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Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

UNSC rotation: South Africa, Indonesia, Germany, Belgium, and Dominican Republic enter UNSCWorld Economic Forum Annual Meeting

G−5 Sahel Summit

Munich SecurityConference

EU−Arab LeagueSummit

ArabLeagueSummit

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of Crimea

UN Environmental Assembly

European Council

Brexit

70thanniversary

of NATO EU−NATO Cooperation: A Partnership forthe Future

Tana High−Level Forumon Security in Africa

10thanniversary

of the EasternPartnership

Summit on theFuture of Europe

GMF Brussels Forum Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Tiananmenanniversary vigil

(30 years)

European CouncilASEAN Summit

G−20 Summit100thanniversary

of the Treatyof Versailles

G−7 Summit

18th Summit of Non−Aligned Movement

NATO Summit

Announcement of theDemocratic candidate for the US 2020 presidential elections

Shangri−La Dialogue

ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meetings75th

anniversaryof the Warsaw

Uprising

80thanniversary ofthe beginning

of World War II

Awarding of Nobel PrizesBelgrade Security Forum

74th Session of theUN General Assembly

UN Climate Summit

ManamaDialogue

BRICSSummit

70thanniversary

of the People’sRepublic of China

EuropeanCouncil

35th ASEANSummit

30thanniversary

of the Fall ofthe Berlin Wall

31st APEC Forum

14th Annual Meeting of theInternet Governance Forum

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the Treatyof Lisbon

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© European Union Institute for Security Studies, 2019.Published by the EU Institute for Security Studies and printed in Belgium by Bietlot.Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2019.

ISBN 978-92-9198-798-6 Catalogue number QN-03-19-006-EN-C

DOI 10.2815/514569