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 ICBSS Policy Brief No. 16, June 2009, “Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform”: What is at Stake for Regional Cooperation? by Eleni Fotiou, now available for download.
e-debate on the future of the BSEC
The ICBSS has launched an e-debate on the future of the BSEC and invites you to voice your opinion and read what others have to say on http://icbss.blogspot.com/
2nd International Black Sea Symposium on "The Black Sea Region: the State of Play and the Way Forward" under way in Kalymnos, Dodecanese, Greece. The event will end Sunday, 5 July. Read more…
The third and fourth issues of the Greek version of the Xenophon Paper Series are now available by Papazisis Publishers and the ICBSS. Click here for more information (in Greek only).
• Ioannis Stribis. Decision-making in the BSEC [Η λήψη αποφάσεων στον Οργανισμό Οικονομικής Συνεργασίας Ευξείνου Πόντου]. Athens: Papazisis and ICBSS, June 2009.
• Panagiota Manoli. Unfolding the Black Sea Economic Cooperation: Views from the Region [Ξεδιπλώνοντας την Οικονομική Συνεργασία του Ευξείνου Πόντου: Απόψεις από την περιοχή]. Athens: Papazisis and ICBSS, May 2009.
ICBSS EVENTS
 Closed event: Stakeholders Conference “EU-EECA S&T cooperation: the way forward”, organised by the ICBSS in the context of the EU co-funded project S&T International Cooperation Network for Eastern European and Central Asian Countries (IncoNet EECA) and under the auspices of the Ministry of Development of the Hellenic Republic. Athens, 16-17 June 2009.
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou and Panagiota Manoli speakers at the First Round Table Meeting of the Commission on the Black Sea; Ambassador Tedo Japaridze and Yannis Tsantoulis participants at the aforementioned meeting jointly organised by The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (a project of the German Marshall Fund of the Unites States), the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) and the ICBSS. Istanbul, 8-9 June 2009.
Summer course on “Spain, the European Union and International Conflicts”, is to be held in Jaca, Spain, from 6-8 July 2009. The event is organised by the University of Zaragoza in cooperation with the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid, the ICBSS, and the Postgraduate Programme on “Political, Economic and International Relations in the Mediterranean”, Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean. For more information in Spanish only and to apply see www.unizar.es/cursosdeverano.
ICBSS PUBLICATIONS
ICBSS Policy Brief No. 15, May 2009, The Role of Azerbaijan in European Gas Supply and the Greek Interest, by John Roberts, now available for download.
Xenophon Paper No. 7, May 2009, The Big Caucasus: Consequences of the "Five Day War", Threats and Political Prospects, by Sergey Markedonov, now available for download.
ICBSS Black Sea Monitor, No. 11, May 2009, now available for download.
THE ICBSS AND THE BSEC
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou attends BSTDB Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors and BSTDB Regional Economic Forum organised by the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) for its 10th Year Anniversary of activities in the Black Sea Region, Thessaloniki, 14 June 2009.
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou (Statement) attends 33rd Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly (PABSEC), Bucharest, 12-13 June 2009.
30th Meeting of the ICBSS Board of Directors, Athens, 22 May 2009.
THE ICBSS IN THE MEDIA
Opinion: "Does Foreign Policy Shift? by Eleni Fotiou, The Bridge, a3/2009, Issue 13, pp. 38-42.
Opinion: Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, "The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank and its substantive contribution to regional cooperation", 10 Years of BSTDB: Challenges, Achievements & Prospects, 10th Anniversary Issue (Thessaloniki: BSTDB, 2009), pp. 31-34.
Opinion: Armando Garcia Schmidt and Yannis Tsantoulis, "Conceptual Art: Plenty of paper, not enough planning – Europe needs a single Ostpolitik", Internationale Politik, June 2009, pp. 79-82 (in German only).
ICBSS NETWORKING
Tedo Japaridze attends Conference on "From Hard Power to Soft Power: A New World Order?" organised by Le Cercle, London, 17-21 June 2009.
Panagiota Manoli attends Halki International Seminars 2009 on "Current and Emerging Security Challenges in Europe’s Southern Neighbourhood: What Role for Transatlantic Institutions", organised by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Halki, 17-21 June 2009.
Eleni Fotiou participant in Panel Discussion on "EU-Australia: A Key Partnership" organised by the Australian Embassy in Athens, the European Commission Representation in Greece and the Hellenic Centre for European Studies (EKEM), Athens, 18 June 2009.
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou speaker at the "BBSRC 2009 General Assembly Meeting", organised by the CPMR Balkan and Black Sea Regional Commission, Odessa, 11 June 2009.
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