crisis ©U.S. Air Force)
Regensburg, 11 August 2019
REgional Security in the MIddLE East And North africa
MEIA Research continued its cooperation with the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg in 2019. As in the previous year, Michael Bauer and René Rieger facilitated a seminar for OTH's two-week Summer School within the Master Program Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies that is jointly run by the University of Glasgow, Charles University in Prague and Dublin City University. This years seminar had the title "Regional Security Complex Middle East: Actors, Alliances, Conflict Dynamics" and specifically focussed on Libya and Syria as case studies.
Beirut, 8-9 August 2019
MEIA Research LAunches Monitoring Project for UN Programme on Syria
In cooperation with the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) MEIA Research started a series of monitoring workshops for the UN Programme National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS). NAFS is implemented under the umbrella of UN-ESCWA and provides Syrians input to the international debates about the future of Syria.
MEIA Research's contribution reflects its mandate to offer scientific advice and consultancy on issue of common concern for Europe and the MENA-region and thereby foster international cooperation. The workshop concept was specifically designed for the program by Michael Bauer and Silvia Simbeck, who also facilitate the workshop series on behalf of MEIA Research. The first workshop of this series took place with the NAFS team and key stakeholders of the program in Beirut on August 8-9, 2019.
Munich, 6 March 2019
Pakistan in the Midst of a stormy Region
On 6 March 2019, Michael Bauer and Ludwig Schulz welcomed Ms. Marvi Memon, former Pakistani parliamentarian, cabinet member, and minister, as well as CEO of Lifelong Learners Consultancy, currently based at the Science Po Asia Campus in Le Havre, France, for a talk and roundtable discussion on Pakistan's National Security Policy - Regional Challenges and International Responses. The discussion was moderated by Michael Bauer.
Munich, 11 August 2018
Libya, Syria, Iraq: Causes, actors and conflict dynamics
In cooperation with the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, MEIA Research conducted the seminar program "Analyzing the conflicts in Libya, Syria and Iraq: Causes, actors and conflict dynamics". Michael Bauer and René Rieger facilitated the seminar that took place as part of a two-week Summer School OTH had organized for the Master Program Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies. The MA-program is jointly run by the University of Glasgow, Charles University in Prague and Dublin City University.
Munich, 15 February 2018
Future Security Science Match 2018
The MEIA Research Group has been assigned networking partner of the Future Security Science Match 2018, organized by the Munich Security Conference and the German newspaper Tagesspiegel on 15 February 2018, the eve of the 54th Munich Security conference, at the SIEMENS Headquarter in downtown Munich.
MEIA-Research experts Michael Bauer, Dr. Anja
Opitz, Dr. René Rieger, Sebastian
Schäffer, Thomas Schiller, Ludwig
Schulz and Sebastian Sons were among the conference speakers.
The Science Match, a forum of more than 50 expert speakers from politics, think tank, civil society, business and academia backgrounds who gave 5-minutes-talks about their analysis and problem-solving approaches to current crisis and future challenges of security, is considered the “ideal briefing for the Munich Security Conference” by MSC head, Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger.
Organized by MSC and the Tagesspiegel at SIEMENS headquarters in downtown Munich, and supported by various institutions and organizations such as the Munich Technical University (TUM), the University of the Armed Forces Munich, the Center for Applied POlicy Research at Ludwig-Maximilian University, the MEIA Research Group and others, the Future Science Match addressed topics and challenges of security and safety from four angles: National and International Security Policies, Human Security, Cyber Security and Resource Security. The list of keynote speakers included Sir Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union, Kumi Naidoo, designated Secretary General of Amnesty International, and Radoslaw Sikorski, Former Speaker of the Polish Parliament and Polish Foreign Minister.
Munich, 29 november 2017
Beyond the Arab Spring: Political and Socioeconomic Transformation across the Middle East and North Africa
Conference of MEIA Research in cooperation with the Center for Appiled Policy Research (C.A.P.) at Munich Ludwig Maximilian University and the Tunis-based Union des Tunisiens Independents pour la Liberté (UTIL), on 28 November 2017 at the C.A.P. in Munich.
Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Andrew Reynolds, Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently Visiting Scholar at the Hertie School of Governance Berlin
- Moez Ali, President of the Tunis-based Union des Tunisiens Independents pour la Liberté (UTIL)
- Omar Fassatoui, PhD, Lawyer and Human Rights Officer at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Tunis
Moderation: Michael Bauer, Vice Chairman MEIA Research
The event was supported by the Bavarian Government and the US Consulate General Munich.
Conference report: http://www.cap-lmu.de/aktuell/events/2017/beyond-the-arab-spring.php
Munich, 16 october 2017
Entrepreneurship in Tunisia
C.A.P., 16 October 2017, 11.15-12.30 a.m.
Mohamed Haroun Ouanes is pharmacist and social & green entrepreneur from the Business Center of Monastir. Since 2010 he has been involved in the Tunisian civil society, and worked with many associations in diverse fields especially health, environment, transparency, local governance. He also became a member of the Tunisian Youth Parliament and delegate of Human Rights in Monastir.
In 2016, he participated in the “Policy Advice and Strategy Development” Project organized by the C.A.P. in cooperation with the Union des Tunésiens Indépendents pour la Liberté (UTIL), the Faculty for Juridical, Political and Social Sciences of the University of Carthage, and the Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR). In this framework, he published the paper C.A.Perspectives on Tunisia No. 3-2016 Entrepreneuriat en Tunisie. Recommandations pour relever les défis économiques.
MUNICH, 17 JulY 2017
Qatar: Strategic Partner or Destabilizing Force?
MEIA Research organizes in cooperation with the Academy for Civic Education and Research Tutzing, the Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP), and the Young Forum of the Foreign Affairs Association a panel discussion on the topic "Qatar: Strategic Partner or Destabilizing Force?"
Panel Guests:
Michael Bauer, Vice Chairman of MEIA Research
Dr. Gudrun Harrer, Senior Editor at Der Standard
Colonel (GS) Jörg Kunze, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
Dr. David Roberts, Ass. Professor at King's College London
Moderator: Dr. René Rieger, Chairman of MEIA Research
Introduction: Dr. Anja Opitz, Academy of Civic Education and Research/MEIA Research
Monday, 17 July 2017, 6.15-8.15 p.m.
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich
Maximilianstr. 17, 80539 Munich
MUNICH, 10 JulY 2017
Built on Sand? on The complex relations between Germany and Saudi Arabia
MEIA Research organisiert in Kooperation mit dem Arbeitskreis Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der CSU in Bayern (ASP) eine Veranstaltung zum Thema "Auf Sand gebaut? Über die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Saudi-Arabien".
Buchpräsentation:
"Auf Sand Gebaut: Saudi-Arabien - Ein problematischer Verbündeter" (Propyläen, 2016)
Sebastian Sons, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP)
Podiumsgäste:
Sebastian Sons, DGAP
Dr. René Rieger, MEIA Research
Moderation: Dr. Sarah Lohmann, Johns Hopkins University
Einführung: Walburga von Lerchenfeld, ASP
Montag, 10. Juli 2017, 19.00-20.30 Uhr
CSU-Landesleitung, Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str. 1, 80807 München
Berlin, 20 FEBRUARY 2017
Human Rights in Iran: Subordinated to a Successful Realpolitik?
MEIA Research organizes in cooperation with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) a panel discussion on the topic "Human Rights in Iran: Subordinated to a Successful Realpolitik?"
Panel Guests:
Dr. Anicée van Engeland, LL.M., Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University
Dr. René Wildangel, Middle East Desk at Amnesty International
Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Associate Fellow at DGAP
Chair: Dr. René Rieger, MEIA Research
Introduction: Dina Fakoussa, Head of the MENA Program at DGAP
Monday, 20 February 2017, 6.00-8.00 p.m.
German Council on Foreign Relations, Dohnanyi Hall
Rauchst. 17, 10787 Berlin
Munich, 19 FEBRUARY 2017
Turkey in 2017: Friend or Foe of the West?
MEIA Research organizes in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Policy Analysis (OGP) and the Working Group on Foreign and Security Policy of the CSU Bavaria (ASP) a panel discussion on the topic "Turkey in 2017: Friend or Foe of the West?"
