A World in Flux: The Future of Democracy Europe and the Middle East
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| Date | 12 September 2017 - 13 September 2017 |
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| Location | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Participants | Knut Abraham, Ali Aslan, David Bakradze, Ian Bond, Bridget Brink, Ian Brzezinski, Edward Chow, Christian Danielsson, Daniel Fried, Rose Gottemoeller, Zeki Levent Gumrukcu, Benjamin Haddad, Alexandra Hall, Levan Izoria, Donald Jensen, Ian Kelly, Keti Khutsishvili, James Kirchick, Gediminas Kirkilas, Irakli Kobakhidze, Andrius Kublilius, Batu Kutelia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Sergii Leshchenko, Giorgi Margvelashvili, Thomas Mayr-Harting, Stefan Meister, Thomas O. Melia, James Nixey, Zygimantas Pavilionis, Alina Polyakova, Peter Van Praagh, Salome Samadashvili, Randy Scheunemann, Oleh Shamshur, Robin Shepherd, James Sherr, David Sikharulidze, Justin McKenzie Smith, Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, David Usupashvili, Kurt Volker, Christopher Walker, Andrew Wood |
| Description | Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia with a host of spooky participants |
A World in Flux: The Future of Democracy Europe and the Middle East was a conference in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Agenda
12 September 2017
Welcome by Kurt Volker, the McCain Institute for International Leadership
Conversation with Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia, and Kurt Volker, the McCain Institute for International Leadership
Conversation with Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, and Kurt Volker, the McCain Institute for International Leadership
Session I – Debate: Georgia Now and in the Future
- David Bakradze – Former Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
- Ian Kelly – U.S. Ambassador to Georgia
- Irakli Kobakhidze – Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
- David Usupashvili – Former Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
- Moderator: Alexandra Hall – Atlantic Council
Session II – Panel: The Future of Liberalism, Democracy and Populism
- Daniel Fried – Atlantic Council
- Alina Polyakova – Atlantic Council
- Robin Shepherd – Halifax International Security Forum
- David Sikharulidze – Atlantic Council
- Moderator: Christopher Walker – National Endowment for Democracy
Session III – Conversation: Energy in the Region: Where Are We Now?
- Edward Chow – Center for Strategic and International Security
- Gediminas Kirkilas – Former Prime Minister of Lithuania
- Moderator: Batu Kutelia – Atlantic Council
13 September 2017
Session IV – Panel: U.S. Foreign Policy Under the Trump Administration
- Ian Brzezinski – Atlantic Council
- James Nixey – Chatham House
- Zygimantas Pavilionis – Member of Parliament, Lithuania
- Peter Van Praagh – Halifax International Security Forum
- Ketevan Tsikhelashvili – Minister of Reintegration of Georgia
- Moderator: Randy Scheunemann – Orion Strategies
Session V – Panel: Germany–France–UK: Whither Europe?
- Ali Aslan – TV Presenter and Journalist
- Benjamin Haddad – Hudson Institute
- James Kirchick – Brookings Institution
- Justin McKenzie Smith – UK Ambassador in Georgia
- Moderator: Robin Shepherd – Halifax International Security Forum
Conversation with Daniel Fried, Atlantic Council, and Kurt Volker
Session VI – Panel: Ukraine: Moving Forward or Verging on Crisis?
- Andrius Kublilius – Former Prime Minister of Lithuania
- Sergii Leshchenko – Member of Parliament, Ukraine
- Oleh Shamshur – Ambassador of Ukraine to France
- James Sherr – Chatham House
- Moderator: Donald Jensen – CEPA, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Session VII – Panel: The Future of Transatlantic Relations, Europe, the EU and NATO
- Bridget Brink – Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
- Christian Danielsson – Director General for Enlargement, European Commission
- Levan Izoria – Minister of Defense of Georgia
- Thomas Mayr-Harting – European External Action Service
- Moderator: Ian Bond – Centre for European Reform
Session VIII – Panel: Democracy, Human Rights and Security in Georgia’s Neighborhood: Getting the BalanceRight
- Knut Abraham – Federal Chancellery, Germany
- Zeki Levent Gumrukcu – Ambassador of Turkey to Georgia
- Thomas O. Melia – George W. Bush Institute
- Moderator: James Kirchick – Brookings Institution
Session IX – Panel: Addressing the Challenge of Putin’s Russia
- Stefan Meister – European Council on Foreign Relations
- Salome Samadashvili – United National Movement
- Andrew Wood – Chatham House
- Christopher Walker – National Endowment for Democracy
- Keti Khutsishvili – Open Society Georgia Foundation
- Moderator: Ian Brzezinski – Atlantic Council
Remarks from Rose Gottemoeller, Deputy Secretary General of NATO (via Skype)
Known Participants
10 of the 44 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
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| Ali Aslan | Spooky journalist, Georgetown University, many deep state ties |
| Ian Brzezinski | Son of Zbigniew Brzezinski, member of the Integrity Initiative's US Cluster. |
| Daniel Fried | Spooky US diplomat |
| Levent Gümrükçü | Turkish diplomat |
| Alina Polyakova | Spooky establishment researcher |
| Randy Scheunemann | US neocon foreign policy advisor to presidential candidate John McCain. |
| Robin Shepherd | Former Moscow Bureau Chief for The Times now working for intelligence think tanks. |
| James Sherr | Member of the Institute for Statecraft, Chatham House, RUSI Director |
| Kurt Volker | US deep state operative, US Permanent Representative to NATO |
| Andy Wood | UK Ambassador to Russia (1995-2000), Institute for Statecraft... |
