GLODEM FOREIGN POLICY CONFERENCE
TURKISH-AMERICAN ALLIANCE IN A VOLATILE REGION:
CHALLENGES and OPPORTUNITIES
Founders Hall, Koç University
March 29, 2012
9.30-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:15 Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Umran İnan
President,Koç University
10:15-11:00 Keynote Speaker
Ambassador Francis Ricciardone
The US Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey
Renewing the Alliance and the Friendship
11:15-12:00 Keynote Speaker
Suat Kınıklıoğlu
Director, Center for Strategic Communication (STRATIM)
Former Member of Parliament, AKP
Turkey and the United States: Partners in No One’s World
12:00-13:30 LUNCH
13:30- 15:30 Panel I
Turkey-US and the Changing Dynamics of the Western Alliance
Panel Chair: Prof. Ziya Öniş, Director of GLODEM, Koç University
Joost Lagendijk, Istanbul Policy Center -Turkey, the US and the EU on Iran: standing united or falling divided?
Tarık Oğuzlu, Antalya International University Testing the strength of Turkish-American strategic relationship through NATO: Convergence or divergence within the Alliance?
Tommy Steiner, Institute for Strategy and Policy, IDC Herzliya Turkey-US and the Changing Dynamics of the Western Alliance: An Israeli Perspective
William Hale, London SOAS, Emeritus Turkish-Israeli relations and their impact on Turkey’s partnership with Washington
Mustafa Kibaroğlu, Okan University – Turkey’s place in the Missile Shield Project
15:45-17:15 Panel II
Turkey-US-Middle East Triangle in the Context of the Arab Spring
Panel Chair: Şuhnaz Yılmaz, Koç University
Nur Bilge Criss, Bilkent University – US-Turkey-Middle East: Yesterday and Today
Meliha Altunışık, Middle East Tachnical University – Arab Uprisings and Regional Power Constellations: Impact on Turkey-US Relations
Lenore Martin, Harvard University and Emmanuel College – Turkey and the US in a Bipolarizing Middle East
Kemal Kirişci, Boğaziçi University -The Arab Awakening and Completing Turkey’s regional integration: Challenges and Opportunities
17:30-18:30 Keynote Speaker
Prof. Sabri Sayarı, Bahçeşehir Universit – New Directions in U.S-Turkey Relations
19:30 Conference Dinner
