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Boston, Oct. 24-25: Kokkalis Program: Conference on Turkish Foreign Policy
Originally-From: Dimitris Keridis <dimitris_keridis@Harvard.Edu>
CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, OCTOBER 24-25, 1998
[Preliminary Agenda Included Below]
We are holding a conference on the foreign policy that will drive the
Turkish state into the next century. The objective of the conference is to
build a conceptual framework for understanding the complex phenomena that
generate the interplay between Turkey's domestic and foreign policy and the
international relations that impact upon that foreign policy.
The disintegration of the Soviet Union has vastly increased the pivotal
significance of Turkey to its multi-regional surroundings. Most of its
neighbors are undergoing post-Cold War transition and turmoil, much of
which compounds the external threats and economic challenges to Turkey.
Transnational threats and potential conflicts involve ethnic, religious and
territorial disputes. New relationships with the states of the Balkans,
the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East may be pulling Turkey away
from its traditional foreign policy gravitation towards western Europe.
This is occuring at a time when Turkey remains significant for the East -
West transit of energy resources, and has not resolved issues with Greece
and the European Union.
We are, therefore, bringing together panels of experts within four issue
areas: military security, economic growth and strategic resources, the
international dimension of human rights and civil society, and contending
visions of Turkey's role in the world.
The conference organizers are Roger Owen, A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle
East History and Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Cemal
Kafadar, Vehbi Koc Professor of Turkish Studies; Lenore Martin, Professor
of Political Science, Emmanuel College and Affiliate in Research, Center
for Middle Eastern Studies; and Dr. Dimitris Keridis, Coordinator of the
Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe.
THE FUTURE OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY,
TAUBMAN CONFERENCE ROOM (5th FLOOR)
JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
OCTOBER 24-25, 1998
PRELIMINARY AGENDA AND INVITEES
| Saturday, October 24 |
| 09:00 am | Welcome |
| 09:10 am | Retrospective on Turkish Foreign Policy on the 75th
Anniversary of the Republic
Feroz Ahmed, Professor of History, University of
Massachusetts |
| Turkish Foreign Policy Challenges - "East" |
| 09:30 am | Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, and Russia
Duygu Bazoglu Sezer, Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara
Middle East - Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel
Hasan Koni, Professor, Ankara University
Discussants: Patrick Seale, Author and Expert on Syria (UK)
Alon Liel, Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch
Speaker: Mumtaz Soysal, Professor, Member of Parliament and
former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey |
| Turkish Foreign Policy Challenges (continued) - "West" |
| 02:00 pm | Greece, Cyprus and the Aegean
Dr. Thanos Dokos, Ministry of National Defense of Greece and
Dr. Panayiotis Tsakonas, WCFIA Fellow at Harvard
European Union
Atila Eralp, Prof. of International Relations, Middle East Technical Univ., Ankara
Discussants: Kalypso Nicolaidis, Ass. Professor, Kennedy School, Harvard
Tom Niles, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to Greece |
| 06:30 pm | Coctails |
| 07:30 pm | Dinner
Speaker: Muharrem Kayhan, Chairman of the Industrialists
and Businessmen's Association of Turkey (TUSIAD) |
| Sunday, October 25 |
| 8:30 am | Breakfast
Speaker: Cengiz Candar, Journalist, Sabah |
| 10:00 am | Economic Growth and Strategic Resources
Economic Growth and Trade
Dani Rodrik, Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Water Resources
Ilter Turan, Professor, Bilgi University, Istanbul
Pipelines and Energy Networks
Kevin Brennan, Executive Vice-President, Mobil Eurasia Pipeline Corp.
Discussant: Ishak Alaton, Chair, Alarko Holding, A.S. |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch
Speaker: Yannis Kartalis, Managing Editor of To Vima Weekly, Athens |
| 02:00 pm | International Dimensions of Human Rights and Civil Society
An Overview
Sencer Ayata, Professor of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
The Kurds
Kemal Kirisci, Associate Professor of Political Science and
International Relations, Bogazici University, Istanbul
Discussants: Henry Steiner, Professor, Harvard Law School
Elizabeth Anderson, Human Rights Watch |
| 4:30 pm | Conclusions
Professors Roger Owen-CMES,
Cemal Kafadar-CMES,
Lenore Martin CMES and
Dr. Dimitris Keridis-Kokkalis Program |
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