Program | Schedule
Feb27
Time
8:30am - 5:30pm
Location
51 Winthrop St, Tufts University
The State of the States in the Middle East and North Africa
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Feb27
Time
10:00am - 10:30am
Location
Alumni Lounge, 40 Talbot Avenue
Presentation of the ALLIES Joint Research Project 2013 to Turkey
Feb27
Time
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location
Alumni Lounge, 40 Talbot Avenue
ALLIES: Civil-Military Collaboration in Security Sector Reform
- Vice Admiral Paul J Bushong – US Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority, Jerusalem
- Dr. El Ghazawi – Egyptian Ministry of the Interior; International Fellow, Peace Keeping and Stability Operations Institute, U.S. Army War College
- COL (ret.) Anthony Leito – Professor of Governance Planning, Peace Keeping and Stability Operations Institute, U.S. Army War College
- Dr. Richard Shultz – Professor of International Politics and Director, Security Studies Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Feb27
Time
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Location
Alumni Lounge, 40 Talbot Avenue
ALLIES: Israel’s Perspective on the Strategic Environment
- BG Rami Ben Efraim – Special Assistant, J5 Commander, Israeli Defense Forces; former Commander, Ramat David AFB
Feb27
Time
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location
Alumni Lounge, 40 Talbot Avenue
ALLIES: The Impact of Civil-Military Relations on Domestic Political Decisions
- COL (ret.) Michael Hess – Former Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
- Mr. Richard Hoffman – Senior Lecturer and Director, Center for Civil-Military Relations, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School; former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the Sixth U.S. Army
- Ms. Heather Hurlburt – Former Executive Director, National Security Network; former Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State
Feb27
Time
7:00pm
Location
Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Avenue
Collapse of Soveriegnty: The State of the State Report
- Nimrod Hurvitz | Professor of Middle East History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
- Ariel Levite | Nonresident Senior Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former Principal Deputy Director General for policy, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission
- Introduction by Marie Jose Fabre, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member
Feb27
Time
7:30pm
Location
Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Avenue
Keynote Address: 100 Years after World War I: Enduring Consequences for the Middle East and North Africa
- Elizabeth Thompson | Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia; Author, Justice Interrupted: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East
- Introduction by Abuzar Royesh, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member
Feb27
Time
8:00pm
Location
Cabot Auditorium, 170 Packard Avenue
The Future of the Kurds
- Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq
- Maria Fantappie | Iraq and Kurd Analyst, International Crisis Group
- Kamal Kirkuki | Speaker, Kurdistan Parliament, and Member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Kurdish Regional Government, Iraq
- Malik Mufti | Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; and Author, Daring and Caution in Turkish Strategic Culture: Republic at Sea
- Student Presentation: Ethan Finkelstein and Ryan Youkilis, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members
- Moderated by Gia Rowley, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member
Callouts
ALLIES
The Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) is an undergraduate organization dedicated to improving civilian-military relations.
TILIP
The Tufts Initiative for International Leadership and Perspective (TILIP) is a program that seeks to foster cross-cultural team building through intensive, intellectual inquiry and practical study.
[EXPOSURE]
[EXPOSURE] is the Institute for Global Leadership's undergraduate-led program for photojournalism, documentary studies and human rights.