Workshop
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Monday, 17 September
09:30Welcome and Introduction
- Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director, Regional Program South Mediterranean, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tunisia
- Claudia Crawford, Head of Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Russia
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Professor, Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University, Turkey
- What’s at stake for Russia: costs of instability in the Southern Mediterranean
Dr. Irina Zvyagelskay, Head of the Section for Middle East Studies, Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Alternative appeal: Russia’s soft power approach and mediation capacities
Issandr El Amran, Project Director North Africa, International Crisis Group, Morocco
- Russian public diplomacy in North Africa
Dr.Sergey Kostelyanyets, Senior Research Fellow, Center for North African and African Horn Studies, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- New capacities, new tactics: Russian hybrid warfare
Dominik P. Jankowski, Political Adviser & Head of the Political Section, Polish Permanent Delegation to NATO, Brussels
11:45 Panel 2: Russian political ambitions: Moscow’s quest for strategic partnerships
Moderator: Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director, Regional Program South Mediterranean, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tunisia
- Egypt: Russia’s political gateway to the region?
Dr. H. A. Hellyer, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council, Egypt/UK
- Libya as key to regional stability
Dr. Vasily Kuznetsov, Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Military-technical cooperation with North Africa
Yury Barmin, Expert, Russian International Affairs Council, Russia
14:45 Panel 3: Russia’s economic access to the Southern Mediterranean
Moderator: Veronika Ertl, Research Associate, Regional Program South Mediterranean, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tunisia
- Untapped energy sources: Diversification made in North Africa
Alexandre Kateb, Director, COMPETENCE FINANCE, France
- Trade and tourism: Economic gateways into the Southern Mediterranean
Dr. Fathallah Oualalou, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center, Morocco
- Russian capabilities and limitations for reconstruction in the region
Dr. Nadia Arbatova, Head of Department, European Political Studies, Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Bilateral vs. regional: Capitalizing on regional economic compatibilities?
Hedi Larbi, Associate, Belfer Center's Middle East Initiative, Harvard University & Former Minister of Economic Infrastructure and Sustainable Development, Tunisia
!Tuesday, 18 September 2018
09:30 Panel 4: Stabilizing the region: competition or cooperation?
Moderator: Kristina Kausch, Senior Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund, Belgium
- Finding common ground: fields of cooperation with the EU
Dr. Hamza Meddeb, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Program, Chatham House, Tunisia
- Security cooperation in the Southern Mediterranean: What role can NATO still play?
Dr. Can Kasapoğlu, IPC-Stiftung Mercator Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany & Defense Analyst, EDAM, Turkey
- Maritime security: potentials for cooperation
Col.-Maj. Dr. Taoufik Marrakchi, Associated Researcher, Royal Institute for Strategic Studies, Morocco
- Russia and the Persian Gulf: An unlikely partnership?
Dr. Nikolay Kozhanov, Visiting Lecturer, European University St. Petersburg & Academy Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, Chatham House, Russia
12:00Feedback and Recommendations
