Democracy and Security International Conference

Democracy & Security International Conference was held in Prague right before the G8 2007 conference. Attendees included George Bush and a who's who of the neocon regime-change industry.

Organizers

• Prague Security Studies Institute
• Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem
• Foundation for Social Analysis and Studies (FAES)

Participants

• Issam Abu Issa -- Chairman, I.A.S. International, Qatar
• Peter Ackerman -- Chairman, Freedom House
• Mudawi Ibrahim Adam -- Chairman, Sudan Social Development Organization
• Sheldon G. Adelson -- Las Vegas Sands Corp.
• Miriam Adelson -- Las Vegas Sands Corp.
• Mithal al-Alusi -- Iraqi MP
• Ludmilla Alexeeva -- Chair, Helsinki Group
• Leyla Aliyeva -- President, Center for National and International Studies, Azerbaijan
• Jafar Alshayeb -- Managing Director, Bizlink Group, Saudi Arabia
• Zainab Al-Suwaij -- Co-Founder & Executive Director, American Islamic Congress
• Ingrid Amer -- Second Secretary, Embassy of Estonia, Czech Rep.
• Elias Amor Bravo -- Economist, Union Liberal Cubana, Spain
• Sami Angawi -- Director General, Amar Center, Saudi Arabia
• Uzi Arad -- Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Israel
• Arie Arazi -- Ambassador of Israel, Czech Rep.
• Ronald D. Asmus -- Executive Director, Transatlantic Center, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Belgium
• Ghassan Atiyyah -- Executive Director, Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy
• Shlomo Avineri -- Professor of Political Science, The Hebrew University, Israel
• José María Aznar -- President, FAES Foundation, Spain
• Hüseyin Bagci -- Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• Rafael L. Bardají -- National Security Adviser to President Aznar; Director of International Policy FAES Foundation
• Dana Baschová -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Rep.
• Anne Bayefsky -- Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
• Pavel Bém -- Lord Mayor of the City of Prague
• Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Head of the Philosophy Department, Hassan II University, Morocco
• David Bercuson -- Director of Programs, Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
• Antonín Berdych -- President, Association for International Affairs
• Rudolf Blažek -- Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Prague, Czech Rep.
• Michael Bohnen -- President, Adelson Family Charitable Foundation
• Roberta Bonazzi -- Executive Director, European Foundation for Democracy, Belgium
• José Brechner -- Political Analyst, Diario di America, Argentina
• Jan Bubeník -- Managing Partner, Bubenik Partners, Czech Rep.
• Fraser Cameron -- Director, EU-Russia Center, Belgium
• Alberto Carnero -- Director of International Department, FAES Foundation
• Oldřich Černý -- Executive Director, Prague Security Studies Institute
• Chin-mo Cheng -- Assistant Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan
• Irwin Cotler -- Canadian MP, Former Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada
• Devon Cross -- Case for Freedom, USA
• Cina Dabestani -- Board Member, Iranian Enterprise Institute, USA
• Priscilla de Callier -- Advisor, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech Rep.
• Pepper de Callier -- Senior Advisor, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech Rep.
• Richard Dearlove -- Master, Pembroke College
• Pavol Demeš -- Director for CEE, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Slovakia
• Ron Dermer -- Minister of Economic Affairs, Embassy of Israel, USA
• Barbara Dillon Hillas -- Principal, Dillon Hillas & Dillon, LLC, Poland
• Linda Duffield -- Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Czech Rep.
• Gabriel Eichler -- CEO, Benson Oak, Czech Rep.
• Bassem Eid -- Executive Director, Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
• Helmut Elfenkämper -- Ambassador of Germany, Czech Rep.
• Mohamed Eljahmi -- Libyan-American Democracy Activist
• Marc S. Ellenbogen -- Chairman of Global Panel Foundation and Special Correspondent, UPI
• David Elliman -- Chairman, Elmrock Capital, Inc., USA
• Amir Abbas Fakhravar -- President, Iranian Freedom Institute, USA
• Oleksandr Feldman -- President, International Tolerance Center, Ukraine
