On 6 July 2016, Centre for European Perspective hosted the round table with the title “Days Before – New Security Challenges" which was the last one in the project financed by the Embassy of the United States in Ljubljana in the framework of the NGO Small Grant.
Round table was opened by Mr. Kurt Volker, former U.S. Ambassador to the NATO and now the Executive Director of the McCain Institute, who explained his personal expectations for the Warsaw Summit and his view on current NATO – Russia relations.
Panel, where H.E. Mr. Brent R. Hartley, Ambassador of the United States of America, dr. Anton Bebler, President of Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia, dr. Uroš Svete, professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana and dr. Damir Črnčec, General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces, participated and was moderated by Mr Peter Grk, Secretary-General of the Bled Strategic Forum.
Fruitful discussion touching the expectations for the Warsaw Summit, NATO – Russia relations, potential enlargement of NATO, military expenditure, new security challenges such as cyber security, concluded with promising idea that NATO should be seen as union and not as division.
Okrogla miza "Dnevi pred – novi varnostni izzivi"
V sredo, 6. julija 2016, je Center za evropsko prihodnost v sodelovanju z Veleposlaništvom Združenih držav Amerike v Ljubljani, organiziral okroglo mizo z naslovom "Dnevi pred – novi varnostni izzivi".
Okroglo mizo je otvoril g. Kurt Volker, bivši veleposlanik ZDA pri NATO in trenutni izvršni direktor McCain Instituta, ki je predstavil svoja osebna pričakovanja za prihajajoči vrh zveze NATO v Varšavi in njegovo mnenje o odnosih med NATO in Rusijo.
Na okrogli mizi, ki jo je moderiral generalni sekretar Strateškega foruma Bled, g. Peter Grk, so sodelovali veleposlanik ZDA v Sloveniji, Brent R. Hartley, predsednik Evro-atlantskega sveta Slovenije, dr. Anton Bebler, profesor na katedri za Obramboslovje na Fakulteti za družbene vede v Ljubljani, dr. Uroš Svete ter predstavnik Generalštaba Slovenske vojske, dr. Damir Črnčec.
Na diskusiji so bila izpostavljena pričakovanja glede vrha v Varšavi, odnosi med NATO in Rusijo, potencialna širitev NATO, finance, ki se namenjajo vojaškim operacijam ter novi varnostni izzivi (kibernetska varnost).
