URU, Alm.del - 2013-14 - Bilag 162: Invitation til DIIS seminaret Iran's Foreign Policy Challenges and Agendas

Iran’s Foreign Policy Challenges and AgendasWednesday, April 23 2014, 14:00-16:00DIIS, Danish Institute for International StudiesMain AuditoriumGl. Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A2100 CopenhagenBackgroundIran is in the hub of regional and international security challenges. The November 2013 nuclearagreement between Iran and the P5+1 has momentarily ceased the tensions over Iran’s nuclear programand raised hopes for a permanent solution. However, the ongoing negotiations continue to question if andhow relations between Iran and the West can be restored, and how the “crippling” sanctions imposed onIran may be lifted. At the same time, the security crises in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria challenge Iran andcall into question its regional ambitions and aspirations. These regional security issues, which haveimmenseinternational ramifications, continue to shape the deep-rooted suspicions and diverging agendas betweenIran, the West and theGCC countries.In order to explore how these key security dynamics are perceived in Tehran, DIIS has invited a panel ofdistinguished scholars from the Institute of Political and International Studies in Tehran to discuss Iran’snuclear negotiations, prospects for enhancing relations between Iran and the West, and Iran’s regionalrole.SpeakersMostafa Tork Zahrani,Ph.D., became the new Director General of the Institute for Political andInternational Studies in Tehran in December 2013. He is a former diplomat who served at the Iranian UNmission in New York while Mohammad Khatami was the President of Iran.Seyed Vahid Karimi,Ph.D., is Director for Euro-American Studies at the Institute for Political andInternational Studies in Tehran. From 1990 he worked at the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic ofIran and as a diplomat at the embassies in Ireland, Germany, Britain and New York.Ebrahim Afsah,Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of CopenhagenLars Erslev Andersen,Senior Researcher, DIISHelle Malmvig,Senior Researcher, DIISCindy Vestergaard,Senior Researcher, DIISJanne Bjerre Christensen,Postdoc Researcher, DIISProgramme14:00-14:10IntroductionJanne Bjerre Christensen,Postdoc Researcher, DIISNew Government, New OpportunityMostafa Tork Zahrani,Ph.D., Director General, Institute for Political and InternationalStudies, TehranA view from Iran regarding the EU foreign policy and expectations fromDenmark

Seyed Vahid Karimi,Ph.D., Director for Euro-American Studies, Institute for Politicaland International Studies, Tehran14:40-14:55Developments in Security Politics in the GCC after the Arab RevolteLars Erslev Andersen,Senior Researcher, DIISCoffee breakPanel debateMostafa Tork Zahrani,Ph.D., Director General, Institute for Political and InternationalStudies, IPIS, TehranSeyed Vahid Karimi,Ph.D., Director for Euro-American Studies, Institute for Politicaland International Studies, IPIS, TehranEbrahim Afsah,Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of CopenhagenLars Erslev Andersen,Senior Researcher, DIISHelle Malmvig,Senior Researcher, DIISCindy Vestergaard,Senior Researcher, DIISJanne Bjerre Christensen,Postdoc Researcher, DIISClosing remarksJanne Bjerre Christensen,Postdoc Researcher, DIIS