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Events:
Conferences
Engaging in Dialogue on U.S. Foreign Policy
November 8-9, 2004
Cabot Intercultural Center,
Tufts University,
Medford Campus
This conference was planned to take place just after
the U.S. presidential elections, in the hope that
the discussions of our expert participants on how
best to move forward in the Middle East will provide
valuable insights and suggestions to a new or
returning U.S. administration. The centrality of
American leadership in the world and the
inevitability of its involvement with the Middle
East for years to come make it imperative to reflect
on what we can learn from recent foreign policy and
world events, and what we can recommend to those who
are in a position to shape the future of our world.
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Conference Schedule:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8
WELCOME and INTRODUCTIONS
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2:45 p.m.
Jamshed Bharucha, Provost and Senior Vice President, Tufts University
Leila Fawaz, Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and
Eastern Mediterranean Studies and Founding Director,
Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
SESSION I - Building a More
Informed and Engaged American Citizenry
3:00–3:45 p.m
SPEAKER: John Shattuck, Chief Executive Officer, John F.
Kennedy Library Foundation -
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CHAIR: Robert Hollister, Dean, University College of
Citizenship and Public Service
Questions and Answers -
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SESSION II - Promoting Middle
East Peace
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Introduction - Jamshed Bharucha, Provost and Senior Vice
President, Tufts University -
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SPEAKERS:
- Sari Nusseibeh, Rita Hauser Fellow,
Radcliffe Institute, Harvard (2004-5), President and Professor
of Philosophy, Al-Quds University -
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- David J. Greene, Acting Director of the
Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, Bureau of
Near Eastern Affairs, United States Department of
State -
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- Naomi Chazan, Robert Wilhelm Fellow, MIT CIS, and
Professor of Political Science and African Studies,The
Hebrew University -
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CHAIR: Jeswald W. Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of
Law, The Fletcher School
Questions and Answers -
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Reception - 6:00 p.m.,
Hall of Flags
Dinner (invitation only), 7:00 p.m.
SPEAKER: Edward P. Djerejian, Founding Director, James
A.
Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
“The Struggle for Ideas in the Middle East” -
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CHAIR: Jamshed Bharucha, Provost and Senior Vice
President, Tufts University
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Welcome and Introductions -
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9:45 a.m.
Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean, The Fletcher School
SESSION III - Communicating With
The Arab World
10:00 a.m.–Noon
SPEAKERS:
- Hisham Melhem, Senior Correspondent, As-Safir
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- William A. Rugh, Georgetown University -
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- Edward P. Djerejian, Founding Director,
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice
University -
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CHAIR: Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate
Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor
Lunch (invitation only), 12:15 p.m.
SPEAKER: Ian S. Lustick, Bess W.Heyman Professor of
Political Science, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia
“Can Truth Figure in Dialogue on American Foreign Policy
in the Middle East?” (Live webcast transmission to ASEAN
Auditorium and Hall of Flags, Cabot Intercultural
Center) -
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CHAIR: Ali Banuazizi, President, Middle East
Studies Association, and Professor, Department of
Psychology, Boston College
SESSION IV - Engaging In
Dialogue With The Muslim World
1:45–3:45 p.m.
SPEAKERS:
- John L. Esposito, University Professor of
Religion and International Affairs and Professor of
Islamic
Studies, Georgetown University -
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- Vali R.Nasr, Professor of Middle East and South Asia
Politics, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval
Postgraduate School -
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- Feroz Ahmad, Adjunct Professor of Diplomatic History,
The Fletcher School -
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- Ayesha Jalal, Professor of History, Tufts University
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CHAIR: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic
History
and South Asian Affairs, Harvard University
Questions and Answers -
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SESSION V - Learning Lessons
From Iraq
4:00–6:00 p.m
SPEAKERS:
- Richard H. Shultz, Professor of InternationalPolitics,The Fletcher School -
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- The Honorable Barbara Bodine, Executive
Director, Middle Eastern Governance Initiative,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University -
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- Juan R. I. Cole, Professor of History, University of Michigan,Ann Arbor -
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CHAIR: Stephen W.Van Evera, Professor of Political
Science, MIT
Questions and Answers -
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Concluding Remarks
6:00–6:30 p.m.
Ghassan Tuéni, Former Cabinet Minister, Lebanon; Editor
in Chief, An-Nahar -
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CHAIR: Richard W.Murphy, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow
for the Middle East, Council on Foreign Relations
Closing
Jamshed Bharucha, Provost and Senior Vice President,
Tufts University
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