SEDE_OJ(2018)01-24_1

 

Subcommittee on Security and Defence

 

SEDE(2018)0124_1
 

DRAFT AGENDA

Meeting

Wednesday 24 January 2018, 9.00 – 12.30 and 14.30 – 17.15

Thursday 25 January 2018, 9.00 – 12.30

Brussels

Room: Altiero Spinelli (3E-2)

24 January 2018, 9.00 – 12.30

1.  Adoption of agenda

2.  Chair’s announcements

3.  Approval of minutes of meetings

• 22-23 November 2017  PV – PE615.219v01-00

• 7 December 2017  PV – PE615.406v01-00

4.  Exchange of views with General Mikhail Kostarakos, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee

5.  Exchange of views with Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Atanas Zapryanov, Deputy Defence Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

6.  EU-NATO cooperation on Military Mobility
Exchange of views with:
- Arnout Molenaar, Senior Expert on Defence Policy Matters, EEAS
- Hans van Santen, Deputy Director International Affairs, Policy Directorate, Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands
- Timo S. Koster, Director of Policy and Capabilities, NATO
- Jean-Youri Marty, Deputy Director of the Capability, Armament & Technology Directorate, European Defence Agency (EDA)
- Herald Ruijters, Director of Directorate B -''Investment, innovative and Sustainable Transport'', DG MOVE, European Commission

24 January 2018, 14.30 – 17.15

7.  Exchange of views with Major-General Pascal Chiffoleau, Commander of the European Air Transport Command (EATC)

In association with the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

8.  China’s global military power projection
Exchange of views with:
- Christophe Manet, Deputy Head of China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Mongolia Division, EEAS
- Eva Pejsova, Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
- Andrew Scobell, Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation

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25 January 2018, 9.00 – 12.30

Jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and in association with the Delegation for relations with the United States of America

9.  The new US national security strategy
Exchange of views with:
- Edita Hrda, Managing Director Americas, EEAS
- Adam Shub, Chargé d’Affaires, US Mission to the EU
- Steven Pifer, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

10.  Threats to the functioning of the "Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces" (INF) Treaty
Exchange of views with:
- Mr Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-proliferation and Head of Division SECPOL.1 - Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Export Control, EEAS
- William Alberque, Director, Arms Control, Disarmament, and WMD Non-Proliferation Centre, NATO
- Steven Pifer, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

11.  Any other business

12.  Next meetings

• 26 February 2018, 14.30 – 18.30 (Brussels)
• 27 February 2018, 9.00 – 12.30 (Brussels)