• Javier Fernandéz-Lasquetty -- General Secretary, FAES Foundation
• Charles Fries -- Ambassador of France, Czech Rep.
• Jeffrey Gedmin -- President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Czech Rep.
• Jared Genser -- President, Freedom Now, USA
• Reuel Marc Gerecht -- Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Belgium
• Farid Ghadry -- President, Reform Party of Syria, USA
• John K. Glenn -- Director of Foreign Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• David Goder -- Case for Freedom, USA
• Vera Golovensky -- Director of International Relations, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies
• Richard W. Graber -- Ambassador of the United States of America, Czech Rep.
• Colleen Graffy -- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, State Department
• Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg -- Chairman of the CSU‘s Foreign Committee, German Bundestag
• Václav Havel -- Former President of the Czech Republic, Czech Rep.
• Anna Y. C. Ho -- Assistant to the Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Czech
• Jim Hoft -- Gateway Pundit Blog, USA
• Mamoun Homsy -- Fmr. Member of Syrian Parliament, Lebanon
• Karen P. Hughes -- Under Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
• Jana Hybášková -- Member of the European Parliament, Czech Rep.
• Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- Chairman, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, Egypt
• Toomas Hendrik Ilves -- President of Estonia, Estonia
• Bruce P. Jackson -- President, Project on Transitional Democracies, USA
• Vladislav Jandjuk -- Representative, Belorusian Government in Exile, Czech Rep.
• Pavle Janković -- President, International and Security Affairs Center Fund, Serbia
• Josef Janning -- Head of International Relations Program; Member of Management Commitee, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany
• Roman Joch -- Director, Občanský institut, Czech Rep.
• Josef Joffe -- Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit, Germany
• Daniel B. Johnson -- Writer and Journalist, New York Sun Commentary, USA
• Jon Juaristi -- Professor, University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
• Sven Jürgenson -- Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of Estonia
• Cheol Hwan Kang -- Chairman of Commission, Committe for Democratization of North Korea
• Garri Kasparov -- Chessplayer and Politician, United Civil Front, Russia
• Nibras Kazimi Visiting Scholar Hudson Institute USA
• Eli Khoury Chairman and CEO, Quantum Communications Lebanon
• Iain King Director of Programmes, Westminster Foundation for Democracy United Kingdom
• Jakub Klepal Deputy Executive Director Forum 2000 Foundation Czech Rep.
• Igor Klimeš Desk Officer for the Middle East, People In Need, Czech Rep.
• Tomáš Klvaňa Professor New York University in Prague Czech Rep.
• Julian Knapp Political Consultant United Kingdom
• Bessel Kok Chairman Scarlet Communications Group Czech Rep.
• Petr Kolář Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States of America USA
• Jana Košárková Acting Director Prague Security Studies Institute Washington USA
• Martin Kramer Senior Fellow The Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center Israel
• Irina Krasovskaya President
• We Remember Foundation Belarus
• Veronika Kuchyňová Šmigolová Director Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Czech Rep.
• Ziv Nevo Kulman Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of Israel Czech Rep.
• Ieva Kupce Head of Public Diplomacy Ministry of Defence Latvia
• Ronald S. Lauder Ronald Lauder Foundation USA
• Joseph Lieberman Senator United States Senate USA
• Tod Lindberg Research Fellow Hoover Institution USA
• Junning Liu Professor China
• Herb London President Hudson Institute USA
• Jeff Lovitt Executive Director Policy Association for an Open Society Czech Rep.
• Woon-Ki Lyeo Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of South Korea Czech Rep.
• Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová Chair Ano pro Evropu Czech Rep.
• Kanan Makiya Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Brandeis University, USA
• Toshio Masuda President Masuda US Research Center, LLC USA
• Margarita Mathiopoulos Chief Executive Officer EAG European AdvisoryGroup GMBH Germany
