On 11 February, 2010 Institute of European Studies (IES), based in Brussels, will host a workshop on behalf of INEX WP4: Ethical issues in the link between external and internal security in CFSP/ESDP. The title of the workshop is: “Ethical issues of CFSP/ESDP in the European borderlands”.
The objective of this workshop is to discuss the ethical consequence of the changes in the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) including the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). More specifically, It will examine the value assumptions underlying traditional CFSP/ESDP objectives including SSR, rule of law and peace building; and contrasts these assumptions with the value premises underlying JHA that touch on CFSP and that underline the increasing blurring between internal and external security objectives of EU external relations. Morover, the workshop will also discuss the consequences of these potentially conflicting objectives, including the challenge of civil-military relations. Field experiences from the EU’s missions in Bosnia (EUPM), Kosovo (EULEX) and Georgia (EUMM) will serve as examples of the consequences of conflicting values within specific policies.
The workshop will be co-chaired by Prof. Eva Gross (IES) and J. Peter Burgess (PRIO / IES). Distinguished speakers include:
• Mr. Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of EU`s Police Mission in BiH (EUPM)
• Dr. Isabelle Ioannides, VU Amsterdam
• Dr. Xiana Barros, EUI Florence
• Dr. Ursula Schroeder, Free University Berlin
• Prof. Susan Penksa, Westmont /IES
On 29 and 30 October 2009, under the EU Commission’s 7th Framework Programme, the INEX Project (Conflicting and converging ethical values in the internal/external security continuum in Europe) held its Midterm Conference and Commission evaluation at CEPS in Brussels. The Midterm Conference was held on 29 October, and the programme consisted of four interesting panels seeking to explore the internal/external security continuum in Europe through different themes.
The panels addressed the following issues: (1) Values and security technologies, (2) Policing culture in Europe, (3) Conflicting and converging legal regimes in Europe, and (4) Securing the Neighbourhood – Southern and Eastern Dimensions. Each panel engaged both the panelists and other participants in fruitful discussions afterwards. As many as 60 participants were registered to attend the Midterm Conference.
On 30 October, following the INEX Management Committee meeting, the Commission evaluation took place. All workpackages in the project were represented at both the Midterm Conference and the Commission evaluation.
On 20 October, 2009 a research seminar on the issue of “the privatisation and ‘commodification’ of security” was organised by INEX WP1 and SUERTE (European Security and Transatlantic Relations) Research Group. The research seminar focused on the study of the changing relations between public and private actors in the field of security, and was held at Sciences Po in Paris.
On 11 February, 2010 Institute of European Studies (IES), based in Brussels, will host a workshop on behalf of INEX WP4: Ethical issues in the link between external and internal security in CFSP/ESDP. The title of the workshop is: “Ethical issues of CFSP/ESDP in the European borderlands”.
On 29 and 30 October 2009, under the EU Commission’s 7th Framework Programme, the INEX Project (Conflicting and converging ethical values in the internal/external security continuum in Europe) held its Midterm Conference and Commission evaluation at CEPS in Brussels. The Midterm Conference was held on 29 October, and the programme consisted of four interesting panels seeking to explore the internal/external security continuum in Europe through different themes.