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Monday, 17 September

09:30Welcome and Introduction

• Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director, Regional Program South Mediterranean, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tunisia
• Claudia Crawford, Head of Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Russia

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Professor, Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University, Turkey

• What’s at stake for Russia: costs of instability in the Southern Mediterranean

  Dr. Irina Zvyagelskay, Head of the Section for Middle East Studies, Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

• Alternative appeal: Russia’s soft power approach and mediation capacities

  Issandr El Amran, Project Director North Africa, International Crisis Group, Morocco

• Russian public diplomacy in North Africa

  Dr.Sergey Kostelyanyets, Senior Research Fellow, Center for North African and African Horn Studies, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• New capacities, new tactics: Russian hybrid warfare

  Dominik P. Jankowski, Political Adviser & Head of the Political Section, Polish Permanent Delegation to NATO, Brussels

11:45 Panel 2: Russian political ambitions: Moscow’s quest for strategic partnerships

Moderator: Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director, Regional Program South Mediterranean, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tunisia

• Egypt: Russia’s political gateway to the region?

  Dr. H. A. Hellyer, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council, Egypt/UK

• Libya as key to regional stability

  Dr. Vasily Kuznetsov, Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

• Military-technical cooperation with North Africa

  Yury Barmin, Expert, Russian International Affairs Council, Russia

14:45 Panel 3: Russia’s economic access to the Southern Mediterranean

Moderator: Veronika Ertl, Research Associate, Regional Program South Mediterranean, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tunisia

• Untapped energy sources: Diversification made in North Africa

  Alexandre Kateb, Director, COMPETENCE FINANCE, France

• Trade and tourism: Economic gateways into the Southern Mediterranean

  Dr. Fathallah Oualalou, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center, Morocco

• Russian capabilities and limitations for reconstruction in the region

  Dr. Nadia Arbatova, Head of Department, European Political Studies, Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

• Bilateral vs. regional: Capitalizing on regional economic compatibilities?

  Hedi Larbi, Associate, Belfer Center's Middle East Initiative, Harvard University & Former Minister of Economic Infrastructure and Sustainable Development, Tunisia

!Tuesday, 18 September 2018

09:30 Panel 4: Stabilizing the region: competition or cooperation?

Moderator: Kristina Kausch, Senior Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund, Belgium

• Finding common ground: fields of cooperation with the EU

  Dr. Hamza Meddeb, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Program, Chatham House, Tunisia

• Security cooperation in the Southern Mediterranean: What role can NATO still play?

  Dr. Can Kasapoğlu, IPC-Stiftung Mercator Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany & Defense Analyst, EDAM, Turkey

• Maritime security: potentials for cooperation

  Col.-Maj. Dr. Taoufik Marrakchi, Associated Researcher, Royal Institute for Strategic Studies, Morocco

• Russia and the Persian Gulf: An unlikely partnership?

  Dr. Nikolay Kozhanov, Visiting Lecturer, European University St. Petersburg & Academy Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, Chatham House, Russia

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