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Berlin Foreign Policy Forum 2023
Of Paradigms and Power Shifts: Steering Through a Contested International Order
The global landscape is marked by growing gaps, leading to upheavals in Germany’s foreign policy on three levels: domestically in a redefinition of its international role, within a changing European continent and in global power relations. The war in Ukraine is forcing Germany to readjust its foreign policy paradigm both at home and abroad. In a Europe facing existential questions, a power shift to Central and Eastern Europe is reshaping multilateral decision-making. Simultaneously, the global competition of narratives, the increasing influence of emerging middle powers and growing tensions between the US and China demand decisive and strategic action.
Selected Speakers
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Agenda
09:00 – 10:00
Welcome Addresses
- Thomas Paulsen, Member of the Executive Board, Körber-Stiftung
- Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
- Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Lithuania
Moderator: Tina Hassel, Editor in Chief, ARD Capital Studio, Berlin
10:00 – 10:45
Networking Breakfast
10:45 – 12:00
Of Paradigms and Power Shifts
- CHEN Dingding, Professor, International Relations, Jinan University, Guangzhou
- Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head of Special Projects, Office of the Executive Director, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria; Munich Young Leader 2017
- Shamika Ravi, Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister; Secretary, Government of India, New Delhi
- Daniela Schwarzer, Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin
Moderator: Sarah Pagung, Programme Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung
12:00 – 13:45
Lunch Break
12:45 – 13:30
Breakout Session 1 – Great Power Rivalries’ Next Frontier: The Militarization of Space
- Andrea Rotter, Head, Foreign and Security Policy, Academy for Politics and Current Affairs, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Munich
- First Comment: Niklas Nienaß, MEP, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, European Parliament, Brussels
Moderator: Leslie Schübel, Programme Manager International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung
12:45 – 13:30
Breakout Session 2 – Of Friends and Foes: Unpacking Russian-Iranian Cooperation
- Emile Hokayem, Director, Regional Security, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London; Munich Young Leader 2014
- First Comment: Hanna Notte, Director, Eurasia Nonproliferation Program, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey
Moderator: Anna Zimmer, Programme Manager International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung
12:45 – 13:30
Breakout Session 3 – United by Values, Divided on China? A Transatlantic Perspective
In Cooperation with Pew Research Center
Presentation of The Berlin Pulse 2023/24 Survey Results
- Alicia García-Herrero, Senior Fellow, Bruegel, Brussels
- Jonathan Lehrer, Programme Manager International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung
- Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Pew Research Center, Washington D.C.
Moderator: Daniel Ortega, Programme Manager International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung
13:45 – 14:15
Spotlight Interview:
Evaluating Germany’s Zeitenwende in an Era of Global Crises
In Cooperation with DER SPIEGEL
- Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany
Moderator: Britta Sandberg, Paris Bureau Chief, DER SPIEGEL
14:15 – 15:00
Put to the Test: Transatlantic Relations in a Contested World Order
Including The Berlin Pulse Survey Results
- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Chief Executive Officer, New America, Washington D.C.; Richard C. Holbrooke Fellow, Class of Fall 2023, American Academy in Berlin
- First Comment: Michael Link, MdB, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Moderator: Julia Ganter, Programme Director International Affairs; Editor, The Berlin Pulse, Körber-Stiftung
15:00 – 16:00
The Future of Europe: Shifting East?
- Laurence Boone, Minister of State for Europe, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Paris [virtual]
- Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, MP, Chair, Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine), Kyiv [virtual]
- Anna Lührmann, Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
- Marko Mihkelson, MP, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, Estonian Reform Party Parliamentary Group, Riigikogu (Parliament of the Republic of Estonia), Tallinn
Moderator: Alisa Vogt, Programme Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:10
Körber Global Leaders Dialogue
- Maia Sandu, President, Republic of Moldova [virtual]
- First Comment: Johannes Schraps, MdB, Committee on European Union Affairs and Finance Committee, SPD Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag
Moderator: Nora Müller, Executive Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung
17:10 – 17:50
Middle East on the Brink: What Role for Europe?
- Luigi Di Maio, EU Special Representative for the Gulf Region, European Union, Brussels; fmr Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Republic of Italy
- Norbert Röttgen, MdB, Committee on Foreign Affairs, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag
Moderator: Magdalena Kirchner, Director, Yemen & Gulf Cooperation Council, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Amman
17:50 – 18:25
Conflict Zone
In Cooperation with DW
- Oleksii Makeiev, Ambassador, Embassy of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Moderator: Sarah Kelly, Host Conflict Zone, DW, Berlin
18:25 – 18:30
Closing Remarks
- Thomas Paulsen, Member of the Executive Board, Körber-Stiftung
The Berlin Pulse 2023/24 Photo: David Ausserhofer 
Welcome Addresses by Annalena Baerbock. Photo: David Ausserhofer 
Körber-Stiftung team Photo: David Ausserhofer