Middle East Dialogue 2022:
Towards an Israeli-Palestinian Settlement
Friday, March 18, 2022
Virtual Meeting
The list below will be updated as new proposals come in and are accepted for presentation at the conference
1. Towards an Israeli-Palestinian Settlement: Making the Case for an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
Alon Ben-Meir, New York University
Moshe Maoz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alon Liel, Former Israeli Ambassador to South Africa
2. Panel on the Future of the Middle East
William Morris, Next Century Foundation
Other speakers: TBD
3. Prospects for a stable future for Bahrain in its election year
Mr Ali Alaswad, former Member of Parliament and leading member of Al Wefaq opposition group
4. The DIME Powers of the UAE as Potential Effective Tools for Regional Stability
Riad Kahwaji, Dubai-based security analyst, and doctoral student in Global Security, American Military University
5. Muslim-Jewish Women’s Leadership Initiative: A Case Study of Grassroots Peacebuilding
Sahar Khamis and Jing Lin, University of Maryland, College Park
6. The Disappearance of Religious Socialism in Israel: A Comparative Perspective
Ilan Fuchs, American Public University System
7. Sustainable Development as a Necessary and Integral Ingredient of Sustainable Peace in Israeli-Palestine Relations
Adina Friedman and Fareed Mahameed, George Mason University
8. A Resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through a Gender Lens
Adina Friedman, George Mason University
9. Psychological Chess: Erdoğan and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Janice Farkas, American Public University
10. The Role of Benjamin Netanyahu in Determining Israel’s Position on the Peace Process
Ilan Peleg, Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law, Lafayette College
11. Green Space, the Green Line, and the Bible in East Jerusalem
Jennifer Maidrand, Ambassador Warren Clark Fellow, Churches for Middle East Peace
12. “I Am Obliged to Market My Country”: US-Turkey Nexus and Authoritarianism
Evren Altinkas, University of Guelph
13. Middle East and the Dialogue on Nuclear Disarmament: A European Approach
Adérito Vicente, European University Institute
14. Assessment of President Joe Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy & Diplomacy: Toward the Middle East After One Year in Office
Ahmed Y. Zohny, Coppin State University
15. The Structural Power in Israeli Palestinian Relations: A Case Study of Water Resource Management
Zhang Xuan, Fudan University, China
16. China in the Middle East: Past, Present, and Future
Sumru Altug, American University of Beirut
Merve Aksoylar Baysoy, Koc University
17. Working for the Future of Saudi Arabia: Labor Market Reform
Muhammet Nurullah Gulec, Duke University