The Future of the OSCE

The Future of the OSCE

The conference assessed OSCE's capabilities to ensure collective security in Europe and Eurasia and will discuss potential topics for the next OSCE Summit of Heads of State and Government. Conference panelists will also evaluate Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship during the first half of 2010.

Conference Agenda

The Future of the OSCE
July 23, 2010

8:30-9:00am Registration

9:00am  Introductions:
Janusz Bugajski, CSIS
Erlan Idrissov, Embassy of Kazakhstan

9:10-9:30am  Morning Keynote
Moderator: Lawrence DeNardis, IND
Madina Jarbussynova and Talgat Kaliyev, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan: Outcome of the OSCE Ministerial in Almaty

9:30am-11:20am Panel 1: OSCE Security: Matching Missions with Capabilities
Moderator: Janusz Bugajski, CSIS
Erlan Idrissov, Embassy of Kazakhstan: The OSCE’s Eurasian Dimension
Stephen Blank, U.S. Army War College: OSCE Confidence and Security Building Measures: Updating the Vienna Document 1999
Sophia Philippidou, Embassy of Greece: The Corfu Process: Achievements and Prospects
Anthony Pahigian, Department of State: U.S. Proposals for the Corfu Process

11:30am-12:50pm Panel 2: Preparing the OSCE Summit Agenda
Moderator: Margarita Assenova, IND
Andrew Kuchins, CSIS: OSCE and Afghanistan
Martha Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Central Asian Security
Talgat Kaliev, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan: Preparing the OSCE Summit Agenda
Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation: Russia's Security Proposal
Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council of U.S.: Strengthening the OSCE

1:00-1:50pm: Lunch Keynote
Keynote Speaker: OSCE's Role for Eurasian Security

2:00-3:30pm Panel 3:  Assessing Six Months of Kazakhstan's OSCE Chair
Moderator: Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation
Julie Finley, Former U.S. Ambassador to OSCE: Overall Assessment
Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute: Kyrgyzstan
Vladimir Socor, Jamestown Foundation: Unresolved Conflicts
Madina Jarbussynova, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan's Assessment (Human Dimension)

3:30pm: Concluding Remarks
Janusz Bugajski, CSIS
Lawrence DeNardis, IND