NATO75: Hungary and the Future of NATO
September 19, 2024
Matild Palace, Budapest
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AGENDA
9.15-9.30 / Welcome speech
Gladden Pappin
President of HIIA
9.30-9.50 / Keynote speeches
Zsolt Kutnyánszky
State Secretary for Defence Policy, Force Generation and Defence Industry, Ministry of Defence of Hungary
Benedetta Berti
Head of Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Venue
Matild Palace
Váci utca 36.
1056 Budapest, Hungary
Registration
Participation is subject to advanced registration.
We would like to inform you that the number of participants is limited, entry is only possible on presenting the confirmation of registration, which will be sent out during the week before of the event.
Parking
Parking will not be provided by the organisers, but it is possible for a fee in the surrounding streets.
9.50-10.50
Can NATO Keep the Peace?Debating NATO’s Role in the Next Decade
Elizabeta Chupovska Ristova
State Secretary for Defense, North Macedonia
Igor Melicher
State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic
Péter Sztáray
State Secretary for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
Moderator: Tamás Baranyi
Director for Strategy, HIIA
10.50-11.10
Break
11.10-12.10
New Frontiers for NATO? Risks and Benefits of Power Projection
Amb. István Balogh
Permanent Representative of Hungary to NATO
Bertrand de La Chesnais
Ret. Lieutenant General, Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the French Army
Walter Feichtinger
President, Center for Strategic Analysis, Austria
Moderator: Péter Pál Kránitz
Senior Research Fellow, HIIA
12.10-12.30
Break
12.30-13.30
The Past, Present and
Future of Hungarian National Defense
Márton Ugrósdy
Deputy State Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office
Péter Siklósi
Senior Manager, EuroAtlantic Consulting
Tamás Csiki Varga
Senior Research Fellow, John Lukács Institute, Ludovika University of Public Service
Moderator: Tamás Baranyi
Director for Strategy, HIIA
13.30-14.30
Lunch
14.30-15.30
How Will America’s Role in NATO Evolve?
Gladden Pappin
President, HIIA
George Beebe
Director, Grand Strategy Program, Quincy Institute
Drew Peterson
National Strategic Research Institute
Carlos Roa
Research Fellow, Danube Institute
Péter Rada
Vice Rector, Metropolitan University
Moderator: Noémi Pálfalvi
Director of International Relations, MCC
15.30-15.50
Break
15.50-16.50
NATO and Economic Policy:What Industry Is Needed for Military Strength?
David P. Goldman
Deputy Editor, Asia Times & Washington Fellow, Claremont Institute
Ferenc Antal
Deputy State Secretary for Strategic Transactions and Defence Industry, Ministry for National Economy of Hungary; CEO of N7 Holding Zrt.
Michelle Watson
Visiting Senior Fellow, Danube Institute
Philip Pilkington
Senior Analyst, HIIA
Moderator: Géza Sebestyén
Head of the Center for Economic Policy, MCC
16.50-17.50
Securing Central Europe: Challenges and Threats
Łukasz Jasina
Journalist and Historian, Former Spokesman of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Robert Bestro
Defence Policy Director, Director General at the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic
Anthony Tata
Brigadier General Ret., U.S. Army
Attila Demkó
Head of the Center for Geopolitics, MCC
Moderator: Klementina Kozma
Research Fellow, MCC
18.00
Reception