Canvis geopolítics i dinàmiques internes a l’Orient Mitjà i el Nord d’Àfrica

Conferència amb motiu de l’inici del projecte MENARA

ACTIVITAT REALITZADA
5 de maig 2016 - 09:30h
LOCALITZACIÓ: CIDOB, sala Jordi Maragall, Elisabets 12, 08001 Barcelona
ORGANITZAT PER: CIDOB

Objectiu

Estem entenent veritablement el que passa a l’Orient Mitjà i el Nord d’Àfrica des del 2011? Els últims cinc anys han estat marcats per la confrontació entre forces revolucionàries i reaccionàries, una creixent fragmentació regional i noves formes i focus de conflicte. Un nou escenari geopolític està prenent forma. Aquesta conferència dóna inici al projecte MENARA (Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture), liderat pel CIDOB amb la participació de 14 institucions i finançada per la UE per un període de tres anys. Aquest projecte d’investigació analitza els motors de canvi de l’ordre regional i les conseqüències d’aquests desafiaments geopolítics per a Europa. Aquesta conferència serà una plataforma per dialogar sobre l’emergència de nous lideratges, la recomposició d’aliances regionals i el solapament de diferents línies de fractura. Tot això marcarà el futur de la regió en les properes dècades.

 

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       This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme          under grant agreement No 693244

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Participants

SPEAKERS

Meliha Altunisik

Meliha Altunisik

Professor, Middle East Technical University (METU, Ankara)

Abdullah Baabood

Abdullah Baabood

Director, Gulf Studies Program, Qatar University (Doha)

Jordi Bacaria

Jordi Bacaria

Director, CIDOB

Sven Biscop

Sven Biscop

Director of the Europe in the World Programme, Egmont Institute (Brussels)

Virginie Collombier

Virginie Collombier

Research Fellow, European University Institute (EUI, Florence)

Silvia Colombo

Silvia Colombo

Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI, Rome)

Katerina Dalacoura

Katerina Dalacoura

Associate Professor, London School of Economics (LSE)

Francis Ghilès

Francis Ghilès

Associate Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB

Edgar Göll

Edgar Göll

Head of Research Futures Studies & Participation, Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT, Berlin)

Aybars Görgülü

Aybars Görgülü

Projects Manager, Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies (PODEM, Istanbul)

Shireen T. Hunter

Shireen T. Hunter

Research Professor, Georgetown University (Washington DC)

Lorenzo Kamel

Lorenzo Kamel

Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI, Rome)

Martin Keulertz

Martin Keulertz

Research Fellow, King’s College London

Djallil Lounnas

Djallil Lounnas

Assistant Professor, Al Akhawayn University (AUI, Ifrane)

Karim Makdisi

Karim Makdisi

Associate Professor, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Helle Malmvig

Helle Malmvig

Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS, Copenhagen)

Emanuela Menichetti

Emanuela Menichetti

Director of the Renewable Energy Division, Observatoire Méditerranéen de I'Energie (OME, Paris)

Pol Morillas

Pol Morillas

Research Fellow, CIDOB

Erzsébet Rózsa

Erzsébet Rózsa

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT, Budapest)

Randa Slim,

Randa Slim,

Director of Track II Dialogues initiative, Middle East Institute (Washington DC)

Eduard Soler i Lecha

Eduard Soler i Lecha

Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB

Robert Springborg

Robert Springborg

Visiting Professor, King’s College London and IAI

Nathalie Tocci

Nathalie Tocci

Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI, Rome)

Eckart Woertz

Eckart Woertz

Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB

Canvis geopolítics i dinàmiques internes a l’Orient Mitjà i el Nord d’Àfrica ACTIVITAT REALITZADA

09:30h Welcome Coffee

10:00h WELCOME REMARKS

Jordi Bacaria, Director, CIDOB

Eduard Soler i Lecha, Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB

Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI, Rome) 

10:30h WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE REGION AFTER 2011?

Change and continuity in MENA societies, polities and narratives

 

Chair: Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI, Rome)

Inputs:

Lorenzo Kamel, Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI, Rome)

Virginie Collombier, Research Fellow, European University Institute (EUI, Florence)

Katerina Dalacoura, Associate Professor, London School of Economics (LSE)

Robert Springborg, Visiting Professor, King’s College London and IAI

Randa Slim, Director of Track II Dialogues initiative, Middle East Institute (Washington DC)

12:00h Coffee-break

12:30h A MORE FRAGMENTED REGION?

The emerging regional order and overlapping cleavages

 

Chair: Eduard Soler i Lecha, Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB

Inputs:

Helle Malmvig, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS, Copenhagen)

Karim Makdisi, Associate Professor, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Djallil Lounnas, Assistant Professor, Al Akhawayn University (AUI, Ifrane)

Silvia Colombo, Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI, Rome)

Meliha Altunisik, Professor, Middle East Technical University (METU, Ankara)

14:00h Lunch

15:00h A GLOBAL LABORATORY OR A GLOBAL EXCEPTION?

Global power shifts, natural resources and sustainable development

Chair: Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB

Inputs:

Erzsébet Rózsa, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT, Budapest)

Edgar Göll, Head of Research Futures Studies & Participation, Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT, Berlin)

Emanuela Menichetti, Director of the Renewable Energy Division, Observatoire Méditerranéen de I'Energie (OME, Paris)

Martin Keulertz, Research Fellow, King’s College London

16:30h Coffee-break

17:00h THE WORLD AND THE MENA REGION

Policy challenges, critical junctures, tough decisions

                       

Chair: Pol Morillas, Research Fellow, CIDOB

Inputs:

Aybars Görgülü, Projects Manager, Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies (PODEM, Istanbul)

Shireen T. Hunter, Research Professor, Georgetown University (Washington DC)

Abdullah Baabood, Director, Gulf Studies Program, Qatar University (Doha)

Francis Ghilès, Associate Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB

18:30h CONCLUDING REMARKS: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE EU?

Sven Biscop, Director of the Europe in the World Programme, Egmont Institute (Brussels)