Crisis or Stability in the Balkans
I. Welcome
- Richard Solomon
President, U.S. Institute of Peace - Morton Abramowitz, Conference Chair
Council on Foreign Relations - Petar Stoyanov, Honorary Conference Chair
President, Bulgaria
II. Keynote Address
- Read the remarks of Petar Stoyanov, Honorary Conference Chair and President, Bulgaria
III. Crisis or Stability in the Balkans: Regional Perspectives
Panel I: The Spreading Crisis: Balkan Leaders Speak
- Amb. Bryan Hopkinson, Moderator
International Crisis Group - Albania: President Rexhep Meidani
- Romania: Andrei Plesu, Foreign Minister
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Jadranko Prlic, Foreign Minister
- Croatia: Mate Granic, Foreign Minister
- Slovenia: Boris Frlec, Foreign Minister
Panel II: The Future of Serbia: Regional Configurations
- Daniel Serwer, Moderator
- Bosnia: Zlatko Lagumdzija, President, Social Democratic Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Montenegro: Zorica Maric, Trade Mission of Montenegro
( Read Remarks) - Serbia: Sonja Biserko, Helsinki Committee, Stockholm, Sweden
( Read Remarks) - USA: Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute
Panel III: Building the Foundation for Stability
- Lauren Van Metre, Moderator
U.S. Institute of Peace - Poland: Andrezsj Karkoszka, former Deputy Minister of Defense
- Albania: Genc Ruli, Institute for Contemporary Studies
- Bulgaria: Ivan Krastev, President, Center for Liberal Studies
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Jakob Finci, President, Jewish Community of BiH/President, Soros Foundation in Sarajevo
- Eastern Europe: Adrian Hastings, Professor, University of Leeds
Civil-Military Institutions
Social and Political Movements
Religious Organizations
IV. Wrap-Up
- Harriet Hentges, Moderator
U.S. Institute of Peace - John Menzies, U.S. Institute of Peace
- Morton Abramowitz, Council on Foreign Relations
- Bryan Hopkinson, International Crisis Group
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