CONF./CFP- Wider Black Sea: International and Regional Security, Yerevan, 01/08

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CONF./CFP- Wider Black Sea: International and Regional Security, Yerevan, 01/08

Posted by: Khachik Gevorgyan <iranist@yahoo.co.uk>

Call for Papers (CFP) for the upcoming international conference
entitled "Wider Black Sea: Perspectives for International and Regional
Security", organized by Armenian International Policy Research Group
(AIPRG) and scheduled to take place on January 12-13, 2008 in Yerevan,
Armenia. The event is co-sponsored by the OSCE, NATO and Yerevan State
University Graduate Union. The conference aims at enhancing the debate
on the concept of the Wider Black Sea, involving international and
regional academic and political circles: bringing together differing
evaluations and views on the Wider Black Sea to pave a way for
discussing security perspectives in the light of a possible
political-military strategy; as well as discussing the compatibility
of Armenia's Foreign policy and security strategy with the concept of
the Wider Black Sea region and the NATO strategy.

The guest speaker of the Conference is
Matthew Bryza,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, USA.

Paper submissions are expected in the following areas:

1. The notion of the Wider Black Sea: security, political and economic
heritage

- The concept of the Wider Black Sea
- Security, political and economic components

2. Institutional and global challenges for the Wider Black Sea region

- The Wider Black Sea as a station on the way to EU and NATO
- A shared strategy towards the Wider Black Sea

3. The possible institutional role of the Wider Black Sea in conflict
resolution process (Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and
Transnistria)

4. Perspectives of different regional organizations and initiatives in
the light of the Wider Black Sea

- Wider Black Sea: an alternative or supplementary framework to
different regional organizations and initiatives
- Correlation between the notions of Wider Black Sea and post-Soviet space

5. Viewing the Wider Black Sea from Armenia

Applicants should sent Abstracts or Papers with their contact
information and institutional affiliation to conference@aiprg. net.
The application deadline is November 30, 2007. The selection committee
will notify all applicants by December 10, 2007. Please check our
website: http://www.aiprg. net (Conferences & Seminars) for
conference-related updates, a detailed program listing, and
registration information. If you have any questions please feel free
to contact: info@aiprg.net

Sincerely, AIPRG Team

AIPRG Yerevan Office
50 Nalbandyan Str., Suite 16
Yerevan 0010, Armenia
Phone: (+374 10) 528 723
Email: info@aiprg.net

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