IOS RAS and CSDS organized an international academic conference ‘Peace & State — Building the Future of the Middle East’
- Категория: CSDS News
- Автор: Vladimir I. Bartenev
On October 31, 2018 the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Center for Security and Development Studies at the School of World Politics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University hosted an international academic conference ‘Peace & State — Building the Future of the Middle East’ commemorating the 200th anniversary of IOS RAS establishment.
The conference agenda included 4 sessions with 15 participants:
Session 1: Mapping the Middle Eastern Statehood
Session 2: Political Violence in the Middle East: Logic And Dynamics
Session 3: State-Building: Domestic and External Factors
Session 4: the State of Tomorrow
Our speakers:
Abdul Rahman Alageli, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
Nader Bakkar, Co-founder, Al-Nour Party
Hrair Balian, Director, Conflict Resolution Program of the Carter Center
Vladimir Bartenev, Director, Center for Security and Development Studies, School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Kayhan Barzegar, Director, Center for Middle East Strategic Studies (CMESS) in Tehran
John Bell, Director, Middle East and Mediterranean Programme, Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax) in Madrid
Alain Gresh, Founder and Publication Director, Orient XXI, Former Editor-in-Chief of Le Monde Diplomatique
Joost Hiltermann, Director, Middle East and North Africa Program, International Crisis Group, Brussels
Bahgat Korany, Director of AUC Forum, Professor of International Relations and Political Economy, at the American University in Cairo (AUC)
Vasily Kuznetsov Director, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Timur Makhmutov, Deputy Director of Programs, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
Nir Rosen, Syria and Iraq Advisor, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Walid Salem, Director, Center for Democracy and Community Development in East Jerusalem
Maxim Suchkov, Senior Research Fellow, Associate Professor, MGIMO-University
Konstantin Truevtsev, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Program of the conference (+ biographies of speakers)
Vladimir I. Bartenev
PhD, the CSDS Director, Associate Professor at the Chair of International Organizations and World Political Processes at the School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
