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Market-oriented solutions and power politics must go hand in hand
to guarantee Germany's resource supply security, argue Heiko Borchert
and Karina Forster in a new think
piece (in German only) published by "Trend", the journal
of the Economic
Council of the Christian Democratic Party in Germany.
The safety and security of critical energy infrastructures was at the heart of a
presentation given by Heiko Borchert as part of the "Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security" (STACS) at the
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.
Future German Defense Attachés were at the Federal College for Security Studies to address various issues.
Heiko Borchert gave a presentation on the comprehensive understanding of security and discussed
the concept of Networkd Security with class members. For a brief summary in German, click
here.
"A Transformation Gap?"
Under this heading Terry Terriff, Frans Osinga, and Theo Farell have brought together authors from both sides of the
Atlantic to discuss differences and commonalities of contemporary defense transformation. Heiko Borchert
has contributed the chapter on the Bundeswehr's transformation to the edited volume published by Stanford University Press.
On 27-28 April 2010, the Faculty of Humanities and Arts at the University of Witten-Herdecke
organized the first "Security Culture" Seminar. Heiko Borchert gave a presentation on
"Public-Private Security Partnerships: Key to Managing Contemporary Security Challenges."
For program details, follow the link.
In April 2010 German Defense Minister zu Guttenberg launched the Bundeswehr Reform Commission.
The expert group is expected to present new ideas on the future of the Bundeswehr. What
are the issues that should be addressed? For answers read Heiko Borchert's new analysis
Quo Vadis Bundeswehr
(in German only).
Heiko Borchert chairs the second annual conference
"Public Private Security: Critical Infrastructure Protection,"
organized by Vereon in Berlin.
"Renewables and Energy Security: Can They Deliver?"
Read the latest analysis by Heiko Borchert and Karina Forster for the Daidalos Forum by
REN21 Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century.
At the "Public-Private Expert Workshop on Protecting Non-Nuclear Critical Energy
Infrastructure from Terrorist Attacks" organized by the OSCE in Vienna, Heiko Borchert
chairs the confrence session on "Multi-Stakeholder Coordination and Cooperation to Protect
Non-Nuclear Energy Infrastructure from Terrorist Attacks".
For more information: Workshop
Program and official
OSCE Press Release.
Heiko Borchert addresses the participants of the 10th Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security (STACS) at the
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
with a presentation on the key role of energy infrastructure security to guarantee energy security.
In a new paper for a Special Bulletin of the OSCE's CTN Newsletter Heiko Borchert and
Karina Forster analyze
how public and private actors could cooperate to advance
the safety and security of critical energy infrastructures.
Dr. Heiko Borchert & Co. supports
Michéle Victor Adamski's
art project
Walls of Thought.
Initiatited in Berlin but with a global reach, Michéle's project deals
with walls from a social, physical, cultural, political, and technical perspective.
Heiko Borchert chairs the conference
Networked Energy Security (Vernetzte Energiesicherheit).
The event was organized by Vereon in Berlin.
Heiko Borchert chairs the
5th Annual Congress on Defense Transformation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The event is organized by IQPC in Berlin.
Dr Heiko Borchert & Co and IPA Network conclude a comparative study
on Public-Private Security Cooperation for Critical Infrastructure
Protection. The study, which was contracted by a public sector client,
consists of five case studies (Germany, France, the Netherlands, United
Kingdom, and the European Union) and policy recommendations. Contact
us for more information.
In the current issue of
NATO Review
Heiko Borchert and Karina Forster analyze
likely impacts of the financial crisis on energy security.
At the 10th meeting of the Gaminger
Inititive Heiko Borchert talks about "Europe's Energy Security
Between Vision and Reality."
Heiko Borchert chairs the conference
"Public Private Security:
Critical Infrastructure Protection" organized by Vereon in Berlin. Read the
conference report
(in German only) by Matthias Hämmerle, KPMG.
Heiko Borchert addresses the
6th Strategic Leadership Training Course (6. Strategischen Führungslehrgangs),
Austrian Defense Academy, Vienna, with a presentation on "Security of Critical Energy Infrastructures."
Heiko Borchert addresses the 2009 participants of the Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security (STACS) at the
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
with a presentation on "Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Role of Energy Infrastructure Security".
