Crown Center Conference: The Middle East Today: New Perspectives on a Changing Landscape, Oct. 20-21, 2007

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October 20-21, 2007
Brandeis University, Crown Center for Middle East Studies

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Greetings
4:00-4:15 p.m.

Marty Wyngaarden Krauss
Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Brandeis University

Session I: The Middle East After Iraq4:15-5:45 p.m.

A Political Map of the Middle East
Dr. Abdel Monem Said Aly
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

The Regional Ramifications of the Iraq War
Prof. Asher Susser
Tel Aviv University

Session II: What Do Islamists Want?6:15-7:45 p.m.

Islamist Activists and the Transformation
of the Public Sphere

Prof. Stacey Philbrick Yadav
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Is Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood at a Crossroads?
Prof. Marc Lynch
George Washington University

The conference will be held in the Zinner Forum in the Irving Schneider and Family Building on the Brandeis campus.

Space is limited. To reserve a space, please register at: www.brandeis.edu/crowncenter.

For directions and parking information, please visit www.brandeis.edu/crowncenter,
e-mail crowncenter@brandeis.edu,
or call 781-736-5320.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Session III: Prospects for Nonviolent Outcomes in Iran
9:00-10:30 a.m.

What Do Iranians Want?
Dr. Naghmeh Sohrabi
Brandeis University

Iran’s Security Outlook
Prof. Farideh Farhi
University of Hawaii

Session IV: The New Economic and Political Power of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The Economic Ascent of GCC in the Arab World
Dr. Nader Habibi
Brandeis University

Gulf Diplomacy and the Middle East
Dr. Jon Alterman
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Session V: Prospects for Palestinian-Israeli Accommodation
1:30-3:00 p.m.

Politics and Public Opinion
Dr. Khalil Shikaki
Palestinian Center for Survey and Political Research

Israeli Opinion and Prospects for Negotiations
Dr. Yehuda Ben Meir
Institute for National Security Studies

Session VI: Prospects for Israeli-Syrian Talks
3:30-5:00 p.m.

What Do Syrians Want?
Prof. Joshua Landis
University of Oklahoma

Lessons from Previous Efforts
Prof. Itamar Rabinovich
Tel Aviv University

Concluding Remarks
Prof. Shai Feldman
Judith and Sidney Swartz Director, Crown Center

Crown Center Conference: The Middle East Today: New Perspectives on a Changing Landscape, Oct. 20-21, 2007

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