ISIS 1997 Annual Report 

Year Three

Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS), Sofia

Sofia, January 1998

Director ISIS:  Dr. Plamen Pantev

RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND PERIODICALS

CONTRACTED CONSULTING AND NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

SUPPORT FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS

BASIC INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT

FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT

ACTIVE CONTRIBUTORS

PUBLISHED RESEARCH RESULTS:

• " Strengthening of the Balkan Civil Society: The Role of the NGOs in International Negotiations " (Plamen Pantev), 24 pp., March 1997. Research Studies – 4. In Bulgarian and English. An EU Phare/ISIS Project.
• " The New National Security Environment and Its Impact on the Civil-Military Relations in Bulgaria " (Plamen Pantev), 50 pp., May 1997. Research Studies – 5. In English. A NATO/ISIS Project.

• NOTE: All publications of ISIS in English are part of the virtual library of the Institute on Internet at: http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isis

CONTRACTED CONSULTING AND NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

ISIS works with Bulgarian NGOs, academic organisations, universities and military educational institutions in the field of national and international security and foreign policy. ISIS continued the working relationships with the Delegation of the European Commission in Sofia, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria. This year marked an increased interaction with the media in the security and foreign policy fields.

SUPPORT FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS

ISIS has lended again generously a helping hand to young researchers – Ph. D holders, writers of dissertations, M. A.s, students in their last courses. The purpose is to stimulate their creative interest in security and international studies and bridge them with the potential of Internet, especially with the ISN and the EINIRAS.

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS

During 1997 ISIS representatives were invited to more than 30 conferences, seminars or workshops as speakers, chairmen, respondents or participants. Half of these events were international – both abroad and in Bulgaria. Associates of ISIS participated in a similar number of academic events in their personal qualities.

BASIC INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT

1. The Civil Society Programme of the Open Society Fund, Sofia.

FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT

ISIS is particularly grateful to the following organisations and persons, who contributed to the Institute's activity or information inflow in 1997:

• Western European Union (Institute for Security Studies, Assembly, Council, Press Review Service, Mr. Guido Lenzi).
• NATO (Office of Information and Press, Office of the Special Adviser for Central and Eastern European Affairs to the Secretary General, Centralized Media Service).
• Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research, Zürich , ISN Secretariat and ISN Webmaster.
• American Center, Sofia.
• Union of the Bulgarian Foundations and Associations.
• EIBD at ONTMD of the MGU – E-mail server (Dr. Volin Karagiozov).
• Council of Europe, Information and Documentation (Mr. Tsimaratos).
• The Philip Morris Institute for Public Research, Brussels (Mr. Giles Merritt).
• Institute for EastWest Studies, New York, Budapest, Prague.
• European Press Agency, Brussels (Mrs. Nina Bachkatov, Mr. Andrew Wilson).
• RIIR, Brussels.
• ELIAMEP.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany (Mr. Cornelius Ochmann).
• Centre for European Studies, Sofia.
• CSRC/RMA Sandhurst, The United Kingdom.
• Press Service of the British Embassy in Sofia.
• Mrs. Verginia Dimitrova, Sofia (Accountant).
• The National Forum Foundation/Freedom House, Budapest.
• The Atlantic Club, Sofia.
• INION, Moscow.
• APSA, Washington, D. C.

ACTIVE CONTRIBUTORS

In 1997 the following associates of ISIS contributed mostly to its activity: Dr. Todor Tagarev, Dr. Venelin Tzachevsky, Mr. Ivan Tzvetkov, Mr. Valeri Ratchev, Dr. Plamen Pantev.

2 January 1998