TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2019
PATHWAYS TO CONSENSUS: IRAQ’S FUTURE IN A TURBULENT REGION?
Chair: Dr. Ranj Alaaldin, Brookings Institution
Speakers: H.E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional
Government
H.E. Bernard Kouchner, Former Foreign Minister, France
Workshop 1: Regional Consensus and Conflict Resolution: What role for
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region? A special collaboration between Carnegie
Corporation of New York, Virginia Tech University, Brookings Institution
in Doha and Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp.
Workshop 2: Strengthening Institutions: Reform, Democracy &
Governance in Iraq & the Kurdistan Region A special collaboration
between Oxford University’s OxGaps Institute, King’s College London,
Middle East Policy Group and Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp.
Workshop 3: Reconstruction, IDPs & the Post-ISIS Era: Dialogue &
Reconciliation A special collaboration between Oxford University’s
OxGaps Institute, Middle East Policy Group, and The American University
of Kurdistan
Workshop 4: A Framework for co-existence & co-operation:
Erbil-Baghdad Relations A special collaboration between The American
University of Kurdistan and the Center for Peace and Human Security
WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2019
PATHWAYS TO CONSENSUS: IRAQ’S FUTURE IN A TURBULENT REGION?
Speakers
His Excellency Falih Fayyadh, National Security Advisor, Iraq
His Excellency Mala Bakhtiar, PUK Politburo Executive Secretary
His Excellency Bashir al-Haddad, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Iraq
His Excellency Rebar Ahmed Khalid, Minister of Interior,
Kurdistan Regional Government
Speakers
Dr. Mohammed Radhi, Senior Advisor to Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim
Dr. Ken Pollack, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Osman Sert, Ankara Institute
Dr. Irina Zvyagelskaya, World Economy & International Relations Institute in Moscow
Dr. Mohammad Ali Shabani, Center for Strategic Research in Tehran
Speakers
H.E. Prime Minister Masrour Barzani,
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
Speakers
Dr. Linda Robinson, RAND
Dr. Karen Young, American Enterprise Institute
Ambassador Ramon Blecua, European Union
Mr. Brian Katz, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mr. Galip Dalay, Al Sharq Forum, Istanbul
Speakers
Dr. Dalia Kaye, RAND Corporation
Dr Hassan Ahmadian, Tehran University
Dr. David Pollock, Washington Institute
Ms. Dareen Khalifa, International Crisis Group
Ms. Clarisse Pasztory, European Union
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