09.00 - 10.00 - Opening Remarks

Speakers

  • Mehmet Naci İnci Rector, Boğaziçi University
  • Mohammed Mukhtar Al Khalil Director, PhD, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
  • Murat Yeşiltaş Professor & Director of Foreign Policy Studies, SETA Foundation Member of Presidential Committee on Security and Foreign Policy, Türkiye
  • WU Xueming Professor & Vice President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
  • Muhammed Ali Uçar Chairman, Board of Trustees, PLUS Institute
  • Selçuk Aydın Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science

Session 1 | 10:30 - 12:00 Great Power Competition and Imperial Legacies: Questioning the Position of the Middle East

Moderator

  • İpek Coşkun Armağan General Coordinator, PhD, Institute Social Member of Presidential Committe on Social and Youth Policies, Türkiye

Speakers

  • Ersel Aydınlı Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University
  • Guo Chang-gang Professor, Institute of Global Studies, Shanghai University
  • Sami Al-Arian Professor & General Coordinator, Center for Islam and Global Affairs, Istanbul Zaim University
  • H.A. Hellyer Senior Associate Fellow in Middle East Affairs, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) Senior Fellow in Geopolitics, Center for American Progress
  • Özden Zeynep Oktav Professor & Head of International Relations Department at Faculty of Political Science, İstanbul Medeniyet University Member of Presidential Committee on Security and Foreign Policy, Türkiye

Lunch Break | 12.15 - 13.15

Session 2 | 13.30 - 15.00 Trade Routes (BRI, INSTC, and IMEC), Supply Chains and Strategic Competition: India, Russia and China in Global Trade

Moderator

  • Arafat Shoukri Senior Researcher, PhD, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

Speakers

  • Wang Jinhui Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Global Studies, Shanghai University
  • Gürol Baba Professor, Department Of International Relations, Social Sciences University of Ankara
  • XIE Yiqing Associate Professor, Institute of China Studies, SASS
  • Musab Iqbal Lecturer,PhD, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster
  • Mehmet Özkan Professor, International Relations at Joint War Institute, Turkish National Defence University

Session 3 | 15:30 - 17:00 Europe at the Crossroads: Strategic Autonomy or Reinforcing the Western Alliance under the US Hegemony?

Moderator

  • Şeyma Ekiz Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University

Speakers

  • Talha Köse President, the Turkish National Intelligence Academy
  • Uli Bruckner EU Jean Monnet Professor at Stanford in Berlin Academic Director, Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies (CCDS)
  • Hugh Lovatt Senior Policy Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations
  • Akif Emre Öktem Professor of International Law, Galatarasay University

17:30 - 18:30 Reception and Networking Session

Session 4 | 9:30 - 11:00 Great Power Rivalry in MENA: Regional Stakes and Strategic Alignments

Moderator

  • Selçuk Aydın Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University

Speakers

  • Zeinab Ghasemi Tari Professor & Head of the Institute for North American and European Studies at University of Tehran.
  • Amur Gadzhiev Director, Centre for Modern Türkish Studies, PhD & Senior Researcher, the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Yang Chen Director, PhD, Center for Turkish Studies, Shanghai University
  • Akif Kireçci Dean & Professor, Social Sciences University of Ankara Member, Presidential Committee on Security and Foreign Policy, Türkiye
  • Ramzy Ezzeldine Ramzy Ambassador (ret) Former Senior Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations

Session 5 | 11:30 - 13:00 From Fragmentation to Cooperation? Regional Initiatives vs Global Strategies in the Middle East

Moderator

  • Du Donghui Assistant Professor, Center for Turkish Studies, Shanghai University

Speakers

  • Murat Yeşiltaş Professor & Director of Foreign Policy Studies, SETA Foundation Member of Presidential Committee on Security and Foreign Policy, Türkiye
  • Mahjoob Zweiri Professor, Contemporary Middle East Politics, Qatar University
  • Temel Kotil Professor of Aeronautical Engineer CEO & Board Member, Çalık Energy
  • Mohamed Ihsan Senior Professor, School of Security Studies, KCL & Senior Visiting Professor, Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale University
  • Maria Gloria Polimeno Research Fellow, PhD, University of Exeter & SOAS Middle East Institute (SMEI)

Lunch Break | 13:30 - 14:30

Session 6 | 15.00 - 16.30 Where the World is Heading: Changing Conflicts, Norms, and Hierarchies on the International Stage

Moderator

  • Hasan Basri Bülbül Assistant Professor of International Law, Boğaziçi University

Speakers

  • Mohammed Mukhtar Al Khalil Director, PhD, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
  • Sukanya Podder Professor, School of Security Studies, KCL & Defence Academy of the UK
  • Selver B. Şahin Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University
  • Juline Beaujouan Senior Research Fellow, Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep), University of Edinburgh
  • Hassan Ahmadian Assistant Professor of Middle East and North Africa Studies, University of Tehran Senior Research Fellow, Middle East Scientific and Strategic Studies Center

Roundtable Discussion with Young Scholars | 17.00-18.00 Strategic Crossroads: The Middle East and the Emerging New World Order

Speakers

  • Hasan Altın PhD, College of Liberal Arts-Global Studies-Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China Gaziantep University
  • Oğuz Şahbaz PhD, Diplomatic Academy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation Recep Tayyip Erdogan University
  • Fatma Yıldız PhD, Cape Town University, South Africa Hacettepe University
  • Yucel Bulut PhD, Noida International University, India Karadeniz Technical University
  • Murat Döleker PhD, Moscow State University, Ministry of National Education of Türkiye