Participants of the current General Staff Course (LGAN 2007) of
the German Armed Forces
Command and Staff College (LGAN 2007) attend the Federal
College for Security Policy, Berlin, for a seminar on Networked
Security. Heiko Borchert talks with them about "The Necessity of
Networked Security in the 21st Century: An Interim Assessment."
Following up on the NATO conference on energy infrastructure security
(see October 2008) the newsletter "InfoBrief Heer" of the
German Army Association publishes a
conference report
(in German only) by Karina Forster and Heiko Borchert.
In a new paper for
Griephan Global Security
Heiko Borchert analyzes
the role of standards
in advancing security markets and security products .
The security dimension of energy security was the focus of a presentation by
Heiko Borchert for the discussion on "Energy Security: Challenges for Foreign Policy, Trade Policy,
and Security Policy" organized by the
Gesellschaft zum Studium strukturpolitischer Fragen, Berlin.
LtGen (ret) Dr Klaus Olshausen, President of the Clausewitz Society, and Heiko Borchert
co-chair the
4th Annual Congress on Defense Transformation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The event is organized by IQPC in Berlin.
At the Annual Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Economic Security in Kiev
Heiko Borchert talks about the opportunities of public-private cooperation to advance
energy infrastructure security.
At the NATO workshop "Exchange
of Experience on Security Aspects of Energy Infrastructure" in
Doha, Qatar, Heiko Borchert talks about "Public-Private Partnerships
for Energy Infrastructure Security." The event was the first energy
security workshop organized by NATO in a partner country of the Instanbul
Cooperation Initiative.
At the workshop
"Communication in Globalized Societies - Internet-based Challenges"
Heiko Borchert talks about security-relevant risks and challenges.
He also chairs a panel on security research with Sabine Wiedemann,
Head Corporate Security Deutsche Post WorldNet, Prof. Hermann J. Thomann,
Managing Director TÜV Rheinland Consulting Group und Prof Bernd Klauer,
Helmut Schmidt University. The workshop was co-organized in Berlin
by the Federal College for Security Studies and T-Systems.
"Requirements for Air Traffic Security Solutions" is the title
of an article (in German only) published by Heiko Borchert and Karina
Forster in the September/October 2008 issue of Security Point. The
paper builds on findings of the 1st Public-Private Security Conference
on how to make global air transport more secure organized by IPA Network
in May 2008 in Berlin.
Volume 7 entitled "Wettbewerbsfaktor Sicherheit" (Competitive
Factor Security) of the book series Vernetzte Sicherheit (Networked
Security) is out now (in German only). Public-private security partnerships
are the focus of the new volume with authors from different ministries
and companies. They address the general frameworks that are needed
for fruitful public-private interaction to advance security and present
several case studies, inter alia, on energy infrastructure security,
transport infrastructure security or the security of mass public events.
In his presentation
for the OSCE
expert meeting "Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure from
Terrorist Attack" Heiko Borchert outlines possible areas of cooperation
between the OSCE and other international organizations. The expert
meeting in Vienna was organised by the OSCE Coordinator for Economic
and Environmental Activities and the OSCE Anti Terror Unit. The
executive conference report is available for download.
Heiko Borchert talks about "Networked Security and the Need for Interagency Cooperation" at a
workshop on interagency cooperation, which was organized by the Bundeswehr
Center for Transformation and the Institute for European Policy in cooperation with the Federal
College for Security Studies in Berlin.
The Vienna-based
Borchert Consulting & Research GmbH
is our new consulting company for Austria with a focus on
security sector transformation, security research, and critical infrastructure protection.
Heiko Borchert gives a presentation on "Homeland Security and Energy Infrastructure Security"
to the participants of the 22nd international training course of the
Geneva Center for Security Policy.
Together with LtGen (ret) Kersten Lahl, President of the Federal College for Security Studies,
Heiko Borchert chairs the
1st Public-Private Security Conference:
How to make global air transport more secure? at the International Berlin Air Show (ILA).
The conference was organized by IPA Network in cooperation with the German Ministry of the Interior,
the Federal College for Security Studies and the German Aerospace Industries Association.
