Window of Opportunity or Collapse of a Region? - Western Middle East Policies and Israel after the Deal with Iran

International Conference of the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin and The Institute for National Security Studies

Saturday - Sunday, 21-22 November 2015

Auditorium Friedrichstraße

Quartier 110, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin

Documentation

The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB) and the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) from Tel Aviv held a joint international conference in Berlin as part of the program of the 50th anniversary of the German-Israeli Diplomatic Relations. The conference took place in Berlin in November 2015, and had the title: “Window of Opportunity or Collapse of a Region?  - Western Middle East Policies and Israel after the Deal with Iran”.The conference was supported by Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). 

Topics of the conference were: 

• to analyze the impact of the nuclear deal with Iran;
• to deepen the understanding for Israel’s security needs;
• to strengthen relations between Israeli and German scholars and decision makers;
• to inform the public about the developments in a rapidly changing Middle East;
• to raise awareness about the threats of Islamist movements and regimes,;
• to analyze the current situation in Syria after the escalation of the refugee crisis and Russia’s military intervention

Speakers

• Kamal Allabwani (Syrian Opposition)
• Prof. Gabriel Noah Brahm (Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Northern Michigan University)
• Reuel Marc Gerecht (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)
• Simone Dinah Hartmann (Founder STOP THE BOMB, Vienna)
• Alan Johnson (Editor, Fathom Magazine, UK)
• Dr. Matthias Küntzel (Author, Political Scientist, Hamburg)
• Dr. Anat Kurz (INSS)
• Dr. Emily Landau (INSS)
• Dr. David Pollock (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
• Boris Reitschuster (Journalist, Author, Berlin)
• Michael Spaney (MFFB)
• Dr. Jonathan Spyer (IDC Herzliya)
• Shimon Stein (INSS)