GLODEM Foreign Policy Conference

We would like draw attention to the conference entitled “Turkish American Relations in A Volatile Region – Challenges and Opportunities”.
Date: Thursday 29 March 2012
Venue: Founders Hall, Koc University, Istanbul-TURKEY
Conference Programme:
9.30-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:15 Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Umran Inan
President,Koç University
10:15-11:00 Keynote Speaker
Ambassador Francis Ricciardone
The US Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey
11:15-12:00 Keynote Speaker
Suat Kiniklioglu
Director, Center for Strategic Communication (STRATIM), Former Member of Parliament
‘AKP Turkey and the United States: Partners in No One’s World’
12:00-13:30 LUNCH
13:30- 15:30 Panel I
‘Turkey-US and the Changing Dynamics of the Western Alliance
Panel’
Chair: Prof. Ziya Önis, Director of GLODEM, Koç University
Joost Lagendijk, Istanbul Policy Center Turkey
The US and the EU on Iran: standing united or falling divided?
Tarik Oguzlu, Antalya International University
Testing the strength of Turkish-American strategic relationship through NATO: Convergence or divergence within the Alliance?
Tommy Steiner, Institute for Strategy and Policy, IDC Herzliya
Turkey-US and the Changing Dynamics of the Western Alliance: An Israeli Perspective
William Hale, London SOAS, Emeritus
Turkish-Israeli relations and their impact on Turkey’s partnership with Washington
Mustafa Kibaroglu, Okan University
Turkey’s place in the Missile Shield Project
15:45-17:15 Panel II
Turkey-US-Middle East Triangle in the Context of the Arab Spring
Panel Chair: Suhnaz Yilmaz, Koç University
Nur Bilge Criss, Bilkent University
US-Turkey-Middle East: Yesterday and Today
Meliha Altunisik, Middle East Tachnical University
Arab Uprisings and Regional Power Constellations: Impact on Turkey-US
Relations
Lenore Martin, Emmanuel College and Harvard University
Recalibrating the US-Turkish Relationship in light of the Arab Spring
Kemal Kirisci, Boðaziçi University
The Arab Awakening and Completing Turkey’s regional integration: Challenges and Opportunities
17:30-18:30 Keynote Speaker
Prof. Sabri Sayari, Bahçeþehir University
‘New Directions in U.S-Turkey Relations’
19:30 Conference Dinner
The conference will be free and open to the public.
RSVP:ayardimci@ku.edu.tr