International
Workshop:
OBOR and China’s
overseas interest In Middle East
Co-Hosted by:
Center of WestAsia and North Africa Studies, SASS
and Center
for Middle East Peace Studies, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Conference Venue
115 Conference
Room, Headquarter of SASS
(622-7, Huai Hai
Road(M), Shanghai ,China)
December 10,
2016 Shanghai, China
TENTATIVE AGENDA
Saturday ,
December 10
9:30-9:50
Moderator :
Wang Jian ,
Professor and Director of the Center for West Asia and North Africa Studies,
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China
Opening Remarks
Wang Zhen, Professor and Vice President
of Shanghai Academy of Social
9:50-10:00
10:00-11:00
Session I:
Sciences, China
Group Photo
Middle East
Crisis Development and the Impacts of geo-political Relations in the Region
(In this
session, lots of issues will be discussed , such as :The actual capability of
Assad Government, the obstacles for the political reconciliation, the deadlock
in negotiation between US and Russia, etc.)
Moderator:
Wang Jian , Professor and Deputy Director
of the Institute of History Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China
Presentations
(Each presenter has 15-20 minutes)
Tarik Yousef,
Senior Fellow and Director, Brookings Doha Center, USA
Tugrul
Keskin,Associate Professor of Center for Turkey Studies, Shanghai University
Commentary (Each
Commentator has 8 minutes)
Li
Lifan , Associate Professor and Executive Deputy Director of the OBOR Research
Center , Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
11:00-12:00
US Gambit
Free Discussion
Session II: The
Destabilizing Trends in Middle East: China and
(In this
session, We have focused on Regional powers such as Russia, China, Iran ,Turkey
, what are their positions, and what role they should play in Middle East
transition in and beyond 2016)
Moderator:
Tarik Yousef, Senior Fellow and Director,
Brookings Doha Center, USA
Presentations
(Each presenter has 15 minutes)
Andrea Ghiselli,
Research Fellow, T.Wai, Torino World Affairs Institute, Italy
Wang Chengzhi ,
Associate Professor, Institute of International Relations, Shanghai Academy of
Social Sciences
Commentary (Each
Commentator has 8 minutes)
Wang
Jian , Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of History Studies,
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China
Free Discussion
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:30-14:30
Session III: The US Security Strategy in the Middle East in the post-Obama era
(In this
session, lots of hot issues will be extensively discussed, Mr. Trump, US
President- elect seems to be cooperating with Russia on the grand issue of the
Middle East, the uncertainty of the fate of Assad, the legitimacy of the Syrian
government, whether Russia and the United States will jointly attack ISIS,
whether the United States will tear up the agreement with Iran, etc)
Moderators:
Li Lifan , Associate Professor and
Executive Deputy Director of OBOR Research
Center ,
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Presentations
(Each presenter has 15-20 minutes)
Ma Bin,
Assistant Professor and Secretary General of Center for Russian Studies, Fudan
University
Geoffrey F.
Gresh, Department Head and Associate Professor, International Security Studies,
College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, USA
Commentary (Each
Commentator has 8 minutes)
Chen
Yiyi, Professor and Director of Center for Middle East Peace Studies, Shanghai
Jiaotong University
Free Discussion
14:30-15:00 Coffee
Break
15:00- 16:30
Session VI: The Protection of China’s overseas interest in the region of
Mediterranean Sea and Middle East
(In
this session, we will be focusing on: The increasing risks and challenges faced
by Chinese enterprises in "going global" increasing
Political/economic/security/cultural risks accompanied with Chinese
enterprises. The protection of overseas interests for both people and
enterprises has huge urgent needs.)
Moderators:
Geoffrey F. Gresh, Department Head and
Associate Professor, International
Security
Studies, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense
University, USA
Presentations
(Each presenter has 15 minutes)
Chen Yiyi,
Professor and Director of Center for Middle East Peace Studies, Jiaotong
University
Guo Changgang,
Professor and Director of Center for Turkey Studies, Shanghai University
Wang Zhen ,
Associate Professor and Secretary General of Center for West Asia and North
Africa Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Commentary (Each
Commentator has 8 minutes)
Li
Lifan , Associate Professor and Executive Deputy Director of OBOR Research
Center , Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences 16:30-16:45
Closing Remarks
Chen Yiyi, Professor and Director of
Center for Middle East Peace
Studies,Jiaotong
University
17:20 Dinner
34th Floor, Jin Jiang Tower Hotel hosted
by SASS
List of
Participants
Wang Zhen,
Professor and Vice President of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Wang Jian,
Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of History Studies, Shanghai
Academy of Social Sciences
Wang Chengzhi ,
Associate Professor, Institute of International Relations, Shanghai Academy of
Social Sciences
Wang Zhen,
Associate Professor and Secretary General of Center for West Asia and North
Africa Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Li Lifan ,
Associate Professor and Executive Deputy Director of OBOR Research Center ,
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Ma
Bin, Assistant Professor and Secretary General of Center for Russian Studies,
Fudan University
Guo Changgang,
Professor and Director of Center for Turkish Studies, Shanghai University
Chen Yiyi, Professor and Director of
Center for Middle East Peace Studies, Jiaotong University
Tarik Yousef,
Director of Brookings Doha Center, USA
Geoffrey F.
Gresh, Department Head and Associate Professor, International Security Studies,
College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, USA
Andrea Ghiselli,
Research Fellow, T.Wai, Torino World Affairs Institute, Italy
Tugrul Keskin,
Associate Professor of Center for Turkish Studies, Shanghai University
