4th China and The Middle East Conference:
China and West Asia: Economic Development; and Social and Political Cooperation
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University
Cappadocia - TURKEY
June 20-22, 2018
Organized by
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Republic of Turkey
And
Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China
Co-sponsored by Cappadocia University, Republic of Turkey
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY - JUNE 20, 2018
OPENING CEREMONY - 9:00 – 9:45
AM
WELCOME SPEECH
Mazhar Bagli, Professor and President, Nevsehir
Haci Bektas Veli University
Hasan Ali Karasar, Professor and President - Cappadocia
University.
Ertan Ozensel, Professor and Vice President - Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University
COFFEE BREAK – 9:45 – 10:00 AM
PANEL -1: CHINA AND THE MIDDLE
EAST – 10:00 – 11:30 AM
CHAIR: Seriye Sezen,
Professor, Public
Administration Institute for Turkey and Middle East, TURKEY.
1. China and West Asia in the Prism of ‘16+1’:
Is there Anything that the Middle East Can Learn from East Europe?
Emilian Kavalski
Li Dak Sum Chair Professor in China-Eurasia
Relations and International Studies University of Nottingham Ningbo China
2. End of globalization or is it completed?
Looking for a new World Order
Bahar Baysal Kar
PhD., Kırklareli University, Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Kırklareli,
Turkey,
Taha Egri
PhD., Kırklareli University, Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Kırklareli,
Turkey,
3. India-China Maritime Cooperation in the
Indian Ocean Region: Opportunities and Challenges
Lee YingHui
Senior Analyst with the Maritime Security
Program at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang
Technological University
4. The Role of China in New World Order
Transformation Process: Model, Perspective, Obstacles
Rinata Terkulova
Ph. D. candidate in International Relations
at Sakarya University, Turkey.
PANEL - 2: CHINA AND TURKEY – 10:00 – 11:30 AM
CHAIR: Yang Chen, Assistant
Professor, College of Liberal Art, Shanghai University, CHINA.
1. Haiguo Tuzhi and Chinese Impressions on
Turkey in the Late Qing Dynasty
Jiang Xinyu
Institute of Middle Eastern Studies,
Northwest University, China
2. The Revisionist Relation of Turkey and the
United States: From an Ally to an Enemy?
Tang Zhichao
Senior Researcher fellow, Director of
Middle East Division, The Institute of Middle East and Africa Studies, Chinese
Academy of Social Science(CASS).
3. Representations of China in the Turkish
Media between 1923 and 1950
Ümit Alperen
Süleyman Demirel University
Eyüp Ersoy
Independent Researcher
4. New Silk Roads: Geo-economics and
Geopolitics?
Mohammadbagher Forough
Assistant professor of International
Relations at Leiden University and a research associate at Clingendael
Institute.
5. A Study of Turkey’s Role in Eurasia under
the Context of BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) from the Perspective of
Geopolitics
Yan Tianqin
(严天钦 PhD and associate professor) (The
School of Foreign Languages and Cultures/Centre for European Studies, Sichuan
University, Chengdu, China.
6. China – Turkey Relations within the
Framework of Great Power – Middle Power Relations
Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin
Asst.Prof.Dr. Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of
Political Science, Department of International Relations
ozsahin@konya.edu.tr
Segâh Tekin
Asst.Prof.Dr. Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of
Political Science, Department of International Relations
LUNCH – 12:00 – 13:00 PM
PANEL – 3: CHINA AND IRAN –
13:30 – 15:00 PM
1. China-Iran's Economic and Trade Relations
under Sanctions
Sajjad Talebi
PhD Candidate at Fudan University,
Shanghai, P.R.C.
2. The Nuclear Issue and Sino-Iran
Relationship
Zhen Jiang
Professor at the Institute of Middle
Eastern Studies of Northwest University, China
3. China’s One Belt One Road Initiative:
Opportunity or Challenge for Iran
Behzad Abdollahpour
MA student of North American Studies at the
Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran.
4. China’s Energy Driven Initiatives with
Iran: Implications for the United States
Zahid Khan
PhD Research Scholar [World History] Global
Studies Center, College of Liberal Arts Shanghai University, PR, China
5. Beyond Optimistic and Pessimistic Debates
on the Rise of China: Exploring Active Pragmatism in China’s Foreign Policy
Toward the Middle East
Kadir Temiz
İstanbul Şehir University, Political
Science and International Relations
PANEL – 4: CHINA AND ARAB WORLD
– 13:30 – 15:00 PM
CHAIR: Hasan Ali
Karasar, Professor and President - Cappadocia University.
1. Cooperation between China and Oman under
the “Belt & Road” Initiative
Han Zhibin
Institute of Middle Eastern of Northwest
University in Xian, China
2. A NEW PARADIGM IN THE GULF ABSTRACT
Mattia Tomba
Senior Research Fellow at the Middle East
Institute in Singapore.
