Host: Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Director, Chatham House
Speakers:
HRH Princess Badiya El Hassan of Jordan
Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC MP
Mahmoud Khayami, Khayami Foundation
Session I: 09.30-11.00
The Significance of the Shi’a Crescen
Chair: Sir Harold Walker, The Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Speakers:
Professor Vali Nasr, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School
Dr Kassem Jaafar, Diplomatic Adviser and Political Consultant
Professor Tariq Ramadan, St Antony’s College, Oxford
Session II: 11.30-13.00
The Iraq conflict and its regional ramification
Chair: Sir Stephen Egerton, British School of Archaeology in Iraq
Speakers:
- Dr Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
- Zaki Chehab, London Bureau Chief, Al-Hayat and LBC TV
- HE Dr Salah Al-Shaikhly, Ambassador of Iraq to the UK
Session III: 14.15-15.45
Iranian-Arab Relations
Chair: Sir Eldon Griffiths, Head of World Affairs Council, California
Speakers:
Dr Judith Yaphe, Distinguished Research Professor, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington D.C
Dr Mehrdad Khonsari, Centre for Arab and Iranian Studies
Roger Hardy, Middle East and Islamic Affairs Correspondent, BBC
Session IV: 16.15-17.45
Conclusions: The Sunni-Shi’a Political Divide: Real or Imaginary?
Chair: Dr Rosemary Hollis, Director of Research, Chatham House
Panel of Speakers:
Dr Ahmad Ghoreishi, Senior Lecturer, National Security Affairs Department,
Naval Postgraduate School
Dr Claire Spencer, Head, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
Nadim Shehadi, Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
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