Morning session
09:30 – 10:20 Welcoming remarks
- Matthias Waechter, Director General, CIFE
- Wolfgang Hinck, Vice President of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
- ‘NATO and Iraq’
Ronald Sonnemans, Dutch Diplomat, Former Policy Advisor to the NATO Mission,
Senior Advisor on Iraq and Global Coalition against Daesh at NATO Headquarters
10:20 – 11:30 Stability after the Election
- Gregor Jaecke, Head of KAS Office Syria/Iraq
- Huda Al-Nuaimy, Fellow, Trends Research, UAE
- Harem Jaafer Mustafa, Member of the PM consultancy team, Kurdistan regional government (KRG)
Moderated by George Tzogopoulos, Lecturer and Senior Fellow, CIFE
11:30 – 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 – 13:20 Perspectives on Iraq (part A)
- Silvia Menegazzi, Professor, Luiss University
- Susann Heinecke, Director of the trilingual Master MAEIS – European Policy and Governance, CIFE
- James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
- Giuseppe Dentice, Head of MENA Desk, the Center for International Studies (CESI)
Moderated by Matteo Bressan, Lecturer, Lumsa University
13:20 – 14:30 Lunch
Afternoon session
14:30 – 16:00 Perspectives on Iraq (part B)
- Maha Aziz, Professor, New York University
- Hamidreza Azizi Fellow, SWP
- Aylin Unver Noi, Associate Professor, Halic University
- Luca Ratti, Professor, American University of Rome
Moderated by Savannah Lane, Fellow, Turkish Heritage Organization
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30 France and Iraq
A debate with Jean-Antoine Giansily, CIFE Vice-President,
Aude Thomas, Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research,
and Nicolas Crocy, Research Analyst
In French, with interpretation
The conference will take place in full respect of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. According to French legislation, all participants need to present a health pass, proving that they are either a) fully vaccinated, or b) have undergone a negative PCR or antigen test within max 24 hours, or c) have recovered from COVID-19 (min. 15 days, max. 6 months).