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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

  • 9:45 ~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
    fileKeynote 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
    fileManoli_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
    fileSILASI TALPOS SIMINA - Shizuoka presentation.ppt

    Akira Uegaki, Seinan Gakuin University
    Financial Aspects of Labor Movement in the Black Sea Area
    fileUegaki_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
    fileCHRYSANTHOPOULOS_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
    fileChechelashvili_1of2 ShizuokaSpeech.pdf
    fileChechelashvili_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

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
    fileDanilov_ Abstract.pdf

    Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University
    Ukraine, Trans-Atlantic Relations and Black Sea Security
    fileKuzio.pdf
    fileKuzio_presentation.pptx

    Dragos Ghercioiu, Romanian Ministry of National Defense
    The Romanian Perspectives on the Black Sea: Challenges and Opportunities for Current Security Environment
    fileGhercioiu_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
    fileChitadze_text.pdf

    Victor Chirila, Foreign Policy Association, Moldova
    The European Neighborhood Policy: From Partnership to Integration - Case of Moldova
    fileENP2011.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