The overarching question imparting urgency to this exploration is: Can U.S.-Russian contention in cyberspace cause the two nuclear superpowers to stumble into war? In considering this question we were constantly reminded of recent comments by a prominent U.S. arms control expert: At least as dangerous as the risk of an actual cyberattack, he observed, is cyber operations’ “blurring of the line between peace and war.” Or, as Nye wrote, “in the cyber realm, the difference between a weapon and a non-weapon may come down to a single line of code, or simply the intent of a computer program’s user.”
Since the start of the European refugee crisis in 2015, millions of refugees have sought asylum in Europe, seeking protection from national and European Union institutions. Pascal Brice, Director-General of the French Agency for Refugees and Displaced Persons will offer a practitioner's perspective, providing insight into the numerous challenges involved in providing aid and protection to such individuals in the face of political, geographical and societal divisions.
Pascal Brice was born on September 24th, 1966 in Nantes (France). He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Science Po) and Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). A diplomat since 1993, he was part of France’s negotiating teams in the European Union for several years and also worked in Morocco and as Consul General in Barcelona. He holds the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary. In addition to serving as an aide to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hubert Védrine (2000 – 2002) and Treasury Minister Pierre Moscovici (2012), he also worked at the French Court of Auditors (Cour des comptes) between 2010 and 2012. That same year, he was appointed Executive Director at OFPRA (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) which he has been running ever since. OFPRA is in charge of Refugee Status Determination (RSD) for the people who apply for asylum in France, as well as and in Greece and Italy (relocation operations) and the Middle-East and Turkey (resettlement operations).
Breakfast will be served.