Professor Andrew Cottey from University College Cork (UCC) will be at the Europe Forum in Turku and has kindly agreed to present IBC members his views on "European  Security in Challenging Times;  - A  Perspective from Ireland".

Hope many of you will be available for this interesting and rare event. 

Invitation has been sent by Embassy of Ireland. 

Andrew Cottey is a Professsor in the Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork. Prof. Cottey’s research focuses on European security. He has been a NATO Research Fellow, a Research Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a Visiting Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Chair of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Standing Committee on International Affairs amd is currently Chair of the board British American Security Information Council (BASIC), an NGO which works to advance nuclear arms control and disarmament. His books include Security in 21st Century Europe (Palgrave Macmillan), The European Neutrals and NATO: Non-aligned, Partnership, Membership (Palgrave Macmillan), Understanding Chinese Politics: An Introduction to Government in the People’s Republic of China (Manchester University Press) and Reshaping Defence Diplomacy: New Roles for Military Cooperation and Assistance (Oxford University Press/IISS).