Symposium "The Black Sea Area in a Changing World - Old Issues in a New Bottle"
Date: 29-30 October, 2011
Venue: University of Shizuoka (52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526 JAPAN)
Conference Room 13411 (Bldg. School of Nursing 4F)
Languages: English, Japanese (with simultaneous translation)
No Registration, No Fee
Program
Saturday, October 29 Plenary Session (Day1)
9:30~10:15Opening session
- 9:30 ~ 9:35Opening remarks: Naohide Kinae, President, University of Shizuoka
- 9:35 ~ 9:40 Introductions: Conference chair/facilitator: Machiko Sato, University of Shizuoka
An Overview of Black Sea Studies in Japan
An Overview of Black Sea Studies in Japan _ sato.pdf
sato.pdf
- 9:45 ~10:15 Keynote speech: Shigeo Mutsushika, University of Shizuoka, Conference host
Why the Black Sea Area Is Important Now - Towards an Extension of Japan’s Diplomatic Horizon
Keynote speech.pdf
10:15~12:15Session1: Political Economy of Labour Migration in the Black Sea Area
Moderator:Akira Uegaki, Seinan Gakuin University
- 10:15~11:45Presentations:
Panagiota Manoli, University of the Aegean
Current Regional Dynamics in the Black Sea Area, With Some References to Economic Transactions and Labor Mobility
Manoli_Shizuoka.pptx
Grigore Silasi, Ovidiu Simina, West University of Timisoara
Managed Migration in Romania: A Bridge between the Black Sea Area and the European Union
SILASI TALPOS SIMINA - Shizuoka presentation.ppt
Akira Uegaki, Seinan Gakuin University
Financial Aspects of Labor Movement in the Black Sea Area
Uegaki_Preliminary_Draft.pdf
Commentator: Norio Horie, University of Toyama
14:15~17:30Session2: Regional Cooperation in the Black Sea Area
Moderator: John Beyer, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University
- 14:15 ~16:15Presentations:
Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, Secretary General of BSEC
The Rising Importance of the Black Sea Region and the role of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
CHRYSANTHOPOULOS_Japan 2011.pdf
Valeri Cecelashvili, Secretary General of GUAM
Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM: Contribution to Multilateral Cooperation in Black Sea- Caspian Sea Region, Opportunities and Prospects
Chechelashvili_1of2 ShizuokaSpeech.pdf
Chechelashvili_2of2 ShizuokaAnnex.pdf
Gun Kut, Bogazici University,
Turkey's Multidirectional Foreign Policy and the BSEC
Commentators:
Yoko Hirose, Keio University,
Chihaya Kokubo, University of Shizuoka - 16:30 ~ 17:30Discussion
Sunday, October 30 Plenary Session (Day2)
9:30~12:00Session3: Transnational Relations of Enterprises in the Black Sea Area
Moderator: Kimitaka Matsuzato, Hokkaido University, Slavic Research Center
- 9:30~11:00 Presentations:
Oleksandr Sushko, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Ukraine
Big Business Interconnections and the Role of States in the Ukraine-Russia Nexus
Suchko_Shizuoka.pdf
Michitaka Hattori, Institute for Russian & NIS Economic Studies
International Political Economy of Ukrainian Steel Industry
Hattori_Ukrainian Steel Industry.pdf
Hattori_Ukrainian_Steel_presentation.pdf
Commentator: Yuko Adachi, Sophia University - 11:00~12:00Discussion
13:00~18:00 Session4: Current situations and Perspectives of the Black Sea States
Moderators: Akitsu Mayuzumi, Hiroshima Shudo University
Takayuki Yoshimura, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
- 13:00~14:30Presentations:
Dmitry A. Danilov, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Science
Black Sea in Russian Foreign and Security Policy
Danilov_ Abstract.pdf
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University
Ukraine, Trans-Atlantic Relations and Black Sea Security
Kuzio.pdf
Kuzio_presentation.pptx
Dragos Ghercioiu, Romanian Ministry of National Defense
The Romanian Perspectives on the Black Sea: Challenges and Opportunities for Current Security Environment
Ghercioiu_The Romanian Pespectives.pdf - 14:45~15:45
Nika Chitadze, International and Security Center, Georgia
Georgia - South Caucasus State on the crossroad of the three Civilizations
Chitadze_text.pdf
Victor Chirila, Foreign Policy Association, Moldova
The European Neighborhood Policy: From Partnership to Integration - Case of Moldova
ENP2011.pdf - 15:45~16:45 Commentators:
James Nixey, Royal Institute of International Affairs
John Beyer, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University
Megumi Suezawa, Heisei International University
Gun Kut, Bogazici University - 17:00~ 18:00Discussion
Participants List (alphabetical order)
Yuko ADACHI
Associate Professor
Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University
Amb. John BEYER
Senior Associate
St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, UK
former Ambassador to Moldova
Amb. Valeri CECELASHVILI
Secretary General of GUAM
former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
Victor CHIRILA
Executive Director
Foreign Policy Association, Moldova
Nika CHITADZE
President
International and Security Center, Georgia
Amb. Leonidas CHRYSANTHOPOULOS
Secretary General
Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
Dmitry A. DANILOV
Head of the Department for European Security Studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Science, Russia
Dragos GHERCIOIU
Director General
Department for Defense Policy and Planning,
Romanian Ministry of National Defense
Michitaka HATTORI
Vice Director
Institute for Russian & NIS Economic Studies,
Russia and CIS Research Institute,
Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS
Yoko HIROSE
Associate Professor
Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
Norio HORIE
Professor, Center for Far Eastern Studies
University of Toyama
Chihaya KOKUBO
Assistant Professor, Faculty of International Relations
Researcher, Wider Europe Research Center
University of Shizuoka
Gun KUT
Associate Professor, Bogazici University, Turkey
Taras KUZIO
Visiting Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Relations,
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Panagiota MANOLI
Lecturer, University of the Aegean, Greece
Kimitaka MATSUZATO
Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University
Akitsu MAYUZUMI
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences
Hiroshima Shudo University
Shigeo MUTSUSHIKA
Professor, Graduate School of International Relations
Director, Wider Europe Research Center
University of Shizuoka
James NIXEY
Manager and Research Fellow
Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK
Machiko SATO
Assistant Professor, Faculty of International Relations
Researcher, Wider Europe Research Center
University of Shizuoka
Grigore SILASI
Professor, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Ovidiu SIMINA
Ministry of Administration and Interior,
General Directorate for Operational Management, Rumania
Megumi SUEZAWA
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law,
Heisei International University
Oleksandr SUSHKO
Research Director
Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Ukraine
Akira UEGAKI
Professor, Faculty of Economics
Seinan Gakuin University
Takayuki YOSHIMURA
Research Fellow
ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies