Renewing Europe’s Security Dialogue
On December 1-2, foreign ministers from 56 countries will meet in Athens to assess the gaps in Europe's security, craft more effective responses to existing challenges, and generate new political will for joint action. Despite discord on how Europe’s security architecture should be designed, there is wide agreement on the need to meet this challenge through constructive dialogue.
ATHENS – The year 2009 has been one of great change, taking place amidst even greater uncertainty. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the resilience of the post-Cold War security system in Europe is being tested. Longstanding conflicts remain unresolved and complex new challenges are emerging. Energy security, organized crime, terrorism, absolutism and fundamentalism, climate change, and cybercrime are acute concerns for every country.