Pictures of the debate | Video reports: Houben and Socor

• Hiddo Houben, European Commission, Member of Cabinet responsible for Bilateral and Regional Trade Strategy / United States, Canada, Russia, Central Asia, Central and South America
• Marietta Koenig, researcher of the Institue for Peace Research and and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (Koenig's publications)
• Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow of the Jamestown Foundation, Washington (currently based in Munich). Mr. Socor is an internationally recognized expert on the former Soviet-ruled countries, he covers Russian and Western policies in Eurasia, focusing on regional security issues, secessionist conflicts, energy policies, and NATO-related developments. Mr. Socor is a frequent speaker at U.S. and European policy conferences and think-tank institutions and a guest lecturer at the NATO Defense College and at Harvard University's National Security-Black Sea Security Program. See for his articles published in the Eurasia Daily Monitor.

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