Window of Opportunity or Collapse of a Region? - Western Middle East Policies and Israel after the Deal with Iran

 

International Conference of the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin and The Institute for National Security Studies

 
Saturday - Sunday, 21-22 November 2015
Auditorium Friedrichstraße
Quartier 110, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin

 

Documentation

 

The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB) and the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) from Tel Aviv held a joint international conference in Berlin as part of the program of the 50th anniversary of the German-Israeli Diplomatic Relations. The conference took place in Berlin in November 2015, and had the title: “Window of Opportunity or Collapse of a Region?  - Western Middle East Policies and Israel after the Deal with Iran”.The conference was supported by Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). 

 

Topics of the conference were: 

  • to analyze the impact of the nuclear deal with Iran;
  • to deepen the understanding for Israel’s security needs;
  • to strengthen relations between Israeli and German scholars and decision makers;
  • to inform the public about the developments in a rapidly changing Middle East;
  • to raise awareness about the threats of Islamist movements and regimes,;
  • to analyze the current situation in Syria after the escalation of the refugee crisis and Russia’s military intervention

 

Speakers

  • Kamal Allabwani (Syrian Opposition)
  • Prof. Gabriel Noah Brahm (Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Northern Michigan University)
  • Reuel Marc Gerecht (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)
  • Simone Dinah Hartmann (Founder STOP THE BOMB, Vienna)
  • Alan Johnson (Editor, Fathom Magazine, UK)
  • Dr. Matthias Küntzel (Author, Political Scientist, Hamburg)
  • Dr. Anat Kurz (INSS)
  • Dr. Emily Landau (INSS)
  • Dr. David Pollock (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
  • Boris Reitschuster (Journalist, Author, Berlin)
  • Michael Spaney (MFFB)
  • Dr. Jonathan Spyer (IDC Herzliya)
  • Shimon Stein (INSS)