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PROGRAM

ISRAEL AND THE ARAB STATES:

PARALLEL INTERESTS, RELATIONS AND STRATEGIES

at the

Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem

June 8–9, 2009

organized by

The Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, IDC

and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Monday, June 8, 2009

9:30hGreetings:

Dr. Lars Hänsel, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Israel

Keynote:

Prof. Barry Rubin, Director, Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya

10:00hPanel One:

Maghreb States: Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria

Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Marcia Israel Senior Fellow in Maghreb Studies, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University

11:15h – 11:30hCoffee break

11:30hPanel Two:

The Gulf States

Dr. Lars Berger, Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History of the Middle East, School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History, University of Salford, UK

Prof. Yossi Kostiner, Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and African History and Senior Research Associate, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University

12:45h – 13:30hWorking lunch break

13:30hPanel Three:

Egypt and Jordan

Jordan: Mr. Asaf David, Analyst and Consultant on Jordanian `Affairs at the Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF)

Egypt: Dr. Dan Schueftan, Director of the National Security Studies Center and Senior Lecturer at the School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Senior Lecturer at the Israel Defense Forces National Defense College.

14:45h – 15:00hCoffee break

15:00hPanel Four:

The Arab States and the Iran Issue - Nuclear Weapons and Iranian ambitions

Prof. Yossi Kostiner, Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Senior Research Associate, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University.

Mr. Yigal Karmon, President and Founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri)

Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya

16:15h End of day one

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

9:30h Panel Five:

Lebanon

Prof. Eyal Zisser, Director, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Dan Schueftan, Director of the National Security Studies Center and Senior Lecturer at the School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Senior Lecturer at the Israel Defense Forces National Defense College.

10:45h – 11:00hCoffee break

11:00hPanel Six:

Coordinating with the United States and Europe

Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, IDC, Herzliya

Ruprecht Polenz, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs in the German Bundestag (tbc)

Ambassador Shimon Stein, Former Israeli Ambassador to Germany

Zvi Rafiah, Consultant and Media Commentator on U.S. domestic politics and US-Israel relations

13:00h – 14:15hWorking lunch break

14:15h Panel Seven:

Iraq and the Kurds

Prof. Amatzia Baram, Prof. Emeritus of Middle East History, University of Haifa and Director, Center for Iraq Studies, University of Haifa

Prof. Ofra Bengio, Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and Senior Lecturer, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University.

15:45 – 16:00h Coffee break

16:00hPanel Eight:

A Practical Strategy for Israel in the Arab World

Summary Roundtable

Prof. Barry Rubin, Professor and Director, Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, IDC, Herzliya

Dr. Dan Schueftan, Director of the National Security Studies Center and Senior Lecturer at the School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Senior Lecturer at the Israel Defense Forces National Defense College.

Mrs. Eynat Shlein-Michael, Director, Maghreb, Syria and

Lebanon Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

18:00h Evening public session:

Islamists versus Nationalists, the Great Struggle

Prof. Barry Rubin, Professor and Director, Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, IDC, Herzliya

Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, IDC, Herzliya

Prof. Amatzia Baram, Prof. Emeritus of Middle East History and Director, Center for Iraq Studies, University of Haifa

Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya

20:00hReception