MED 19 - Preliminary Program
Middle East Dialogue
Friday, March 22, 2019
The Historic Quaker Meetinghouse
2111 Florida Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Preliminary Program
8:00am
Registration with Continental Breakfast
Food will be provided throughout the day at no cost
9:00-9:45am
Opening Plenary Address
The Parallels Between the Crises in the Modern Middle East and History - and the Lessons to be Learnt
George Windsor, The Earl of St. Andrews
Introduction by Ambassador Mark Hambley
Introduction by Ambassador Mark Hambley
10:00-11:10am
Room 1
A.Kadir Yildirim, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Darrell Norman Burrell, Florida Institute of Technology
Feryal Cubukcu Can, Georgia State University
Room 2
Suha Hassen, George Mason University and Imad A. Muhi, Independent Scholar
Mary-Jane Deeb, Library of Congress
Room 3
Shahram Ahmadi Nasab Emran, Saint Louis University
Ramesh Sepehrrad, George Mason University
11:20-12:30pm
Room 1
Ray Matsumiya, University of the Middle East Project
Steven R. David, Johns Hopkins University
Room 2
Christina Kiel, Tulane University
The Challenge of U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East
Martha Bayles, Boston College
Mapping Cultural Diplomacy Instruments in Contemporary Turkey
Zulal Akin, Tulane University
Room 3
BRI and China's Security Strategy in Central Asia and the Middle East
Anchi Hoh, Library of Congress
China’s BRI Push in the Greater Middle East
I-wei Jennifer Chang, Independent analyst on China-Middle East Relations
12:40-1:50pm
Room 1
Security for Small States
Chair/Moderator: Igor Kovac, George Washington University
Samuel R. Greene, Shepherd University
Security for Small States: Lessons for the Middle East from Latin America
Mark Hamilton, Inter-American Defense College
Room 2
Wijdan Alsayegh, University of Michigan
Thomas Zimmerman, Washtenaw Community College
Room 3
Aisha Mershani, Gettysburg College
Amel Mili, Drexel University
2:00-3:10pm
Room 1
Renee (Ryunhye) Kim
Zayer Baazaoui, University of Miami
Room 2
Ahmed Y. Zohny, Coppin State University
Sahar Khamis, University of Maryland
Radwan Ziadeh, Middle East Arab Center, Washington DC
Room 3
Sara Burback, Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, and Jill Pratt, Churches for Middle East Peace
3:20-4:30pm
Room 1
Mark Silinsky, Haifa University
Leah Silinsky, US National Defense University
Room 2
Amin Nash, Claremont Graduate University
Whitney F. Martinez, Claremont Graduate University
Amir M. Rashed, Claremont Graduate University