THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
In recent years, Israel’s foreign policy has been transformed as a result of the changes in the Middle East during the post-Arab Spring period as well as the developments in the global arena. This one-day academic conference brings together a range of speakers to explore the various aspects of Israel’s foreign policy and is led by Professor Elie Podeh, Visiting Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
PROGRAMME:
09:40 - 10:00 Introduction and opening lecture
- Professor Elie Podeh (LSE Middle East Centre)
- Dr. Amnon Aran (City University, London) - Israeli Foreign Policy since the end of the Cold War: From Engagement to Entrenchment
10:00 - 12:00 Panel 1 - Israeli relations in the Middle East
- Professor Elie Podeh - From Discreet Liaison to Public Partner: Israel’s Secret Relations in the Middle East
- Professor Clive Jones (University of Durham) - More than the sum of its parts? Israel, the Gulf Monarchies and Tacit Security Regimes
- Dr. Ian Black (LSE Middle East Centre) - Peeping below the horizon: Israel’s links with Gulf States
- Professor Ali Ansari (University of St. Andrews) - Iran and Israel in historical perspective
13:00 - 15:00 Panel 2 - Israel's International Relations
- Professor David Tal (University of Sussex) - Israel and the US Jewish Lobby as factors in Israel’s foreign policy
- Dr. Muriel Asseburg (German Institute for International and Security Affairs) - Paralyzed and Divided: The Absence of the EU as an actor in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Daniel Levy (U.S./Middle East Project) - Israel, the US and the developments in the Middle East
- Alan Craig (University of Leeds) - Turning the law inside out: Israel’s domestic securitisation of international law
15:30 - 17:30 Roundtable - President Trump's "Deal of the Century"
- Dr. Claire Spencer (King's College London)
- Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (University of Texas)
- Sana Knaneh (Mitvim)
- Daniel Levy (USMEP)
- Dr. Raphael Almagor-Cohen (University of Hull)
The full programme will be made available on Tuesday 24 March to attendees.
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