SECOND METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Regional Perspectives

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. Full conference program/Konferans programi

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Highlights from the program

Wednesday, June 25

. Prof. Robert Olson of University of Kentucky will deliver a keynote speech on Turkish-Iranian Relations;

“The Azeri Question in Turkey-Iran Relations”

Time: 11:30-13:00

Place: FEAS-B G-111

. Moshe Gammer, Tel Aviv University, will have a keynote address on the Northern Caucasus; “The Road not Taken: Daghestan and the Conflict in Chechnya?"

Time: 09:30-11:00

Place: FEAS-B G-111

Tuesday, June 24

. Nazif Shahrani of Indiana University will deliver a keynote speech on the two recent military interventions;

“Military Victories and Political Failures? Governance in Post-Taliban Afghanistan and Iraq”

time: 14:00-15:30

location: FEAS-B

room: G-111

. Tom Gallagher, University of Bradford, will carry his expertise on Romania to the Post-Saddam Iraq;

“Removing the Legacy of Dictatorship in Post-Saddam Iraq: Lessons from Romania After Ceausescu”

time: 11:30-13:00

place: FEAS-B

room: G-111

. Brenda Shaffer, Harvard University, will have a speech on Iran and the Caspian oil bonanza,

“Is There an Islamic Foreign Policy? Islam, Foreign Policy and the Caspian Region”

time: 16:00-17:30

place: FEAS-B

room: G-111

Monday, June 23

.Please join us for the Inaugural METU International Relations Lecture to be delivered by Prof. Kemal Karpat of Wisconsin University

Where? Culture & Convention Center

When? Monday June 23, 4.30.00pm

. Graham Fuller, RAND Corporation, will be presenting a keynote speech on the Iraqi Crisis; “ Political Islam after Iraq.”

Where? : Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science-B Building, G110

When? Monday, June 23, 14:00-15:30

. Kai Hafez, University of Erfurt, will deliver a keynote speech on “The Iraqi War in Western Media and Public Opinion: A Case Study of the Effects of Military (Non) Involvement on Conflict Perceptions”

Time: 11:30-13:00

Place: FEAS-B G-108

.Panels will start at 9.00 at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences-B Building. See the campus map for location.

Wednesday, June 18

. Updated program is available. Check out the program section

Monday, June 15

. Preliminary program is available. please check out the program section.

. Dateline for the submission of working papers is extended till June 17.

. Please confirm your participation at <irconf@metu.edu.tr> ASAP

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