Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation on International Security
Collaboration, Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Although international security is often considered a domain of the executive, parliaments have been playing an active role in Western security politics.
For almost 60 years, the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO has been a cornerstone in the dynamic network of inter-parliamentary security institutions. The recent establishment of a new Parliamentary Conference for the European Union’s Common Foreign, Security and Defense Policy has further attested to the demand for inter-parliamentary cooperation on international security. However, it has also raised questions about the overall architecture of inter-parliamentary institutions, the coordination between the parliamentary assemblies of NATO, the EU, the OSCE and the Council of Europe as well as the merits and problems of different working practices. A high-profile panel discusses these questions with experienced practitioners and academic experts on inter-parliamentary cooperation. There will be ample room for questions and discussion with the audience.
Panelists
- Simon Lunn, Senior Fellow at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces and former Secretary General to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- Michiel Servaes, Member of the Dutch Parliament and Delegate to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
- Dr. Anna Herranz-Surrallés, Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Political Science, Maastricht University
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wagner, Chair in International Security at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, VU University Amsterdam
Location
Dutch Parliament, Second Chamber, The Hague (Entrance Binnenhof 1a)
Registration
Please register before 14 November with Wolfgang Wagner