Conference: “The Greater Middle East & Central Asia in 2020 And Its Implications for American Foreign Policy”

EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Patel Center for Global Solutions Auditorium USF Tampa Campus

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Monday, March 17, 2014

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Registration

9:00 - 9:20 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

Dr. Roger Brindley Vice Provost & USF System Associate Vice President for USF World

Dr. Mohsen Milani Professor and Executive Director USF World Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies

Opening Remarks Dr. Judy Genshaft President University of South Florida System

9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Keynote Lecture

Mr. Roger Cohen Author and columnist for

“Let the Dice Fall Where They May: The Post-America Middle East”

Moderator: Dr. Mohsen Milani Professor and Executive Director USF World Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies

10:30 - 10:45 am Break

10:45 - 12:00 pm Section I: Weapons of Mass Destruction in 2020

Dr. Gary Samore Executive Director for Research The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Kennedy School of Government,

“Who Will Have the Bomb in 2020”

Moderator: Dr. Randy Borum Professor, USF School of Information

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch: Food Trucks Available for Meal Purchases

1:00 - 2:10 p.m. Session III: The Persian Gulf in 2020

Dr. Frederic Wehrey Senior Associate The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

“The New Insecurity in the Gulf and U.S. Strategy”

Moderator: Mr. Walter Andrusyszyn USF College of Business

2:10 - 3:20 p.m. Section III: The Levant in 2020

Dr. Augustus Richard Norton Professor and Director The Institute for Iraqi Studies,

“Back to the Future in Syria or a New Future?”

Moderator: TBD

3:20 - 3:35 p.m. Break

3:35 - 4:50 p.m. Section IV: Economic Prospects for the Middle East and Central Asia in 2020

Dr. Juha Kahkonen Deputy Director of Middle East and Central Asia Department International Monetary Fund (IMF)

"The Economic Situation, Challenges, and Opportunities in Central Asia and the Middle East”

Moderator: Dr. Moez Limayem Dean, USF College of Business Tuesday, March 18, 2014

8:45 - 9:00 a.m. Dr. Roger Brindley Vice Provost and USF System Associate Vice President for USF World

9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Section IV: The Arab Spring in 2020

Dr. Emad Shahin Professor, The American University in Cairo Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics

“The Arab Spring and Egypt in 2020”

Moderator: Mr. Mark Bebawi Rice University

10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 - 11:45 a.m. Section IV: American Foreign Policy in 2020

Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institutions

“Through a Glass Darkly: Irresponsible Speculations about American Foreign Policy in 2020”

Moderator: Dr. Michael Decker USF Maroulis Professor of Byzantine History and Orthodox Religion and Associate Professor of History

11:45 - 12:00 p.m. Concluding Remarks