Public lecture “NATO – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”
04/16/2010 - 15:00 - 15:00
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On April 16th, the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria will deliver a
public lecture “NATO – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” at Tallinn
University. The lecture will be held in room M-225, Mare building at
10:30. The lecture will be held in English.The lecture has the intention to
explain why NATO has become the most successful international organization
in the field of security for the last 61 years. A part of it is dedicated
to the past of the Organization, from its creation until the end of the
Cold War, a period of difficult years of confrontation between the West and
the East.The years after 1990 until now were marked by a fruitful
cooperation of NATO with its former enemies. After the fall of the Iron
Curtain starts the transformation of the North Atlantic Alliance. Because
of this transformation 12 more countries from Central and Eastern Europe
joined NATO only during the last 10 years.The lecturer’s aim is to
present the NATO’s image today, showing that this Organization differs
significantly from the one, established in 1949. The Alliance is neither
the one that guaranteed defense to Western Europe for more than four
decades during the Cold War, not the one which observed the transition
processes in Europe in early 1990s. The lecturer explains why NATO’s
evolution is by no means a chance or a coincidence. The key to NATO’s
success is in the resilience of its values and principles, i.e. in the firm
ground on which it was build and on which it evolved. Listeners have to
understand very clearly that NATO is not just an Alliance for collective
defense, but also a community of shared values.In the last third part of
the lecture there are exposed the new challenges NATO is facing nowadays
and the reaction of the Alliance to them. Going through the transformation
processes within the Organization and pointing out the most important
issues of NATO’s Agenda today, the main questions the lecturer is trying
to answer are how NATO is facing the new security threats, what should be
done in the near future in order to fight them successfully, as well as how
to be better prepared for new challenges, which might arise. Doing this,
the lecturer is looking towards the NATO’s future!Dr. Petio Petev is a
career diplomat. He works consecutively in the following directorates at
Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “Southeastern Europe”,
“European and Regional Structures”, “International Organizations”,
“America, Australia and Oceania”, “The Americas”, “NATO and
International Security” and “Security Policy”.From 1996 through 2000,
he was a Counselor, Head of the Political section with the Embassy of the
Republic of Bulgaria in Washington, D. C. In 2001 he was appointed Chief of
North America, Australia and Oceania Department, and later Director of the
Americas Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From October 2002
through 2006 Petev served as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Embassy of the
Republic of Bulgaria in Berlin, Germany. In September 2006 he was appointed
Director of “NATO and International Security Directorate” and in July
2008 – Director of “Security Policy Directorate” within the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.Since July 15, 2009 he serves as Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Tallinn,
Republic of Estonia.Petev speaks five
foreign languages. He specialized
in international law and international
relations at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy in Austria.He received his
doctorate in Political Science, and has written different scientific
publications in the field of international relations.In 2001 Petev
published his book “European Policy of the United States after the Cold
War” and in 2003 – the book “The Beginning between two worlds”.
public lecture “NATO – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” at Tallinn
University. The lecture will be held in room M-225, Mare building at
10:30. The lecture will be held in English.The lecture has the intention to
explain why NATO has become the most successful international organization
in the field of security for the last 61 years. A part of it is dedicated
to the past of the Organization, from its creation until the end of the
Cold War, a period of difficult years of confrontation between the West and
the East.The years after 1990 until now were marked by a fruitful
cooperation of NATO with its former enemies. After the fall of the Iron
Curtain starts the transformation of the North Atlantic Alliance. Because
of this transformation 12 more countries from Central and Eastern Europe
joined NATO only during the last 10 years.The lecturer’s aim is to
present the NATO’s image today, showing that this Organization differs
significantly from the one, established in 1949. The Alliance is neither
the one that guaranteed defense to Western Europe for more than four
decades during the Cold War, not the one which observed the transition
processes in Europe in early 1990s. The lecturer explains why NATO’s
evolution is by no means a chance or a coincidence. The key to NATO’s
success is in the resilience of its values and principles, i.e. in the firm
ground on which it was build and on which it evolved. Listeners have to
understand very clearly that NATO is not just an Alliance for collective
defense, but also a community of shared values.In the last third part of
the lecture there are exposed the new challenges NATO is facing nowadays
and the reaction of the Alliance to them. Going through the transformation
processes within the Organization and pointing out the most important
issues of NATO’s Agenda today, the main questions the lecturer is trying
to answer are how NATO is facing the new security threats, what should be
done in the near future in order to fight them successfully, as well as how
to be better prepared for new challenges, which might arise. Doing this,
the lecturer is looking towards the NATO’s future!Dr. Petio Petev is a
career diplomat. He works consecutively in the following directorates at
Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “Southeastern Europe”,
“European and Regional Structures”, “International Organizations”,
“America, Australia and Oceania”, “The Americas”, “NATO and
International Security” and “Security Policy”.From 1996 through 2000,
he was a Counselor, Head of the Political section with the Embassy of the
Republic of Bulgaria in Washington, D. C. In 2001 he was appointed Chief of
North America, Australia and Oceania Department, and later Director of the
Americas Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From October 2002
through 2006 Petev served as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Embassy of the
Republic of Bulgaria in Berlin, Germany. In September 2006 he was appointed
Director of “NATO and International Security Directorate” and in July
2008 – Director of “Security Policy Directorate” within the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.Since July 15, 2009 he serves as Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Tallinn,
Republic of Estonia.Petev speaks five
foreign languages. He specialized
in international law and international
relations at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy in Austria.He received his
doctorate in Political Science, and has written different scientific
publications in the field of international relations.In 2001 Petev
published his book “European Policy of the United States after the Cold
War” and in 2003 – the book “The Beginning between two worlds”.