Peace in the Middle East: An Impossible Mission?
4th Peace and War Summit
John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center
Norwich University
March 20-21, 2023
(In-Person with Remote Options)
The world community is confronted with a series of significant challenges. These challenges include escalating great power rivalries between the U.S. and China/Russia, concerns over nuclear war, economic instability, climate change, and pandemics. In this global context, the Middle East is engulfed in turbulent geopolitical dynamics, such as the power vacuum caused by U.S. disengagements in the region as well as the intensification of sectarian competition between Iran, its proxies and Israel and Sunni Arab countries. Thus, the Middle Eastern regional order remains complex and unstable while facing the lingering Israeli-Palestinian conflict, unstable economic conditions, and tumultuous civil war-like conditions in Syria, Libya, and Yemen. Norwich University’s 4th Peace and War Summit thoroughly addresses these challenges in the Middle East to advance our understanding of the region and outline effective solutions to construct a more peaceful regional order.
Invited Authors/Speakers
Learn about our distinguished invited keynote speakers, panelists and presenters.
SCHEDULE
(U.S. Eastern Time)
Monday, March 20, 2023
9 – 9:50 a.m. | Mack Hall Auditorium
WELCOME REMARKS
Norwich University Provost Karen Gaines
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
TBD
10 – 10:50 a.m. | Mack Hall Auditorium
PANEL SESSION I
Moderator: Kaitlin Thomas
Presenters:
Saeid Golkar: Iranian domestic upheaval/politics
Valentine Moghadam: Gender politics (women’s roles) in the Middle East
Discussant: TBD
11 – 11:50 a.m. | Mack Hall Auditorium
PANEL SESSION II
Moderator: Travis Morris
Presenters:
Guy Ziv: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Jeremy Pressman: US strategy toward the Middle East
Discussant: TBD
1 – 1:50 p.m. | Mack Hall Auditorium
PANEL SESSION III
Moderator: TBD
Presenters:
Ali Dizboni: Religious extremism and political violence in the Middle East
Diane Zorri: Iran-Saudi Arabia sectarian competition
Discussant: TBD
2 – 3:15 p.m. | Mack Hall Auditorium
PANEL SESSION IV
Moderator:TBD
Presenters:
Dan Ciuriak: US-China economic competition in the Middle East
Richard Moss: Russia’s Syria intervention
Nicholas Roberts: Shadows of colonial rule in the Middle East
Discussant: TBD
4 – 5:15 p.m. | Mack Hall Auditorium
PANEL SESSION V
Moderator: Steven Sodergren
Presenters: TBD
Discussants: Norwich Students
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
9:25 – 10:40 a.m. | Mack Hall Auditorium
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION I: “Complexities in the Middle Eastern Politics”
Chair: TBD
Panelists: Ali Dizboni, Saeid Golkar, Richard Moss, Guy Ziv, and Diane Zorri
10:50 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Mack Hall Auditorium
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION II: “Western Strategy toward the Middle East”
Chair: TBD
Panelists: Dan Ciuriak, Valentine Moghadam, Jeremy Pressman, and Nicholas Roberts
SUMMIT CONTACT
Yangmo Ku, Executive Director
Associate Professor, Political Science, Norwich University
Associate Director, John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center
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