Study Tours 1989-2003

Moscow, 2-8 May 1989
The eve of the first assembly of the Congress of People's Deputies. A full-day human rights hearing with a Soviet and a Danish panel and one two-day seminar. Visit to Zagorsk. 43 participants.

Riga, Vilnius & Tallinn, 17-24 August 1990
On the eve of the first Baltic-Soviet negotiations about future Baltic independence and coordinated with the opening of a Danish Cultural Institute in Riga with offices in Tallinn and Vilnius. Meetings with politicians and analysts in each capital. Visits to Valmiera and Tartu. 41 participants.

Cairo, Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, 6-16 April 1991
One month after the termination of the Gulf War. Meetings with Egyptian government ministers and academics, Israeli government and opposition politicians, officials and academics and Palestinian leaders. Visits to Luxor, the Jordan Valley and the Golan Heights. 27 participants.

Moscow & Kiev, 26 October-2 November 1991
Two months after the failed August coup. Meetings with Russian and Ukrainian politicians, academics and journalists. 39 participants.

Prague & Bratislava, 3-10 October 1992
On the eve of the break-up of the Czech and Slovak Federation. Meetings with Czech and Slovak officials, analysts and journalists, Hungarian minority representatives and outside academic analysts. Visits to Stirin, Kutna Hora and Telc. 44 participants.

Istanbul, Ankara & Diyarbakir, 16-25 April 1993
Meetings with Turkish government officials, opposition politicians, security officers and journalists and with Kurdish representatives. Visits to Urfa and the Atat\'fcrk Dam. 43 participants.

Tashkent, Bishkek & Almaty, 25 October - 7 November 1993
Meetings with government officials, academics, journalists and outside experts in each capital. Visits to Buchara, Samarkand, Chimkent, Dzhambul and Moscow. 27 participants.

Beirut, Damascus, Amman, Jericho, Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, 25 March - 5 April 1994

Focus on the break-through in Israeli-Palestinian relations and the prospects for the peace process in general. Meetings with decision makers and observers in the five cities and visits to some of the disputed border areas. 45 participants.

Gdansk, Kaliningrad & Vilnius, 18-24 September 1994
Focus on the political, economic and military future of the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, its relations to its neighbours to the south and the north and to metropolitan Russia, as well as its position in the Baltic Sea region. 23 participants.

Taipei, Hong Kong & Guangzhou, 28 April - 7 May 1995
Focus on the political and economic prospects of Taiwan and of a Hong Kong approaching 1997, their relations with the People's Republic of China and the future of the region as a whole. 19 participants.

Riga, 17-20 August 1995
Focus on the political, economic and security situation, relations between Latvians and Russians in Latvia and between Latvia and Russia. 37 participants.

Gdansk, Warszawa & Krak\'f3w, 13-20 April 1996
Focus on the political, economic and security situation, and foreign relations including Polish "ostpolitik" and strategies for joining the EU and NATO. 28 participants.

Slovenia, South Tyrol & Trieste, 28 September - 5 October 1996
The convergence of Germanic, Latin and Slavic Europe. Focus on the minorities situation and cross-border regional cooperation, as well as centre-perifery relations in Italy and the role of the EU integration process. 29 participants.

Slesvig, the Danish-German border region, 29 May - 3 June 1997
Focus on cross-border regional co-operation as well as relations of national minorities north and south of the border with the majority communities and local and national authorities, and with each other. 24 participants.

Cairo, Aqaba, Amman, Ramallah, Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, 3-15 October 1998
Focus on the attempts to establish contacts and dialogue between Egyptian, Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli intellectuals to build a wider basis for the peace process. 45 participants.

Prague, Bratislava & Budapest, 17-24 April 1999
Focus on the economic and political situation, relations with NATO and EU and the current crisis in Kosovo. 16 participants.

Istanbul, Ankara, Sanliurfa & Diyarbakir, 5-14 May 2000
Focus on human rights, the political and economic situation, and foreign relations including Turkish strategies for joining the EU. Meetings with decision makers and observers and with Kurdish representatives. Visits to the Atat\'fcrk Dam. 35 participants.

Vilnius, Riga &Tallinn 23 September-3 October 2000
Focus on the social, economic and political situation and relations with Denmark, EU, NATO and Russia. 45 participants.

Bucharest & Transsylvania, 1-8 May 2002
Focus on the economic and political situation, minorities policy, and preparations for NATO and EU membership. 25 participants.

Cairo, Amman, Damascus & Beirut, 30 August - 11 September 2003
Focus on the prospects for the region and its relations with the West after the Iraq war. 47 participants.

Beograd, Sarajevo & Zagreb, 18-28 September 2004
Focus on state building and reconciliation. 33 participants.