Workshop
Details
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