Program | Schedule

Feb28
Time 9:00am
Location
Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Avenue

Iraq: Its Uncertain Future

  • Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq
  • Peter Harling | Project Director, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria and Senior Middle East and North Africa Adviser, International Crisis Group
  • 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
  • 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
  • Student Presentation: Elayne Stecher, Yasir Abbas, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members
  • Moderated by Patrick Hamon, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member
Feb28
Time 12:30pm
Location
Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Avenue

Civil-Military Relations and Security Sector Reform in Political Transitions

  • Ibrahim el Ghazawi | Former Advisor, Office of the Minister of Interior, Egypt; Visiting Fellow, U.S. Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)
  • Karim Haggag | Deputy Director, Policy Planning Division, Foreign Ministry, Egypt
  • Anthony S. Lieto | Colonel (ret.) U.S. Army; Professor of Governance Planning, U.S. Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI); former Chief of the Office of Military Cooperation and Senior U.S. Defense Official in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Yemen
  • Jean-Louis Romanet Perroux | PhD Candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Independent Consultant for Governance in Libya
  • Moderated by David Riche, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

Student Presentations

  • Sarah Butterfield and Isabel Weiner, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members
  • Jackie Faselt, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member
Feb28
Time 2:30pm
Location
Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Avenue

Political Islam and Governance

  • Mohammed S Dajani Daoudi | Founder and Executive Director, Wasatiyya, Moderate Islamic Movement in Palestine; Founding Director, American Studies Institute, Al Quds University
  • Issandr el Amrani | Project Director, North Africa, International Crisis Group; Founder, The Arabist blog
  • Amr Hamzawy | Spokesman, “Board of Wise Men,” established to mediate between the Mubarak government and the protestors in 2011; Founder, Freedom Egypt Party; former Member of Parliament, Egypt
  • Robert P. Parks | Director, Centre d'Etudes Maghrebines en Algerie (American Institute for Maghrib Studies)
  • Hugh Roberts | Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University; former Director, North Africa Project, International Crisis Group
  • Emmanuel Sivan | Professor Emeritus of History, Hebrew University; former Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, Israel; former Editor, Jerusalem Quarterly
  • Student Presentation: Max Fathy and Rebecca Varley, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members
  • Presentation of EPIIC Colloquium Recognition Award by Kirsten Gute, 2014 
    EPIIC Colloquium Member
  • Moderated by Sam Whitefield, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member

 

Feb28
Time 6:30pm
Location
Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Avenue

Introductions and Keynote

  • Introductions and Welcomes, 6:30pm:
  • David Harris | Provost and Senior Vice President, Tufts University
  • Sherman Teichman | Director, Institute for Global Leadership
  • Gabriella Zoia | 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member
     
  • Keynote Address, 7:00pm
  •  William J Burns | Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State; Career Ambassador; former Under Secretary for Political Affairs; former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; former Ambassador to Jordan
  • Introduction and Dr. Jean Mayer Award Presentation by Mahpari Sotoudeh, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member
Feb28
Time 8:00pm
Location
Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Avenue

US 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
  • 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
  • Moderated by Rebekah Waller, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member
  • Dr. Jean Mayer Award Presentations by Sookrit Malik and Madeleine Pelton, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members