• Clifford D. May President The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies USA
• Aliaksandr Milinkevich President Political Council of Democratic Forces of Belarus, Belarus
• Jorge Moragas Sanchez Secretary of International Relations, Partido Popular, Spain
• Karinna Moskalenko Defense Attorney, Russia
• Cameron Munter Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States of America, Czech Rep.
• Joshua Muravchik Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, USA
• Rami Nasrallah Head of Board of Directors, International Peace and Cooperation, Center, East Jerusalam
• Fiamma Nirenstein journalist and Historian, Il Giornale, Italy
• Michael Novak Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, USA
• Jan Novák Head of the Office of the Government, Government of the Czech Republic Czech Rep.
• John O’Sulivan Senior Fellow Hudson Institute USA
• Reza Pahlavi Opposition Leader to Clerical Regime of Iran, USA
• Zbyněk Pavlačík Director Jagello 2000 Czech Rep.
• Antonio Pedauyé Ambasador of Spain to the Czech Republic, Embassy of Spain, Czech Rep.
• Jiří Pehe Resident Director, New York University in Prague, Czech Rep.
• Richard Perle Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, USA
• Ross Perrone Ronald Lauder Foundation, USA
• Walid Phares Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, USA
• Marc F. Plattner Editor, Journal of Democracy, National Endowment for Democracy USA
• Tomáš Pojar Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Czech Rep.
• Daniel Polisar President, The Shalem Center Israel
• Roman Polonsky Project’s Director of the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center Israel
• Tomasz Pompowski Foreign and Opinions Editor, Polskapresse, Poland
• Andrei Popov Executive Director, Foreign Policy Association of Moldova, Moldova
• Shay Porat Vice President for External Affairs, The Shalem Center, Israel
• Harold Rhode, Office Assesment, US Defense Department, USA
• Roger W. Robinson, Jr. Co-Founder, Prague Security Studies Institute, USA
• Berel Rodal Vice Chairman, Interntional Center on Nonviolent, Conflict, USA
• Nina Rosenwald Principal American Securities USA
• Allen Roth Policy Forum USA
• Michael Rubin Resident Scholar American Enterprise Institute, USA
• Rafael Rubio President Association for the Transition of Cuba, Spain
• Ivo Samson Head of Security Policy Program, Research Center of the Slovak Foreign, Policy Association, Slovakia
• Andor Šándor Fmr. Head of Czech Military Intelligence, Czech Rep.
• Mohsen Sazegara Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School, USA
• Christian Schmidt Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
• Jiří Schneider, Program Director, Prague Security Studies Institute, Czech Rep.
• Steven Schneier, Director, Policy Forum, USA
• Karel Schwarzenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Czech Rep.
• Jiří Šedivý, Deputy Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs, Czech Rep.
• Natan Sharansky Chairman, The Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center, Israel, The Prague Security Studies Institute, Pohořelec 6, 118 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic
• Jamie Shea, Director, Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO Belgium
• Ssu-tsun Shen, Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Czech Rep.
• Stefano Silvestri President, Institute for International Affairs, Italy
• Jakub Šlosárek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Rep.
• Eugeniusz Smolar President, Center for International Relations Poland
• Jan Šnaidauf, Project Coordinator, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech Rep.
• Radek Špicar, External Affairs Director, Škoda Auto, Czech Rep.
• Bret Stephens, Foreign Affairs Columnist and Member of the Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal, USA
• Veton Surroi Head, Reformist Party Kosovo
• C. Holland Taylor Chairman & CEO LibForAll, USA
• Yulia Tymoshenko -- MP Ukraine

Contact, References and Resources

Contact

• Website: www.democracyandsecurity.org

Resources

• Jim Lobe, A Neo-Conservative International Targets Iran, Lobelog.com, 9 June 2007
• Anne Bayefsky, Prague Marching Orders: Walking the Talk, National Review Online, 8 June 2007