Panel Guests:
Brigadier General (ret.) Dr. Erich Vad, former military advisor to the German Federal Chancellery
Dr. Magdalena Kirchner, Transatlantic Fellow at RAND Corporation
Mehmet Murat Yetkin, Editor-in-Chief at Hürriyet Daily News
Efgani Dönmez, former member of the Austrian Federal Council
Chair: Ludwig Schulz, MEIA Research
Sunday, 19 February 2017, 2.00-4.00 p.m.
Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Palaishalle
Promenadeplatz 2-5, 80333 Munich
Munich, 10 FEBRUARY 2016
Iran after the Nuclear Deal
MEIA Research organizes in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Policy Analysis (OGP) and the German Armed Forces Association a panel discussion on the Islamic Republic of Iran after the nuclear deal.
Panel Guests:
Colonel (ret.) Tim Collins, OBE, CEO, New Century Consulting
Prof. Dr. Reinhard C. Meier-Walser, Director, Academy for Politics and Current Affairs, Hanns Seidel Foundation
Dr. Walter Posch, Analyst, Austrian National Defense Academy
Dr. René Rieger, Chairman, MEIA Research
Chair: Dr. Helmut Pisecky, Austrian Society for Policy Analysis
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 6:00 pm
Hotel Manderin Oriental Munich, Neuturmstrasse 1
Neubiberg, 18 March 2015
Afghanistan's ArmY after the NATO Withdrawal
The Chair for International Politics and Conflict Research of the Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces (UniBW) and MEIA Research organize in cooperation with the Security Policy Working Group and the Model United Nations Society of the UniBW a public screening of the award-winning documentary "Tell Spring not to Come this Year," followed by a discussion with the director, Michael McEnvoy. The film offers unique insights in the condition of the Afghan army following the NATO troop withdrawal in late 2014.
On Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. at the Audimax of the Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces
Munich, 4 FEBRUARY 2015
CIVIL War in Libya: From NATO Intervention to Islamist Emergence
MEIA Research organizes in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Policy Analysis (OGP) a panel discussion on current developments in Libya.
Panel Guests:
Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann, King's College London
Dr. Brian McQuinn, University of Oxford
Dr. Helmut Pisecky, Austrian Society for Policy Analysis
Wolfgang Pusztai, Former Austrian Military Attaché in Libya
Chair: Dr. René Rieger
Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 6:00 pm
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich, Maximiliansstrasse 17
Munich, 8 April 2014
Afghanistan at the Crossroads: Collaps in Sovereignty?
MEIA Research organizes in cooperation with the Academy of Civic Education in Tutzing and the AmerikaHaus Munich a round table on the future of Afghanistan following the Western troop withdrawal in 2014.
Panel Guests:
John Crosby, Political/Economic Officer, U.S. Consulate General, Munich
Lieutenant Colonel Jörg Schlickmann, German Ministry of Defense, Berlin
Akbar Borran, Afghan Youth Activist
Chair: Dr. Anja Opitz
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 7:30 pm
AmerikaHaus Munich, Karolinenplatz 3
Munich, 26 June 2013
Taksim in Turmoil: Turkish Spring and Erdogan's Fall?
MEIA Research organizes at panel discussion, hosted by the AmerikaHaus Munich, on the so called Gezi protests at Istanbul's Taksim square and the event's implications for the rule of the Turkish AKP government under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's relations with the West.
Panel Guests:
Prof. Dr. Stephan Stetter, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
Ludwig Schulz, German Orient Institute Berlin & MEIA Research
Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere, Political analyst Istanbul (via Skype)
Chair: Dr. René Rieger
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 5:30 pm
AmerikaHaus Munich, Karolinenplatz 3
Munich, 12 June 2013
discussion round on turkey's akp government and muslim politics with mohammed ayoob
MEIA Research and the Center for Applied Policy Research host a discussion round with Prof. Mohammed Ayoob, professor of international relations and coordinator of the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University.
Prof. Ayoob is coming directly from Istanbul where he witnessed the protests on Taksim Square.
Moderation: Ludwig Schulz
Munich, 5 June 2013
panel discussion on nuclear proliferation in the middle east with greg thielmann
MEIA Research and the U.S. General Consulate Munich organize a lunchtime lecture on the topic of nuclear prolifation in the Middle East, given by Greg Thielmann, Senior Fellow of the Arms Control Association (ACA), Washington, D.C.
Moderation: Dr. René Rieger
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 1:00 pm
AmerikaHaus Munich, Karolinenplatz 3
