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