The Syrian Civil War - Regional Impacts and Perspectives

9.30 a.m. : Reception of guests

10.00 a.m. : A word of welcome presenting the symposium

10.05-12.30 a.m.:

REGIONAL IMPACTS OF THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

Moderator : Joyce BLAU, Professor Emeritus of Paris University, Paris

Speakers :

Mrs. Myriam BENRAAD, researcher at Sciences-Po.-CERI
« Impact of the Syrian conflit on Iraq ”
M. Hamit BOZARSLAN, research director at EHESS, Paris
« Impact of the Syrian conflit on Turkey ”
M. Bernard HEYBERGER, director of Studies at IISMM-EHESS
« The situation of Christians in Syria ”
Mme. Azadeh KIAN, Professor at Paris-7 Diderot
« Irano-Syrian relations »
M. Matthieu REY, researcher at Collège de France
« "Baath versus Baath " A comparison of the Iraqi and Syrian experiences ”
M. Jordi TEJEL, Professor-researcher at Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales et du développement, Geneva
« Looking at the Syrian Kurds ”

12.30 a.m. - 2.15 p.m. : Lunch Break

2.30 a.m. - 4.30 a.m.:

Moderator : Kendal NEZAN, President of the Kurdish Institute of Paris

Speakers :

M. Joseph BAHOUT, Professor Sciences-Po, Paris
M. Gerard CHALIAND, geopolitics expert
M. Peter GALBRAITH, former US Ambassador to Croatia, specialist on the Balkans and the Near East
M. Fuad HUSSEIN, Chief of staff of the President of Kurdistan
M. Bernard KOUCHNER, former French Minister for Foreign and Europeans Affairs

4.30 p.m. : A closing speech