The 9th Annual PSSI Summer School “NATO’s Security Challenges” will be held on July 7–12, 2013 in Měřín, Czech Republic, in cooperation with NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division.
Objective:
The main objective of Summer School
is to offer a high-profile study course for students currently enrolled
in Master’s degree programs, based on presentations, interactive
workshops and simulations with international security experts from
academia and government fields.
Eligibility:
Students currently enrolled in
Master’s degree programs in Political Science, International Relations
and Economics and other relevant fields from NATO’s member and partner
countries.
Agenda includes topics such as:
- Cybersecurity
- Energy security
- NATO-Russia relations
- NATO and the US Pivot
- Afghanistan after 2014
- US and EU perspective on NATO’s security challenges
Invited Speakers:
Jiří Schneider, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic; Dr. Andrew Monaghan, Research Fellow, Chatham House, UK; Keir Giles, Director, Conflict Studies Research Center, U.K.; Amb. Vaclav Bartuška, Ambassador-at-large for Energy Security, Czech Republic; Dr. Petr Luňák, Deputy Head, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO; Kurt Volker, Executive Director of the McCain Institute and former US Permanent Representative to NATO; Robert Cooper, Counsellor, European External Action Service, UK; Roger W. Robinson, Jr.,PSSI Co-Founder and former Senior Director of International Economic Affairs, National Security Council, USA; Amb. Petr Pelz, PSSI Executive Director and former Czech Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Application:
Please download the application form and send it filled-out, along with your CV and essay to christensen@pssi.cz by June 1, 2013. The selected participants will be notified by June 8, 2013.
Costs:
Registration fee amounts to 2000,- Kc
/ 80 EUR. Accommodation and meals will be fully covered by organizers;
foreign participants’ travel expenses will be partially reimbursed (not
applicable to those selected students from the Czech Republic or
Slovakia). Participants will receive more information upon their
selection.
For further information please contact Mr. Stephen Christensen at christensen@pssi.cz
Website: http://www.pssi.cz/security-scholars-program/summer-school/summer-school-213/detail
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