Simona Azzali
Researcher in urban studies at the Dept. of
Architecture, National University of Singapore.
3. The New stage of Syrian Civil War and
Adjustments of China’s Policies
Wang Lishen
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences (GSCASS) Institute of West-Asia and Africa Studies (IWAAS)
Beijing, China
4. Chinese conflict management in Libya, Syria
and Yemen after the Arab Uprisings
Guy Burton
Assistant Professor at the Mohammed Bin
Rashid School of Government in Dubai, UAE
5. China-United States Competition: The Middle
East as a Space of a Global Rivalry
Rehab Sakr
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of
Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, Egypt
COFFEE BREAK – 15:00 – 15:30 PM
PANEL – 5: CHINA AND MIDDLE
EASTERN AFFAIRS – 15:30 – 17:00 PM
CHAIR: Gokhan Bozbas,
Assistant Professor – Necmettin Erbakan University, TURKEY.
1. The end of China's non-interference policy
in the internal affairs of Middle Eastern countries
Shabnam Dadparvar
Postdoctoral researcher at North-West
University of Xian.
2.
China’s Middle
East Foreign Policy: From Revolutionary Idealism to Political Pragmatism
Noureddin Zaamout
Department of Political Science University
of Alberta
3. Global Governance Conception of Turkey and
China and the Middle East
Muzaffer Senel
Assistant Professor Istanbul Şehir
University, Humanities and Social Sciences
Political Science and International Relations
Şükrü AYDIN
Nişantaşı University and İstanbul
University Faculty of Economic, Administrative and Social Sciences
International Relations
4.
Constructing
National Interests: China and the 'Belt and Road' Initiative
Ran HU
PhD candidate at the Department of
Politics, University of York, UK
5. China as a main partner for Iraq
reconstruction: Partnership and a Window of Opportunity for the Middle
East?
João Guilherme
Benetti Ramos
Graduate
Student at Getúlio Vargas Foundation
(CPDOC/FGV)
PANEL – 6: CHINA AND OBOR –
15:30 – 17:00 PM
CHAIR: Sean Foley,
Associate Professor - Middle Tennessee State University, USA
1. Locating the Middle-East in China’s Belt
and Road Initiative: Assessing the Challenges, Benefits and Opportunities
Clayton
Hazvinei Vhumbunu
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in International
Relations within the School of Social Sciences at the University of
KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban; South Africa. He is also an Associate Researcher
in the Institute of China-Africa Studies in Southern Africa (ICASSA); Zimbabwe.
2. The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: A
Leverage of Geo-economic Power for Geo-political Objectives?
Conrad John Masabo
Department of Politics East China Normal
University (ECNU), China and Department of History, Political Science, and
Development Studies, Dar es Salaam University College of Education, University
of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
3.
Prospects of Armenia in the Involvement in
Chinese "One Belt, One Road" Initiative
Mher
Sahakyan
Director,
““China-Eurasia” Council for Political and Strategic Research” Foundation,
Armenia
4. Belt and Road Initiative at the Caucasus:
Role of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Route in Integrating China and
Europe
Oktay TANRISEVER
Professor, Department of International
Relations, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Aziz AKSU
PhD Candidate, Middle East Technical
University, Turkey
5. The Making of Turkey’s Asia Policy
Omair Anas
Research Fellow at the Indian Council of
World Affairs, India.
DINNER – 18:00 – 20:00 PM
THURSDAY - JUNE 21, 2018
PANEL – 7: CHINA AND ECONOMY –
9:00 – 10:30 AM
CHAIR: Ertan Ozensel, Professor and Vice President - Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University
1. The Cooperation between China and
Afghanistan under the “Belt and Road Initiative”
Yan Wei
Associate Professor, The Institute of
Middle Eastern Studies, Northwest University, China yanweikaka@163.com
2. Threats and Perspectives of BRI of China to
Central Asia
Zholdasbekova Akbota
Dean of Faculty of International Relations,
professor of UNESCO Chair for Ethnic and Religious Tolerance, PhD in Political
Science Eurasian National University, Astana
3. Could China’s Innovation Driven Economy be
a model for Turkey’s Economic Growth?: A Benchmark Model
Gonca Oğuz Gök
Asst. Prof., Business Administration, Gebze
Technical University, Kocaeli, Turkey,
Mehmet Şahin Gök
Assoc. Prof., Political Science, Marmara
University, İstanbul, Turkey,
4.
Diaspora Politics of China
and Chinese Population in Central Asia
Fırat Yaldız
Associate Professor, Kastamonu University,
Turkey
Ayşe Çolpan Kavuncu
Associate Professor, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt
University, Turkey
5.
