Smart Defense: Can a Lean NATO Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century?

GPoT Center together with other eight international partner institutes co-organized the "Smart Defense: Can a Lean NATO Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century?" conference hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in Chicago between March 28-30, 2012.

GPoT Center was represented at the event by GPoT Center Director Dr. Mensur Akgün, GPoT Center Deputy Director Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki and GPoT Center High Advisory Board members Ambassador Ümit Pamir and Lt. Gen. Şadi Ergüvenç.

Pictures in the photo-stream are the courtesy of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Joan Hackett Photography.

Ambassador Pamir presented a speech during the Strategic Partnerships: New Partnerships for New Challenges panel. Lt. Gen. Ergüvenç's paper on Turkey's role in the Middle East within the framework of NATO will be published with other conference proceedings in April 2012.

To read more about the event visit the conference website.

PARTNERS

Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA
Canadian International Council (CIC), Toronto, ON, CANADA
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI), Calgary, AB, CANADA
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), Paris, FRANCE
The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin, GERMANY
Global Political Trends Center (GPoT), Istanbul Kültür University, Istanbul, TURKEY
The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw, POLAND
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London, UNITED KINGDOM
Chicago G8 NATO Host Committee

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