SWP, Berlin

INCIPE, Madrid

2nd Spanish-German Strategic Seminar

Monday, September 27, 2004

9:00 – 9:15 Opening of the seminar

- Christoph Bertram, director, SWP

- Vicente Garrido Rebolledo, director of INCIPE.

9:15-10:45 The European Armament Agency and the

perspectives of defence cooperation in Europe

- Joachim Rohde, SWP

- Captain Jesús Lúgaro, Spanish MoD

Comments: Dr. Félix Arteaga, INCIPE

Chair: Peter Schmidt, SWP

10:45-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 The issue of (non)proliferation – the European agenda

- Martín Agüera, Defense News

- Oliver Thränert, SWP

Comments: Vicente Garrido, director, INCIPE

Chair: Volker Heise, SWP

12:30-14:00 Lunch with Lunch Address by General Dirk Böcker: "The transformation of German armed forces"

14:00-15:30 NATO and the EU approach to the Middle East

- Christoph Bertram, SWP

- Natasha Mihajlovic, INCIPE

Comments: Andreas Reinicke, Auswärtiges Amt

Chair: Dr. Félix Arteaga, INCIPE

15:30-15:45 Coffee break

15:45-17:15 The European Security Strategy – beefing up or living with

- Col. Eckart Klink, MoD

- Liet. Colonel Pedro Méndez de Vigo, Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE), Ministry of Defense

Comments: Volker Heise, SWP

Chair: Gabriel Busquets, Spanish Ambassador, Berlin

17:15-17:45 Final conclusions

- Christoph Bertram, director, SWP

- Vicente Garrido, director, INCIPE

19:30 Reception at the Spanish Embassy