An “Atlantic Rendez-Vous” TV satellite debate between Washington DC and Brussels
Co-organised by Friends of Europe, the Security and Defence Agenda, the European Commission Delegation to the US, Gallup Europe and the Center for International and Security Studies
With the support of Microsoft and the Transatlantic Business Dialogue
Policy Recommendations
Give priority to intelligence-sharing and threat assessment rather than to a joint definition of terrorism
Favour networking and interoperability of existing organisations rather than pursue the idea of a European Homeland Security Agency
Strengthen Europol and foster cooperation between the secret services of member states
Define NATO’s role in fighting terrorism so as to harness its expertise
Identify where there is a need for common interoperability standards in security-related technologies
Develop dual-use technologies, especially in aerospace, communications and chemical and biological detection
Reinforce Schengen border security through new technologies and pan-European training
Prioritise container security and develop a joint research programme to improve container monitoring
Contributors to this ARV series include
David M. Abshire, President & CEO, Center for the Study of the Presidency, USA; Petras Austrevicius, Member of Lithuanian Parliament; Alyson Bailes, Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI); Stewart A. Baker, US Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security; Enrique Baron Crespo MEP, Chairman of the Committee on International Trade, European Parliament; Carlo de Benedetti, Chairman, CIR Group; Joachim Bitterlich, Executive Vice President of Veolia Environnement and Former Foreign Policy Advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl; Jim Casella, CEO, Reed Business Information Henry A. Crumpton, US Counterterrorism Coordinator; Jeff Deneen, Director of Market Research, Nortel Networks; Loyola de Palacio, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Partido Popular (PP) and Trustee of Friends of Europe; Elio di Rupo, Vice President, Belgian Socialist Party; Michael Diekmann, Executive Director, Allianz; Janis Emmanouilidis, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Applied Policy Research; Gareth Evans, President and CEO, International Crisis Group; Martim Avillez Figueiredo, Editor, Diario Economico; Franco Frattini, EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security; Joachim Fritz-Vannahme, European Editor, Die Zeit; Carlos Ghosn, CEO, Renault; Linda Gilroy MP, Member of the UK Parliament; Peter Gridling, Head of Anti-Terrorism Unit, Europol; John Harrald, Director of the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, The George Washington University; Bill Holvey, Western Hemisphere Marketing and Sales Manager, ConocoPhillips; Baron Daniel Janssen, Chairman of the Board, Solvay SA; Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Trustee of Friends of Europe; Vytautas Landsbergis MEP, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament; Robert J. Lieber, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Georgetown University; James Lyski, Senior Vice President and Chief marketing Officer, CIGNA Healthcare; Erika Mann MEP, Committee on Industry Research and Energy, European Parliament; Robert Netolicka, CEO, MSX International; Francis Oda, Vice President for Marketing, Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc.; Remo Pertica, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Finmeccanica; Robert Piotr Soltyk, Spokesperson for Dalia Grybauskaité, European Commissioner for Budget & Financial Programming; Georgeta Pourchot, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Denis Ranque, CEO of Thales; Klaus Regling, Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission; Janno Reiljan, Member of the Estonian Parliament; Thomas Richey, Executive Director of Homeland Security, Microsoft; Philippes Ries, Brussels Bureau Chief, Agence France Presse (AFP) ; Javier Rupérez, Executive Director, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee; Jamie Shea, Director for Policy & Planning Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO; Tiziana Stella, Executive Director, Streit Council; Baudoin Velge, CEO, Fedis; Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists; Karl von Wogau MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence; Karl Wycoff, Head of the Action against Terrorism Unit, OSCE; Stefan Zoller, CEO of Defence and Security Systems Division, EADS; Heinz Zourek, Director General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission.
About the project
These recommendations have been drawn from the following sources:
A Friends of Europe/Gallup Poll conducted to determine how EU and US leaders view the future of transatlantic security and anti-terrorism strategies;
The Atlantic Rendez-Vous TV satellite debate “Can the US and EU fashion common homeland security strategies?” held simultaneously in Brussels and Washington on 30 May 2006;
A “working lunch” in Brussels with senior US and EU officials, representatives from industry, think tanks and the press;
A series of in-depth interviews in Europe and the US with high-ranking officials from government, industry and think tank leaders and the press to solicit their views on the counter-terrorism debate.