Heiko Borchert talks about "Homeland Security and Energy Infrastructure
Security" to the participants of the
5th Strategic Leadership Training Course (5. Strategischer Führungslehrgang),
organized by the Austrian Defense College (LVAk), Vienna.
Heiko Borchert attends the Wilton
Park conference "Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience:
Transborder Challenges" to give a presentation entitled "Protection
and Resilience Accross Europe: The Neglected Security Dimension
of Energy Infrastructure Security".
Heiko Borchert adresses the 2nd German-Italien expert seminar "ESDP
under Review: Achievements and Future Challenges" with a presentation
on "ESDP and Energy Infrastructure Security: How to Address the Missing
Link?". The seminar took place in Berlin and was organized by the
Institut für Europäische
Politik, Berlin, in cooperation with the Istituto
Affari Internazionali, Rome.
Major General Karl Wendy, Head of the Planning Staff, Austrian Ministry of Defense, and Heiko Borchert
co-chair the
third annual conference on defense transformation
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The conference was organized by
IQPC in Zurich.
Heiko Borchert chairs the plenary discussions of the expert meeting
on "Secure Networked Communication" organized by the Federal College
for Security Policy, Berlin, in cooperation with T-Systems. For
a brief summary of the meeting in German click here.
Heiko Borchert is a new affilate of the Hague
Center for Strategic Studies, a leading European defense and security
think tank focusing on conflict management, defense transformation,
national security and intelligence, and security studies.
As part of a study on the interplay of homeland security and international security
Heiko Borchert and Karina Forster have published a new paper on
Homeland Security and the Protection of Critical Energy Infrastructures: A European Perspective
for the
Center for Transatlantic Relations
on behalf of the
National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Responses (PACER).
Heiko Borchert addresses the 5th EAPC/PfP Workshop in Critical Infrastructure Protection
and Civil Emergency Planning in Zurich with a presentation on the
security aspects of
energy infrastructure security.
Heiko Borchert chairs the two-day conference Combined
Stability Operations 2007 organized by Everest
Conference in Bonn.
As a panelist of the 2007
European Forum Alpbach discussion on "Crisis Management and Institution
Building" Heiko Borchert talks about "Security
and Prosperity: Reflections on Security Sector Transformation"
(German only).
Heiko Borchert addresses the workshop
"The 'Security' of Energy Security"
with a presentation on
"The Security Dimension of Energy Infrastructure Security".
The workshop was organized by the NATO School, Oberammergau, and the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.
Heiko Borchert and Karina Forster argue that the
International Energy Forum (IEF)
could play a key
role in establishing a networked public-private governance approach
to advance energy infrastructure security. Read their
paper
published in the latest issue of the
Middle East Economic Survey.
Energy infrastructure security is a key strategic concern for the
transatlantic community. In the end, the task also requires military
capabilities. This is hardly acknowledged in Europe, which is a
serious problem for Europe's energy security and transatlantic cooperation.
This is the main message of a two-part commentary by Heiko Borchert
and Karina Forster for the online think tank Atlantic
Community. Part
1 sets the scene, and part
2 illustrates how the EU and NATO could cooperate to advance
energy infrastructure security.
Heiko Borchert talks about European homeland security with the students
of the 21st International Training Course in Security Policy at the
Geneva Center for Security Policy.
In an Op
Ed for Security
Europe Heiko Borchert and Karina Forster analyze how NATO and
the EU could cooperate to advance energy infrastructure security.
Heiko Borchert talks about "Europan Homeland Security" to the participants
of the 4th Strategic
Leadership Training Course (4. Strategischer Führungslehrgang),
organized by the Austrian Defense College (LVAk), Vienna.
Heiko Borchert gives a presentation on
"Foreign Policy and Energy Supply:
What Needs To Be Done?" (German only) at the annual conference of the
German National Committee of the World Energy Council.
Heiko Borchert gives a presentation on "Implementing Networked Security and Transformation: Lessons
Learned from International Experience" at the symposium of the Scientific Committee of the
Austrian Ministry of Defense.
Heiko Borchert presents a comparative analysis of counter-terrorism
programs in selected European countries and the European Union at
a seminar organized by the Federal
College for Security Policy, Berlin.
