The Future of the Middle East and North Africa The 29th Annual Norris and Margery Bendetson Supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York EPIIC International Symposium and the Taiwan Foundation In collaboration with the February 26-March 2, 2014 MENA Division of International Crisis Group, the MENA Division of the World Bank, the International Security Studies Program of The Fletcher School at Tufts University EPIIC tuftsgloballeadership.org/programs/epiic EPIIC is an integrated, multidisciplinary program that was founded at Tufts University in 1985. Through its inno- vative and intensive curricula and projects, EPIIC prepares young people to play active roles in their communities, whether at the local, national or global level. It is student-centered education that promotes the linkage of theory to practice and encourages moral responsibility, lifelong learning, and engaged citizenship. Each year, EPIIC ex- plores a complex global issue that tests and transcends national sovereignty. Past topics: 1986 International Terrorism 1987 The West Bank and Gaza 1988 Covert Action and Democracy 1988 Foreign Policy Imperatives for the Next Presidency 1989 Drugs, International Security and U.S. Foreign Policy 1990 The Militarization of the Third World 1991 Confronting Political and Social Evil 1992 International Security: The Environmental Dimension 1993 Transformations in the Global Economy 1994 Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationalism 1995 20/20 Visions of the Future: Anticipating the Year 2020 1996 Religion, Politics, and Society 1997 The Future of Democracy 1998 Exodus and Exile: Refugees, Migration and Global Security 1999 Global Crime, Corruption and Accountability 2000 Global Games: Sports, Politics, and Society 2001 Race and Ethnicity 2002 Global Inequities 2003 Sovereignty and Intervention 2004 Dilemmas of Empire and Nationbuilding: The Role of the US in the World 2005 Oil and Water 2006 The Politics of Fear 2007 Global Crises: Governance and Intervention 2008 Global Poverty and Inequality 2009 Cities: Forging an Urban Future 2010 South Asia: Conflict, Culture, Complexity and Change 2011 Our Nuclear Age: Peril and Promise 2012 Conflict in the 21st Century 2013 Global Health and Security EPIIC’s main components are a yearlong academic colloquium for both undergraduate and graduate students; a global research and internship program; an international symposium; professional workshops; public service initiatives; and Inquiry, a national high school global issues simulation program. EPIIC is the foundation program of the Institute for Global Leadership (www.tuftsgloballeadership.org). Cover Photo and Symposium Banner Photo courtesy of Nichole Sobecki’09 (EPIIC’06, Exposure’05-09) PROGRAM Wednesday, February 26 Cultural Evening Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, 8:00pm Masters of Ceremonies Li Fan and Rebecca Varley 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members Welcome Sherman Teichman Director, Institute for Global Leadership Made for More than Survival: Notes from Syria’s Refugee Crisis Curt Rhodes Jr, Founder and International Director, Questscope Muthanna Khriesat, Jordan Country Director, Questscope Open Air Cinema Stuart Farmer, Founder and President, Open Air Cinema Photographic Presentation -- A Woman’s War: Egypt Elizabeth D. Herman, ‘10, EPIIC ‘08 The Sounds of Future Folklore Solo Performance by Karim Nagi Intermission Four Egyptian Tunes Joshua Hahn ‘11, nay; Rich Jankowsky ‘95, EPIIC ‘91-92, riqq; Tala Kayyali ‘11, qanun; Kareem Roustom, MA ‘06, oud Samai Bayyati al-Aryan - Ibrahim al-’Aryan (1850-1920) El-Hilwa Di - Sayed Darwish (1892-1923) Dhikrayati - Muhammed al-Qasabji (1892-1966) Longa Farahfaza - Riadh al-Sunbati (1910-1981) Three Rivers Beth Bahia Cohen, Arabic violin and yayli tanbur; Mal Barsamian, clarinet and oud; Joshua Hahn ‘11, nay; Tala Kayyali ‘11, qanun; Rich Jankowsky and Fabio Pirozzolo MA ‘14, percussion; Sarita Uranovsky and Gabriel Rothman ‘15, violins; Will Myers ‘13, viola; Emmanuel Feldman, cello; Chris Finis ‘14, bass; Kareem Roustom, conductor Aayr Araxi Aperov Traditional Armenian, anonymous Uyaney Gözlerim Gafletden Uyan Ottoman, attributed to Sultan Murad (1612-1640) The Eternal River Egyptian, instrumental suite from the song Al-Nahr Al-Khaaled by Mohammed Abdel Wahaab (1902-1991) Three Rivers is an arrangement of three melodies from Armenia, Ottoman Turkey, and Egypt for traditional instruments and string quartet Scheherazade Nabih Bulos, violin; Mark Kuss, piano; George Mathew, piano III. Allegretto (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1835-1905)) Thursday, February 27 Collapse of Sovereignty: The State of the State Report Cabot Auditorium, 7:00pm Nimrod Hurvitz | Professor of Middle East History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Ariel Levite | Nonresident Senior Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former Principal Deputy Director General for policy, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission