Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Joint Conference
100 Years since the Sykes-Picot Agreement:
Lessons for the Middle East
May 18, 2016 – Inbal Hotel, Jerusalem
Please note that attendance at the conference has reached maximum capacity,
and registration has been closed.
Read the Report:
The Failures of the International Community in the Middle East
since the Sykes-Picot Agreement
8:30-9:00 — Registration
9:00-9:30 — Opening Remarks:
| Amb. Freddy Eytan Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs |
| Dr. Michael Borchard Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Israel |
| Amb. Patrick Maisonnave French Ambassador to Israel |
9:30-10:45 — First Session: Historical Overview of the Sykes-Picot Agreement
Chair: Amb. Freddy Eytan – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
| Prof. Shlomo Avineri Hebrew University |
Westphalian Arab Nation-States in the Middle East: A Failed Experience |
| Dr. Martin Kramer President of Shalem College |
Sykes-Picot and the Zionists |
| Prof. Efraim Karsh King’s College, London |
Sykes-Picot: Myth and Reality |
| Dr. Richard Rossin Former Vice President of the European Academy of Geopolitics |
Sykes-Picot Agreement: The French Perspective |
10:45-11:00 — Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 — Second Session: The Collapse of Borders – a Future Perspective: Lessons from Other Countries
Chair: Dan Diker – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
| Amb. Prof. Itamar Rabinovich Tel Aviv University |
How Resilient is the Current Middle Eastern State System? |
| Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs |
Earthquakes of the Middle East |
12:30-13:15 — Break
13:15-14:15 — Third Session: Legal Aspects and International Law
Chair: Amb. Alan Baker – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
| Prof. Ruth Lapidoth Hebrew University |
Some Historical Facts about the Egypt-Israel Border |
| Prof. Eugene Kontorovich Northwestern University and Kohelet Policy Forum |
League of Nations Mandates and Subsequent Nation State Borders |
14:15-15:15 — Fourth Session: Strategic Perspectives: Then and Now
Chair: Dr. Michael Borchard – Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Israel
| Alexey Drobinin Minister-Counsellor at the Russian Embassy |
Russian policy in the Middle East |
| Dr. Ahmet K. Han Kadir Has University, Turkey |
Turkish Foreign Policy and the Specter of Sykes-Picot: A Hundred Years Later |
| Brig. Gen. (ret.) Yossi Kuperwasser Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs |
Strategic and Geopolitical Aspects |
We are sorry, registration is now closed. We have reached full capacity for the conference space.
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