Heiko Borchert steps down as Director for Security and Defense at
the Düsseldorfer
Institut für Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik e.V..
Together with the Austrian National Defense Academy Heiko Borchert publishes a new
edited volume on the impact of security and defense transformation on leadership training.
Please click
here
to read a German version of the introduction.
Volume 6 of the book series Networked Security (Vernetzte Sicherheit) analyzes
the impact of defense and security transformation on political leadership. Click
here for more information.
Heiko Borchert talks about homeland security with the students
of the 20th International Training Course in Security Policy at the
Geneva Center for Security Policy.
On invitation of the
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Heiko Borchert presents his views
on the current and future role of armed forces in homeland security. Click
here to
download the presentation.
Heiko Borchert talks about "Europan Homeland Security" to the participants
of the 3rd Strategic
Leadership Training Course (3. Strategischer Führungslehrgang),
organized by the Austrian Defense College (LVAk), Vienna.
The Politisch-Militärische Gesellschaft e.V. and the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University,
Washington, DC, have co-authored a new volume on Transatlantic Homeland Security. Read Heiko Borchert's paper on
"Homeland Security and Transformation: Why it is essential to bring together both agendas".
At the 3rd symposium of the German Aeropsace Industries Association
Heiko Borchert chairs the expert panel on homeland security with Minister
Jörg Schönbohm, BrigGen Gustav Gustenau (Austrian Ministry of Defense),
Dr. Paul Weissenberg (European Commission), and Dr. Stefan Zoller
(CEO Defense and Security Systems, EADS).
Heiko Borchert chairs the IQPC conference on
"Innere/Äussere Sicherheit" (Domestic/Foreign Security)
in Berlin.
BrigGen (ret) Reimar Scherz and Heiko Borchert chair an international conference on
"Transformation der Streitkräfte. Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz"
(Transforming Armed Forces. Germany, Austria, Switzerland) organized by IPQC in Bonn.
Heiko Borchert chairs the panel "Meeting the future, longer-term Air Power requirements"
at the first international conference of the
NATO Joint Air Power Competence Center.
Panelists include
LtGen Karl-Heinz Lather (Allied Land Component Command HQ Heidelberg),
LTGen Giuseppe Marani (Allied Joint Forces Command HQ Naples),
MajGen Björn Kristiansen (NATO Allied Command Transformation)
and Dipl. Ing. Manfred Braitinger, (IABG).
At the 1st Economic Forum of the Federal
College for Security Policy Heiko Borchert presents a food
for thought paper (in German only) on the future importance of
the security economy and its contribution to strengthening Germany's
economic competitiveness.
A new
analysis by Heiko Borchert for the German Reader
Sicherheitspolitik illustrates the added value of networked security and highlights the future need for action to improve interoperability
and cooperability among security sector actors.
Is there a need for a German national security strategy? Read
Heiko Borchert's answer (in German only) presented at the 2nd transformation
conference organized by the Berlin-based Federal
College for Security Policy.
What is the impact of transformation on intelligence services? This question and other issues
such as the demand for effects-based operations and the consequences of technological developments
are analyzed in
volume 5
of the series Networked Security. Follow the link to order your copy (in German only) or place your
order with Nomos.
Heiko Borchert chairs the panel on homeland security and counter-terrorism at the
1st European Security Congress Innsbruck (ESCI).
Heiko Borchert speaks about "Homeland Security: Why New Risks Demand
a Comprehensive Approach" at the Hamburg-based German
Armed Forces Command and General Staff College.
As a panelist at the Federal
College for Security Policy (Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik,
BAKS), Berlin Heiko Borchert attends an interagency-discussion
addressing the issue of Germany's need to adapt the national security
architecture and to develop a national security strategy.
"Security for Germany"
(in German only) is the title of a new paper published in the Journal of the Politisch-Militärische Gesellschaft e.V.
in which Heiko Borchert outlines how Germany's security architecture should be adapted as a consequence of
today's risk environment.
Networked Security, a series of books edited by Ralph Thiele and Heiko Borchert is now
available at
www.vernetzte-sicherheit.net.
Volume 4 (see brochure
in German) which analyzes the contribution of Europe's space policy to provide security,
stability and prosperity can be ordered via Nomos.
