Participants of 138th BERGEDORF ROUND TABLE
Can the EU ensure Europe's security?
Warsaw (September 28-30, 2007)
Prof. Egon Bahr , Minister for Economic Cooperation (ret.), Berlin
VLR I Dirk Brengelmann , Head of Basic Issues of Defence and Security Policy;
Atlantic Alliance and its Relations with the NATO Division, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski , Counsellor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International
Studies; Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C.
Dr. Marek Cichoki , Social Advisor to President Lech Kaczynski, Programme Director, Natolin
European Center, Warsaw
H.E. Michael H. Gerdts , Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany,
Warsaw
Dr. David Gordon , Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
Dr. Thomas Paulsen , Managing Director, Bergedorf Round Table, Körber Foundation, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Volker Perthes , Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
Ruprecht Polenz , MdB, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, German Bundestag
Berlin
Vidmantas Purlys , Director, European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vilnius
H.E. Janusz Reiter , Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Washington D.C.
Gary Robbins , Director for European Security and Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State,
Washington D.C.
John Roberts , Energy Security Specialist, Platts, London
Prof. Dr. Adam Daniel Rotfeld , Minister of Foreign Affairs (ret.), Polish Institute of International
Affairs, Warsaw
Volker Rühe , Minister of Defense (ret.), Hamburg
Helga Maria Schmid , Director of the Policy Planning and Early Warning Unit of the High
Representative Javier Solana, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union,
Brussels
Prof. Dr. Gesine Schwan , Coordinator of German-Polish Intersocietal and Cross-border
Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin; President of the Viadrina European University
in Frankfurt (Oder)
Colonel Philippe Steininger , Head of NATO/EU Branch, Delegation for Strategic Affairs,
Ministry of Defense, Paris
Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker , President of the Federal Republic of Germany (ret.), Berlin
H.E. Dr. Witold Waszczykowski , Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw
Dr. Klaus Wehmeier , Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Körber Foundation, Hamburg
Karl-Georg Wellmann , MdB, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, German
Bundestag,
Berlin
Christian Wriedt , Chairman of the Executive Board, Körber Foundation, Hamburg
Pawel Zalewski , Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sejm of the Republic of
Poland, Warsaw
Dr. Gottfried Zeitz , Office of President Richard von Weizsäcker, Berlin






