Udenrigsudvalget 2017-18
URU Alm.del Bilag 100
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New trends in power and politics in the Middle East and North
Africa
Wednesday 31 January 2018, 08.30-16.00
Eigtveds Pakhus
Strandgade 25G
1401 Copenhagen K
Background
Since the outbreak of the Arab uprisings in 2011, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has gone through a multiplicity of
interrelated conflicts over power and politics. Pre-existing domestic, regional and global conflict potentials have been unleashed,
and new dynamics have emerged. According to many observers, the region today faces a complex crisis that in its totality surpasses
anything the region has experienced since the European decolonization in the middle of the 20
th
century. These conflicts are
primarily challenges faced by governments and societies inside the region, but are deeply interconnected with broader patterns in
global and international politics and thus also interrelate with foreign and domestic policies of European and American
governments.
This conference organized by DIIS ∙ Danish Institute for International
Studies in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs aims to provide an analysis of six key trends in the conflicts over power and politics in the MENA region today. These
trends include the increasing rivalry and competition between regional powers in the MENA region and they include the protracted
domestic conflicts between autocratic governments and militarized societies. They encompass the decreasing performance of the
region’s rentier-based
political economies and the changing forms of American hegemony in the MENA region and the
emboldening of its challengers. Finally, they cover the changing forms of the European Union’s foreign policy in the region
following the nationalist turn in Europe and the increase in migration and terrorism.
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The conference, which will be opened by the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, offers in-depth presentations by six highly
esteemed international scholars as well as comments from four esteemed Danish scholars and experts. It also provides and
opportunity for the audience to raise questions and debate with the speakers.
The event is organized by DIIS in collaboration with
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Speakers
Anders Samuelsen,
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Stephen Grand,
Executive Director, Middle East Strategy Task Force, Atlantic Council
Kristina Kausch,
Senior Research Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Mehran Kamrava,
Director, the Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University, Qatar
Michele Dunne,
Director, the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Giacomo Luciani,
Co-director, Executive Master in International Oil and Gas Leadership, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Bassam Fattouh,
Director, the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and Professor, the School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
Chairs
Rasmus Alenius Boserup,
Senior Researcher, DIIS
Louise Riis Andersen,
Senior Researcher, DIIS
Helle Malmvig,
Senior Researcher and Academic Coordinator, DIIS
Luke Patey,
Senior Researcher, DIIS
Programme
08.30-09.00
Arrival tea and coffee
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09.00-09.05
Welcome
Rasmus Alenius Boserup
Danish foreign policy goals in the MENA region
Anders Samulesen
Session one: changes in American and European foreign policy in the MENA region
The end of
America’s unipolar moment, the Trump administration, and implications for the Middle East and
North Africa
Stephen Grand
European MENA policies in a changing geopolitical environment
Kristina Kausch
Q&A
Chair: Louise Riis Andersen
Coffee break
Session two: trends in domestic and regional conflict in the MENA region
Persian Gulf security: the untenable balance
Mehran Kamrava
Economy, demography, and governance as drivers of MENA conflicts
Michele Dunne
Q&A
Chair: Helle Malmvig
09.05-09.15
09.15-11.00
09.15-09.45
09.45-10.15
10.15-11.00
11.00-11.30
11.30-13.15
11.30-12.00
12.00-12.30
12.30-13.15
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13.15-14.00
14.00-15.45
14.00-14.30
Lunch
Session three: trends in economy, growth and business in the MENA region
On the Arab rentier economies: widening the gaps
Giacomo Luciani
Diversification in the GCC amidst heightened uncertainty: challenges and opportunities
Bassam Fattouh
Q&A
Chair: Luke Patey
Perspectives: Denmark in a changing MENA region
Rasmus Alenius Boserup
14.30-15.00
15.00-15.45
15.45-16.00
Practical information
The seminar will be in English and livestreamed on
diis.dk
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form no later than Sunday 28 January
2018.
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