"Scenarios as an Instrument for Threat Analysis" was the topic of
an expert workshop organized by the Austrian Chancellory, the Ministry
of the Interior and the Office for Security Policy in the Ministry
of Defense. Heiko Borchert spoke about the opportunities and the limits
of futures research in the field of security and defense policy.
Heiko Borchert contributes a chapter on advancing role specialization and the pooling
of resources (download paper, in German) to a
new volume on EU-NATO relations edited by Johannes Varwick.
Heiko Borchert speaks on "Europan Homeland Security Approaches"
to the participants of the
2nd Strategic Leadership Training Course (2. Strategischer Führungslehrgang),
organized by the Austrian Defense College (LVAk), Vienna.
In an
interview
with Defense News (Copyright Defense News, 14 February 2005, p. 41) Heiko Borchert
outlines homeland security market opportunities for German defense companies.
Heiko Borchert speaks on "Networked Security: From Defense
Transformation to Security Sector Transformation" at the
NATO Joint Air Power Competence Center in Kalkar, the first
multinational NATO Center of Excellence, which was established in
December 2004.
IPA International
Public Affairs LLC, Berlin, and Dr Heiko Borchert & Co. join
forces to offer joint strategic consulting services. Heiko Borchert
joins the IPA Advisory Board.
Heiko Borchert chairs the IQPC congress on homeland security
with more than 100 participants from the public and private sectors.
Heiko Borchert speaks at an inter-agency panel on stability operations organized by the
Federal College for Security Policy
(Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik, BAKS), Berlin.
Volume 3 in the series "Networked Security" is available. The book looks at
homeland security from various perspectives and analyzes the role of armed forces. To order click:
www.koehler-mittler.de.
Heiko Borchert talks at the Security Forum Central Switzerland (Sicherheitspolitisches
Forum Zentralschweiz) about "The Impact of Europe's Security Policy
on Switzerland". For more on this read also the
interview (in German only)
with the Swiss daily Neuen Luzerner Zeitung.
Upon invitation of the Federal
College for Security Policy (Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik,
BAKS), Berlin, Heiko Borchert talks about "Networked Security
and the Transformation of Domestic Security: Principles and Consequences"
(download presentation in German).
Heiko Borchert addresses the BAKS
conference on "Security Sector Transformation" with a presentation
entitled "Networked Security: Principles and Consequences
of a New Paradigm"
(download presentation in German) and chairs an interagency
panel with representatives from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development, and the Ministry of Defense.
Heiko Borchert publishes volume 2 in the series "Networked Security" which analyzes the role of the
industry and science and technology in advancing network-centric transformation.
To order click:
www.koehler-mittler.de.
Heiko Borchert presents a paper on advancing role-specialization and pooling
(download presentation,
in German) at an
expert workshop on NATO-EU relations.
Heiko Borchert presents a paper entitled "It takes two to tango - but who wants to dance?
Engaging the science and technology in the fight against terrorism"
(download presentation)
at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on
"Science and Technology Policies for the Anti-Terrorism Era" organized by PREST, University of
Manchester.
Heiko Borchert chairs the panel on "Network Centric Warfare and Networked Security Policy" at the first
Handelsblatt Conference on
"Security Policy and Defense Industry: The Future of Europe."
On the occasion of a workshop organized by the Scientific Committee of the Austrian Ministry of Defense
Heiko Borchert talks about the potential role of the Austrian Ministry of Defense and the Austrian Armed Forces
in Homeland Security.
A new volume on Europe's security and defense policy edited by Hans-Georg Ehrhart and Burkard Schmitt
("Die Sicherheitspolitik der EU im Werden. Bedrohungen Aktivitäten, Fähigkeiten", Baden-Baden: Nomos) runs
two articles by Heiko Borchert on the future perspectives of transatlantic cooperation
(with Stanley R. Sloan, download paper)
and on role specialization and pooling (with René Eggenberger,
download paper, German only).
At the Annual Dinner of the Foreign Policy Association in New York
City Gonzalo de Las Heras, Chairman of the Board of the Foreign Policy
Association, and Ambassador John B. Richardson, Head of the Delegation
of the European Commission to the United Nations, award Joshua Busby
and Heiko Borchert (dinner
remarks) with the 10,000 US$ prize for their winning essay in
the 2003 transatlantic essay competition.
