S&D Group round table event
in cooperation with the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, Vienna
Thursday 5th February 2015
Altiero Spinelli Building (ASP) 5G3
European Parliament, Brussels
Peter Weinberger
Physiker
Einleitende Worte: Alfred Gusenbauer, Bundeskanzler a.D.
Moderation: Rubina Möhring, Journalistin
Es hat bis 1990 gedauert, die wenigen Überlebenden der jüdischen Familie des Autors aufzuspüren und zusammenzuführen. Im Jahr vorher fiel der Eiserne Vorhang. Mit der Einstellung der Arbeiter-Zeitung 1989 als
Zentralorgan der Sozialistischen Partei Österreichs, schien auch das Ende eines sozialdemokratischen Jahrhunderts in Österreich gekommen zu sein.
Die Weiterführung der in der Wohlgeordneten Einsamkeit begonnenen Geschichte – sie endet mit 1964 – bis zum politischen Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts, widerspiegelt in der Örtlichen Gleichgültigkeit, eine durch Beschäftigungen in National Laboratories (USA) und ausländischen Universitäten bedingte, nicht unbedingt alltägliche Sicht Österreichs, verstärkt überdies durch die journalistische Aktivitäten des Autors in linken Zeitschriften und Zeitungen:
Österreichisches Literaturforum
http://www.oelf.at
Herausgeber: Dr. Johannes Diethart
Druck: Maro Druck, Zirbelstraße 57a, D-86154 Augsburg
ISBN 978-3-902760-06-7
Book Launch & Public Roundtable Debate
House of the European Union, 1010 Wien, Wipplingerstraße 35
17.00
Introductory Remarks
Gerald Klug, Federal Minister of Defense and Sports (tbc)
Hannes Swoboda, Member of the Board of Bruno Kreisky Forum
Bashir Bashir, Editor of the book
17.30
TOWARDS A EUROPEAN PEACE INTITIATIVE
Roundtable Debate
Chair and Moderator: Gertraud Auer Borea, Bruno Kreisky Forum for international Dialogue
Keynote Address
From Bilateralism to Internationalization: Husam Zomlot, Bir Zeit University, Palestinian Strategy Group
Questions & Answers
17.30 – 19.30
Major Shifts and Challenges
1- From political conflict over drawing borders to intra-communal conflict: Avraham Burg, Writer and political activist, former Speaker of the Knesset
2- From state-centered politics to rights-centered politics: Azar Dakwar, co-editor of the book
3- From advocacy to empowerment (civil society): Inbal Arno n, Hebrew University
4- On the rising costs of the Status quo in Israel/Palestine: Noam Sheizaf, editor of +972
5- From partition and segregation to bi-nationalism and integration: Bashir Bashir, Van Leer Institute and Hebrew University
Final Remarks
Hannes Swoboda, Member of the Board – Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue
Johann Frank, Director for Security Policy, Austrian Ministry of Defense and Sports
zum eBook: http://issuu.com/brunokreiskyforum/docs/rethinking_-_the_politics_of_israel
Naika Foroutan
ist Sozialwissenschaftlerin an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und stellvertretende Direktorin des Berliner Instituts für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (www.bim.hu-berlin.de). Zu den Schwerpunkten ihrer Forschungs- und Lehrtätigkeit gehören u.a. die Themenfelder Migration, Integration und Transformation von Einwanderungsländern; Islam- und Muslimbilder in Deutschland; Identität und Hybridität. Naika Foroutan ist Trägerin zahlreicher Auszeichnungen, u.a. erhielt sie 2011 den Berliner Integrationspreis und im Jahr 2012 den Wissenschaftspreis der Fritz Behrens Stiftung für exzellente Forschung
Moderation: Isolde Charim, Autorin und Philosophin
Alexander Rondos
EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa
Moderator: Georg Lennkh, Member of the Board of the Bruno Kreisky Forum
Within a wider effort to make the EU relevant in a multi-polar world, Alex Rondos would address the case of the Horn of Africa. More specifically he would like to explore the fact that the countries of the Horn of Africa are increasingly influenced by countries we historically (and incorrectly) regard as „non-traditional“ (i.e. the Gulf, Egypt and China) and that EU policy-making has to take the actions and motives of these non-traditional political actors into account, and ideally find some accommodation with them, in order to remain effective and relevant.
Alexander George Rondos is a Greek national, born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1954, educated in Kenya and the UK, completed BA (Hons) at Oxford University. His career has included journalism at West Africa Magazine, followed by twelve years of work in relief and the development world. After two years at the World Bank he became an advisor to the Foreign Minister of Greece, counseling and implementing policy in the South Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Rondos was promoted to Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic and worked on diplomatic and meditation missions of behalf of the Prime Minister of Greece. He was appointed EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa.
Riad al Khouri
Jordanian Economist
In addition to simmering conflict involving Israel, widening fighting has since 2010 engulfed much of the Arab World east of Suez, and prospects for the coming year are grim. In this talk, Jordanian economist and strategic expert Riad al Khouri analyzes violence in the region, the different forces at work, and the way things may develop over the next twelve months. Taking into account both global and local factors, he will focus on regional actors in the present crises, including the part played by Jordan.
Based in Amman Riad al Khouri has traveled to and worked extensively in most countries of the region, and also knows its non-Arab component well. As an independent observer in and from the Middle East, he is thus highly qualified to shed light on an increasingly complex situation that could have major ramifications in Europe and elsewhere.
Moderation: Gudrun Harrer, Senior Editor, Der Standard