Liberty and Security from a Transatlantic Perspective

Liberty and Security from a Transatlantic Perspective

Monday October 25, 2004

09.00 - 18.00 Location:

Sciences Po 9, rue de la chaise 75007 Paris

Conference Room : Bib Sous-sol

Scientific coordination : Didier Bigo didier.bigo@conflits.org

Contact : Christian Olsson christian.olsson@conflits.org

Limited number of places - Please confirm your presence at philippe.bonditti@conflits.org

FIRST PART

Political Violence, security practices and challenges to liberty in the contemporary world order

09:00-10:00 The theoretical analysis of the present conditions of violence, war and world order

Presentations: Andrew Wachtel (Northwestern University, Chicago)

Vivienne Jabri (King’s College, London)

Ole Waever (University of Copenhagen)

Discussant: Vivienne Jabri (King’s College, London)

10:00-11:00 Borders, technologies of control, biometrics and the involvement of the military in global surveillance

Presentations: Peter Lock (Hamburg University)

Theodore Laven (National War College, Washington, DC)

Discussant: Philippe Bonditti (IEP Paris)

11:00-12:00 Policing abroad, peace keeping and democracy implementation

Presentations: Christian Olsson (IEP de Paris)

Henry Perritt (IIT-Kent Law School)

Discussant: Jean-Paul Hanon (ESM de Saint-Cyr)

12:00-13:00 Foreign policy, multilateralism and the future of the Middle East through the eyes of the US and of the Europeans

Presentation: Alex Macleod (University of Quebec at Montreal)

Will Reno (Northwestern University, Chicago)

Michael Loriaux (Northwestern University, Chicago)

Discussant: Alex Macleod (University of Quebec at Montreal)

13:00-14:00 LUNCH

SECOND PART

and illiberal practices from a transatlantic perspective

14:00-15:00 Conceptions of freedom, human rights and civil liberties in both the US and the enlarged European Union

Presentations: Rob Walker (Keele University)

Susan Gzesh (University of Chicago)

Andrew Neal (Keele University)

Discussant: Rob Walker (Keele University)

15:00-16:00 The effects of the recent antiterrorist laws and rhetoric concerning the attitude towards migrants, foreigners, asylum seekers and citizen

Presentations: Anastassia Tsoukala (Université de Paris XI)

Judith Toth (The Institute for Minority and Migration Research, Hungary)

Harvey Rishikoff (National War College, Washington, DC)

Discussant: Anastassia Tsoukala (Université de Paris XI)

16:00-17:00 Social cohesion, communities and the place of Muslims in different societies

Presentations: Brian Edwards (Northwestern University, Chicago)

Michalis Lianos (University of Portsmouth)

Discussant: Elspeth Guild (University of Nijmegen)

17:00-18:00 The transformation of the structure of the liberal state in the context of the «war against terrorism»

Presentations: Didier Bigo (IEP de Paris)

Wes Skogan (Northwestern University)

Discussant: Juliet Lodge (University of Leeds)

With the support of

European Liberty and Security Program

http://www.eliseconsortium.org

American Center