Study on the
Path to Connect the Belt and Road Initiative and Middle Corridor Program
Wei Min
Ph.,D Professor Institute of West Asian and
African Studies Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Özlem Arzu Azer
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Istanbul Esenyurt University
PANEL – 8: CHINA AND – 9:00 – 10:30 AM
CHAIR:
1. China’s Relations with North Africa: From
Ideology to Pragmatism
Yahia H. Zoubir
EDGE Business School -France
2. China Pakistan Economic Corridor:
Integrating China with the Persian Gulf and East Africa
Adam Saud
Assistant Professor of International
Relations Department of Humanities and Social sciences, Bahria University,
Islamabad, Pakistan
3. Understanding the US-China-Middle East
strategic triangle
Michael McCall
American University of Beirut
4. ‘Why
Do They Hate Us?’: The Potential of Beijing amid U.S. Foreign Policy tilts
regarding the Arab-Israeli Conflict in the Post-Trilateralist Age
Ian Nelson
Assistant Professor in Transnational
History and Politics, School of International Studies, The University of Nottingham,
Ningbo, China.
COFFEE BREAK – 10:30 – 11:00 AM
PANEL – 9: CHINA AND CULTURE – 11:00
AM – 12:30 PM
CHAIR:
1. China’s railway diplomacy
Andreea Cristina
Brînză National University of Political
Studies and Public Administration; Bucharest, Romania
2. China’s International Identity Debates:
Developing Country, Regional Power or Great Power?
Nilgün ELİKÜÇÜK YILDIRIM
Research Assistant, Gazi University,
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of International
Relations, Ankara, Turkey.
3. Thinking politics outside the box: A case
for teaching classical Chinese philosophy in Mideast universities
Edward Moad
Assistant Professor of Islamic and Asian /
Comparative philosophy Qatar University
4. Educational Opportunities of One Belt One
Road Initiative
Hakan Dilman
Maltepe University, Faculty of Education,
İstanbul-Turkey
5. Trade versus Security: Sino-Israeli
Security Relations in a Game of Three Players
Haotan Wu
School of International Studies, Peking
University, China Email Address:
Dalei Jie
Associate professor at the School of
International Studies of Peking University in Beijing, China.
PANEL – 10: CHINA AND ENERGY –
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
CHAIR:
1. The Civilizational Perspective in Turkey’s
Emphasis of International Justice for a Post-Western Order
Aslı Ege
Associate Professor in Marmara University
2. CHINESE OIL DEPENDENCY AND THE ROLE OF THE
MIDDLE EAST
Tankut Yildirim
Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) as
Analyst and Phd candidate in METU, Turkey
3. The Rising of China in the Middle East
Barış DOSTER
Associate professor of political science
and international relations at Marmara University, Faculty of Communication,
Turkey
4. Chinese Nuclear Exports Strategy Towards
Middle East: Motivations, Advantages and Potential Challenges
Çiğdem Pekar
Assistant Profesor, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart
University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of International
Relations, Turkey
LUNCH – 12:30 – 13:30 PM
PANEL – 11: ASIA AND GLOBAL
GOVERVANCE- 14:00 – 16:00 PM
CHAIR: Tugrul Keskin,
Shanghai University, China. tugrulkeskin@t.shu.edu.cn
1. TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN ALGERIA AND TURKEY
Zine BARKA
Professor of Economics Director - Groupe de
Recherche en Economie des Finances Publiques – GREFiP Université de
Tlemcen
2. China’s security policies in West Asia: a
key for economic development
Arwa BEN AHMED
SSR Project Assistant at the USIP and
Currently PhD Student on Arm Trafficking in Mena Region, University of
Juridical , Political and Social Sciences of Tunis
3. Balik-Islam Movement among Filipino
Migrants in the Middle East and Southeast Asia
Teresita Cruz-del Rosario
PhD|Senior Research Fellow Asia Research
Institute|National University of Singapore
4. TURKEY AND ONE BELT ONE ROAD
INITIATIVE
Seyit Ali Avcu
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University
PANEL – 12: ASIA AND GLOBAL
GOVERVANCE- 14:00 – 16:00 PM
CHAIR: Yahia H. Zoubir, Professor, EDGE Business School
-France
1. The Trans-Caspian International Transport
Route – flowing value from China to Europe
Fuzuli Aliyev
Head of Finance Chair Baku Engineering
University, Azerbiajan
2. The Cultural Exchange between China and the
Middle East under the Belt and Road Initiative - Take Turkey as an example
Xiaomei Zhang
Graduate student in Marmara University in
Turkey.
3. BRI and China’s Middle East Policy:
Evaluating the potential for Change or Continuity
Afsah Qazi
National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
4. ASSESSING CHINA’S RELATIONS WITH THE GCC
APPLYING A “COOPERATIVE” RATIONAL CHOICE MODEL
Dajani Tarek Suleiman
PHD studies in International Affairs at the
University of Buckingham, The UK - and International Business School, Budapest
5. Accessible Tourism's Contribution to
Economic Integration of China and Turkey
Seval Özbalcı PhD Candidate, Manisa Celal
Bayar Üniversitesi, Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksekokulu
18:00 - 20:00
