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Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration: Iran and the Middle East
March 5-6, 2009
Cabot Intercultural Center, Tufts University, Medford Campus
The newly elected Obama administration that took
office in January 2009 will have to deal with a number of
ongoing, difficult problems in the Middle East. Many of
these will be of considerable concern to Americans in the
near future. Participants in the conference will be asked to
expound on and analyze these concerns, one of which is the
continuing confrontation between the United States and Iran.
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and subsequent
developments in that country have had a significant impact
on Iran’s position and policy there, but American and
Iranian interests and policies have collided in the Gulf
also, as well as in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Nuclear issues in particular have brought the United States
and Iran into renewed confrontation. Are there opportunities
for the new administration to take steps to change the
dynamic in a helpful way? Conference Schedule:
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
Registration - 2:00-3:00 p.m. Cabot Intercultural Center
Welcome - 3:00-3:15 p.m. -
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- Lawrence S. Bacow, President, Tufts
University
- Leila Fawaz, Issam M. Fares Professor of
Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies and Founding
Director, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean
Studies, Tufts University
KEYNOTE ADDRESS -
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Part II
"War or Peace: Obama’s Challenges in the Middle East" - 3:15-4:30 p.m.
SPEAKER: R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the
Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Member of
the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International
Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
CHAIR: Jamshed Bharucha, Provost, Senior Vice
President, and Professor of Psychology, Tufts University
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SESSION I -
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American and Iran: The Historical Context - 4:30-6:15 p.m.
SPEAKERS:
- Gary G. Sick, Senior Research Scholar and
Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public
Affairs, Columbia University
- Karim Sadjadpour, Associate, Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace
- Shai Feldman, Judith and Sidney Swartz
Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies,
Brandeis University
CHAIR: Vali Nasr, Professor of International
Politics, The Fletcher School; Associate Director, The Fares
Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University
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Reception - 6:15-7:15 p.m.
Hall of Flags
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
SESSION II -
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Zones of War and Diplomacy: The Eastern Mediterranean -
8:45-10:30 a.m.
SPEAKERS:
- Farhad Kazemi, Professor of Politics, New
York University
- Uri Ben-Eliezer, Senior Lecturer, University
of Haifa
- Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa
Program Director, International Crisis Group
CHAIR: Malik Mufti, Associate Professor of
Political Science, Tufts University
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SESSION III -
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Zones of War and Diplomacy: Iraq, The Gulf and Afghanistan - 10:45 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
SPEAKERS:
- Barnett R. Rubin, Director of Studies and
Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New
York University
- Robin Wright, Author and Journalist
- Michael R. Gordon, Chief Military
Correspondent, The New York Times
CHAIR: Stephen W. Van Evera, Professor of
Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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WEBCAST KEYNOTE ADDRESS -
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Security Challenges in The Middle East - 1:15-2:15 p.m.
- General (Ret.) John P. Abizaid, Former
Commander of the United States Central Command
(2003-2007); Distinguished Chair, West Point Combating
Terrorism Center; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover
Institution
CHAIR: Richard Shultz, Professor of International
Politics and Director, International Security Studies
Program, The Fletcher School
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SESSION IV -
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Nuclear Issues - 2:45-4:30 p.m.
SPEAKERS:
- Admiral (Ret.) William J. Fallon, Former
Commander of the United States Central Command
(2007-2008); Robert F. Wilhelm Fellow, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Center for International
Studies
- Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Shelby Cullom Davis
Professor of International Security Studies, The Fletcher
School
- Shahram Chubin, Director of Studies, Geneva
Centre for Security Policy
- George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies and
Director of the Nonproliferation Program, Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace
CHAIR: Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.
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SESSION V -
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American Policies and Options in the Region - 4:45-6:30 p.m.
SPEAKERS:
- John L. Esposito, University Professor and
Founding Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for
Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
- Jon B. Alterman, Director and Senior Fellow,
Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and
International Studies
- David R. Ignatius, Associate Editor and
Columnist, The Washington Post
- Rami G. Khouri, Editor-at-Large, The Daily
Star (Beirut); Director, Issam Fares Institute of Public
Policy and International Affairs, American University of
Beirut
CHAIR: Robert M. Hollister, Dean, Jonathan M.
Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts
University
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Concluding Remarks - 6:30-7:30 p.m.
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U.S. and the Middle East: A New Dynamic?
SPEAKER: Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld
Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Director of the
International Institute, and Vice Provost for International
Affairs, University of Michigan
CHAIR: William A. Rugh, Adjunct Scholar, The
Middle East Institute
Closing
William A. Rugh
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