Saturday March 1, 2014
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Vying for Influence: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Wu Bingbing | Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Culture, Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University
Ali Vaez | Senior Analyst for Iran, International Crisis Group
Frederic Wehrey | Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author, Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprising
Sami al Faraj | President, Kuwait Centre for Strategic Studies
Short Presentation: Israel’s Strategic View of the Middle East and North Africa
BG Rami Ben Efraim | Special Assistant, J5 Commander, Israeli Defense Forces; former Commander, Ramat David AFB
Moderated by Ayesha Forbes '15, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member