Resources

Saturday, March 1, 2014
8:00 PM

The Unravelling of Syria

Nabih Bulos | Independent Journalist, contributing to Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio and other major media outlets

Presentation of Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award to U.S. Amb. Robert Ford by Wen Hoe '14, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Amb. Robert Ford | U.S. Ambassador to Syria (January 2011 to February 2014)

Mark Katz | Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University; Author, “Moscow’s Middle East Policy” (in Focus Quarterly, 2014)

Curt Rhodes | Founder and International Director, Questscope; Social Entrepreneur of the Year for the Middle East and North Africa, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Aaron Zelin | Richard Borow Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Fellow, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, King’s College of London

Radwan Ziadeh | Scholar at Risk, Syria; Recipient, 2009 Academic Freedom Award, Middle East Studies Association; Senior Fellow, United States Institute for Peace; Founder and Director, Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies

Moderated by Sam Rock '14, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Iraq: Its Uncertain Future
Friday, February 28, 2014

Yasir Abbas | Former Interpreter, U.S. military in Iraq, 2005-09, where he helped start and organize the Awakening Councils in northwestern Baghdad; 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Peter Harling | Project Director, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria and Senior Middle East and North Africa Adviser, International Crisis

Group Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq

Emma Sky | Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute, Yale University; former Political Advisor to U.S. General Ray Odierno, Iraq; former Governorate Coordinator of Kirkuk, Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq

Friday, February 28, 2014
9:00 AM

Iraq: Its Uncertain Future

Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq

Emma Sky | Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute, Yale University; former Political Advisor to U.S. General Ray Odierno, Iraq; former Governorate Coordinator of Kirkuk, Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq

Peter Harling | Project Director, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria and Senior Middle East and North Africa Adviser, International Crisis Group

Yasir Abbas | Former Interpreter, U.S. military in Iraq, 2005-09, where he helped start and organize the Awakening Councils in northwestern Baghdad; 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Elayne Stecher ’14, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member: “What’s next for Iraq?”

Moderated by Patrick Hamon '16, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Friday, February 28, 2014
2:30 - 4:30 PM

Political Islam and Governance

Issandr el Amrani | Project Director, North Africa, International Crisis Group; Founder, The Arabist blog
Mohammed S Dajani Daoudi | Founder and Executive Director, Wasatiyya, Moderate Islamic Movement in Palestine; Founding Direc- tor, American Studies Institute, Al Quds University
Presentation of Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award by Becky Allen and Eloise Harnett, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members, to:
Robert P. Parks | Director, Centre d'Etudes Maghrebines en Algerie (American Institute for Maghrib Studies)
Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq
​Presentation of EPIIC Colloquium Recognition Award by Kirsten Gute, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member, to:
Hugh Roberts | Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University; former Director, North Africa Project, International Crisis Group

Student Presentation:
Max Fathy '14 and Rebecca Varley '14, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members: The Turkish Model: Perception vs Reality

Moderated by Sam Whitefield '16, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Friday February 28, 2014
7:30 PM

U.S. Foreign Policy and Security in the Middle East and North Africa

Bernardino León | Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean Region, European Union; former Secretary-General and Foreign Policy Adviser, Office of the Prime Minister, Spain
Augustus Richard Norton | Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, Boston University; Author, Civil Society in the Middle East
Dafna Hochman Rand | Former Director for Democracy and Governance at the National Security Staff; Author, Roots of the Arab Spring Contested Authority and Political Change in the Middle East
Adm. James Stavridis (US Navy, ret.) | Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO Alliance Tamara Cofman Wittes | Senior Fellow and Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, US Department of State

Dr. Jean Mayer Award Presentations to Mr. León, Dr. Norton, and Dr. Wittes by Sookrit Malik '17 and Madeleine Pelton '16, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members

Moderated by Rebekah Waller '17, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Friday, February 28, 2014
2:30-4:30 PM

Political Islam and Governance

Issandr el Amrani | Project Director, North Africa, International Crisis Group; Founder, The Arabist blog

Mohammed S Dajani Daoudi | Founder and Executive Director, Wasatiyya, Moderate Islamic Movement in Palestine; Founding Director, American Studies Institute, Al Quds University

Presentation of Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award by Becky Allen and Eloise Harnett, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members

Robert P. Parks | Director, Centre d’Etudes Maghrebines en Algerie (American Institute for Maghrib Studies)

Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq

Hugh Roberts | Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University; former Director, North Africa Project, International Crisis Group

Presentation of EPIIC Colloquium Recognition Award by Kirsten Gute, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Student Presentation, Max Fathy '14 and Rebecca Varley '14, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members: The Turkish Model: Perception vs Reality

Moderated by Sam Whitefield '16, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member 

Friday, February 28, 2014
12:30-2:30 PM

Civil-Military Relations and Security Sector Reform in Political Transitions

Ibrahim el Ghazawi | Former Advisor, Office of the Minister of Interior, Egypt; Former Visiting Fellow, U.S. Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

Karim Haggag | Deputy Director, Policy Planning Division, Foreign Ministry, Egypt

Jean-Louis Romanet Perroux | PhD candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Richard Shultz | Director of the International Security Studies Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Author, The Marines Take Anbar: The Four Year Fight Against al Qaeda

Sarah Butterfield ’14 and Isabel Weiner ’14 | 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members: "The Arrogance of Power”

Jackie Faselt ’17 | 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member: "The Effect of International Military Education on Civil Military Relations”

Moderated by David Riche '14, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member