Heiko Borchert publishes two new papers on networked security in
"Sicherheit und Frieden" (Security and Peace, download paper) and
"Europäische Sicherheit" (European Security, download paper).
In a paper published by the Austrian Military Review Heiko Borchert and Reinhard Rummel
(Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin) argue that the
new risk environment and the European Union's enlargement demand a new network centric approach to security policy
that helps overcome the artificial dichotomy between civilian and military instruments of security policy
(download paper, in German only).
Heiko Borchert presents a paper on "Developing Protective Countermeasures.
Leveraging the Benefits of Public-Private Partnerships" (download
presentation)
at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Catastrophic
Terrorism and First Responders: Threats and Mitigation."
On invitation of the Arbeitskreise Europäischer Studierender
at the University of St. Gallen, Heiko Borchert talks about the current state and the future of
Europe's security and defense policy.
With their joint piece entitled "Too Soon for an Elegy: Transatlantic Relations and the United Nations
Security Council" Joshua Busby
(Brookings Institution) and Heiko Borchert have won the 2003 Transatlantic Essay Competition
sponsored by the
Foreign Policy Association and the Richard C. Welden Foundation. They will receive the first price
at the FPA's Annual Dinner in June 2004.
In a new study published by the Bureau for Security Policy, Austrian Ministry of Defense, Vienna,
Heiko Borchert argues that today's security risks demand a new kind of security governance. The new
approach should be based on the principle of network centricity which will help overcome existing
organizational stovepipes in favor of increased interagency cooperation and coordination.
Download the paper (in German only).
Together with Ralp Thiele, Commander of the Bundeswehr Center for
Transformation, Heiko Borchert is editing a new series of books
entitled "Vernetzte Sicherheit" ["Networked Security"] published
by E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg. Volume one lays the conceptual
groundwork and discusses the impact of network centricity on the
security sector, its actors and the defense industry. To order click:
www.koehler-mittler.de.
The new OSCE Yearbook 2003 (German edition) runs two articles co-authored
by Stanley R. Sloan and Heiko Borchert on US-European relations
in and beyond Europe and by Heiko Borchert and Daniel Maurer on
the future of the OSCE-EU partnership (download Sloan/Borchert
and Borchert/Maurer,
both in German).
In a research paper published by the
Duesseldorf Institute for Foreign and Security Policy (DIAS)
Heiko Borchert and Daniel Maurer outline five scenarios for the future of NATO and analyze the
respective consequences
(download paper, German only).
Stanley R. Sloan and Heiko Borchert argue that a new Atlantic Community Treaty Organization can help
reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership. Their contribution appeared in Connections,
the quarterly journal of the PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
(download paper).
Heiko Borchert talks about "From network centric warfare (NCW) to
network centric security policy: political and strategic implications
of a new leitmotiv" at an NCW workshop co-organized by the Austrian
Bureau
for Security Policy and the Institute
for Peace Support and Conflict Management at the Austrian Defense
Academy (download presentation,
in German).
Heiko Borchert heads the Department for Defense and Security at
the new
Duesseldorf Institute for Foreign and Security Policy (DIAS).
The institute will be active in research, training and education
and political consulting for clients in the business and public
sectors.
Heiko Borchert presents a food for thought paper on "The Future
of Europe's Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) and the Limits of
Intergovernmentalism" at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative
Law and International Law, Heidelberg (download paper
and presentation).
A Defense News op-ed written by Stanley R. Sloan and Heiko Borchert
argues that Europe and the United States must rebalance their hard
and soft power capabilities (download paper).
Heiko Borchert presents a paper on security sector reform at the
annual conference of the PfP
Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
(download paper
and presentation).
Heiko Borchert lectures on security policy in the introductory course
"International Relations" by Prof Dr Sandra Lavenex, University
of Bern (download
slides, in German).
In joint article for the the Swiss business paper "Finanz
und Wirtschaft" Heiko Borchert and Hans Schmid show how corporate
governance can support good governance and argue that Switzerland
should do more to advance the harmonization of the respective agendas
(download
paper).