Introduction by Olivia Holt-Ivry, MALD Candidate, The Fletcher School; Teaching Assistant, EPIIC Keynote Address: 100 Years after World War I: Enduring Consequences for the Middle East and North Africa Cabot Auditorium, 7:30pm Elizabeth Thompson | Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia; Author, Justice Interrupted: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East Introduction by Abuzar Royesh, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member The Future of the Kurds Cabot Auditorium, 8:00pm Maria Fantappie | Iraq and Kurd Analyst, International Crisis Group Kemal Kerkuki | Former Speaker, Kurdistan Parliament, and Member, Kurdistan Democratic Party and KDP Politburo, Head, KDP Public Relations Office, Kurdish Regional Government, Iraq Malik Mufti | Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; and Author, Daring and Caution in Turkish Strategic Culture: Republic at Sea Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq; Fletcher-Institute for Global Lead- ership Senior Stateman-in-Residence and the Taiwan Foundation Distinctive Keynote, Tufts University Student Presentation Ethan Finkelstein’16 and Ryan Youkilis’16, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members “Iraqi Kurdistan, Its Neighbors, and Israel” Moderated by Gia Rowley, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member Friday, February 28 Iraq: Its Uncertain Future Cabot Auditorium, 9:00am Yasir Abbas | Former Interpreter, U.S. military in Iraq, 2005-09, where he helped start and organize the Awakening Councils in northwestern Baghdad; 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member Peter Harling | Project Director, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria and Senior Middle East and North Africa Adviser, International Crisis Group Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq Emma Sky | Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute, Yale University; former Political Advisor to U.S. General Ray Odierno, Iraq; former Governorate Coordinator of Kirkuk, Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq Student Presentation Elayne Stecher’14, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member “What’s next for Iraq?” Moderated by Patrick Hamon, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member Lunch Break, 11:30am-12:30pm Civil-Military Relations and Security Sector Reform in Political Transitions Cabot Auditorium, 12:30pm Ibrahim el Ghazawi | Former Advisor, Office of the Minister of Interior, Egypt; Former Visiting Fellow, U.S. Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) Karim Haggag | Deputy Director, Policy Planning Division, Foreign Ministry, Egypt Jean-Louis Romanet Perroux | PhD candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Richard Shultz | Director of the International Security Studies Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Author, The Marines Take Anbar: The Four Year Fight Against al Qaeda Student Presentations Sarah Butterfield’14 and Isabel Weiner’14, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members “The Arrogance of Power” Jackie Faselt’17, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member “The Effect of International Military Education on Civil Military Relations” Moderated by David Riche, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member Political Islam and Governance Cabot Auditorium, 2:30pm Issandr el Amrani | Project Director, North Africa, International Crisis Group; Founder, The Arabist blog Mohammed S Dajani Daoudi | Founder and Executive Director, Wasatiyya, Moderate Islamic Movement in Palestine; Founding Direc- tor, American Studies Institute, Al Quds University Presentation of Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award by Becky Allen and Eloise Harnett, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members Robert P. Parks | Director, Centre d’Etudes Maghrebines en Algerie (American Institute for Maghrib Studies) Mowaffak al Rubaie | Former National Security Advisor, Iraq; former Member of Parliament, Iraq Hugh Roberts | Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University; former Director, North Africa Project, International Crisis Group Presentation of EPIIC Colloquium Recognition Award by Kirsten Gute, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member Student Presentation Max Fathy and Rebecca Varley, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Members “The Turkish Model: Perception vs Reality” Moderated by Sam Whitefield, 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member Dinner Break, 4:45-6:15pm Introductions and Welcomes Cabot Auditorium, 6:30pm David Harris | Provost and Senior Vice President, Tufts University Sherman Teichman | Director, Institute for Global Leadership Gabriella Zoia | 2014 EPIIC Colloquium Member Dedication of EPIIC “The Future of the Middle East and North Africa” to Anthony Shadid Nichole Sobecki, Independent Photographer; Former Correspondent, GlobalPost; EPIIC’06 Sherif