Heiko Borchert attends the 21st Manfred Woerner Seminar as a Fellow
of the German Marshall
Fund of the United States.
The Geneva Centre for
the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) asks Dr. Heiko
Borchert & Co. to write two study papers on security sector reforms
(SSR) and civilian peace-building.
Columbia
International Affairs Online publishes a new case study on "The
OSCE and its Contribution to the Stabilization of Central and Eastern
European Countries" co-authored by Heiko Borchert and Wolfgang
Zellner (Centre
for OSCE Research, Hamburg).
In the upcoming summer semester 2003 Heiko Borchert will lecture
security policy at the University
of St. Gallen. More information can be found here.
On the occasion of the
Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum Heiko Borchert analyzes
the imortance of trust in international relations in an interview
with the Swiss newspaper "Davoser Zeitung" (download
paper).
The Swiss Military Review asks whether there is a need for professional
consultants in the Swiss Ministry of Defence. Read Heiko Borchert's
answer here
(German only).
Political will is key to developing Switzerland's Amred Forces, says Heiko Borchert in a new paper
published by the Swiss Military Review
(download paper).
Heiko Borchert reviews Hans-Georg Erhart's edited volume on European
Security and Defense Policy for the Austrian Military Review (download
paper).
Heiko Borchert joins Strategy
Consulting Partners & Associates, a transatlantic network of
consultants. SCPA's services include srategic intelligence and analysis,
strategy assessment and strategy development.
In a paper published by polunity.com
Stanley Sloan and Heiko Borchert analyze George W. Bush's recent
trip to Europe against the background of the future of transatlantic
relations (donwload
paper).
Dr. Heiko Borchert & Co. was assigned by the Inspectorate of the Swiss Ministry
of Defense to evaluate the Swiss Armed Forces' lessons learned
processes and the Ministry's armaments procurement procedures.
In the Spring 2002 issue of Orbis Heiko Borchert and Mary Hampton
analyse the lessons of Operation "Allied Force" for the transatlantic security
relationship (download paper, with permission from Orbis, published by Elsevier Science)
The Austrian Military Review (Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift) publishes an
analysis co-authored by Heiko Borchert and René Eggenberger about the impact
of Europe's Defence and Security Policy (ESDP) on Switzerland's security
policy
(download paper, German only).
Dr. Heiko Borchert & Co. was assigned by the Inspectorate of the Swiss Ministry
of Defense to evaluate the Ministry's transportation service unit.
Stanley Sloan und Heiko Borchert argue that terrorism must not stop NATO expansion
(download paper).
Heiko Borchert reflects on the vanishing use of neutrality in the
Swiss Military Review (Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift)
(download paper, German only).
Heiko Borchert analyzes Switzerland's current security policy reform
in "Small States and Alliances", a volume edited by Erich Reiter and Heinz Gärtner
(download paper).
Dr. Heiko Borchert & Co. supports the Force Development Division (Swiss General Staff)
in setting up a conception study on "Science and Technology for Switzerland's Armed Forces".
The Inspectorate of the Swiss Ministry of Defense asks Dr. Heiko
Borchert & Co.
to evaluate the federal administration's information needs.
In order to strengthen Europe's security architecture, Heiko Borchert
answers two basic questions: Where do we stand? Where should we go?.
His ideas feature in an
edited volume entitled "Europe's New Security Challenges" (ed. Heinz Gärtner)
(download paper).
Heiko Borchert contributes his ideas for improving cooperation between the OSCE and
other international organizations to an edited volume on the OSCE's strengts and weaknesses
(eds. Dieter S. Lutz and Kurt P. Tudyka (download paper, German only).
Heiko Borchert proposes nine lessons to be learned from NATO's
Operation "Allied Force" in
an edited volume on Switzerland's foreign policy during the 1999 Kosovo crisis (ed. Jürg
Martin Gabriel) (download paper, German only).
The Inspectorate of the Swiss Ministry of Defense assigns Dr. Heiko
Borchert & Co.
to evaluate the Ministry's research activities and to analyze Switzerland's
participation in Partnership for Peace (PfP).
Heiko Borchert's plea for "Managing Peace-building More Professionally:
Improving Institutional Co-operation" is published in the 1999 OSCE Yearbook
(download paper).
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