Seminar & Events
International Symposium
Political Change in the Middle East:
Civil-military Relations, Democratization, and International Commitment
Since the end of 2010, the Arab World has been undergoing a period of major political development and change that dislodged a number of despotic regimes and set the stage for democratization.
The recent dynamics of successful social mobilization and collective action can be explained partly by the rapid expansion of the Internet, new communication tools and the role played by Al-Jazeera Arabic TV Channel. However, the Arab upheavals have deeper roots in each country’s political and historical specificities that have charted so far different trajectories and consequences for the regimes and protestors across the region.
This symposium attempts to examine the background and mechanisms of these sociopolitical changes, and the prospects and challenges ahead. The symposium will also focus on the dynamic relations between political groups and organizations, particularly between the Islamist forces and military establishments. Furthermore, we examine the pro-democracy semi-organized youth movements whose tactics and strategies proved most effective in ousting authoritarian regimes. We explore the regional and international relations of the Middle East, especially the Gulf countries, Israel, NATO members and the United States.
On the basis of informed analysis and insight by Professor Lisa Anderson, a renowned specialist on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa, and a presentation from Cyril Muller, the vice president of The World Bank, followed by a panel discussion with experts on the region, we hope to promote a better understanding of the current historical transition, politics and change in the Middle East.
(1-1-50, Shirokanedai Minato-ku Tokyo)
30 minutes by car from Tokyo Central Station
5 minutes by car from JR train station (Meguro, Shinagawa and Gotanda)
5 minutes walking from subway station (Shirokanedai [N-02/I-02] and
Shirokane-takanawa [N-03/I-03])
| 13:00 | Opening Remarks | Hiroyuki Ishige （Chairman, JETRO) Kazushige Taniguchi（Special Representative, Japan, The World Bank） Kenichi Fukuchi (General Manager, Managing Editor of Tokyo Head Office, The Asahi Shimbun) |
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| Part One: Political Change and Trends of Democratization in Middle East | ||
| 13:20 | Keynote Speech1 |
 Lisa Anderson(President, The American University in Cairo) Major Publications:
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| 14:05 | Keynote Speech2 |
 Cyril
Muller(Vice President for External Affairs, The World Bank) |
| 14:40 | Coffee Break | |
| Part Two: Political Change in Middle East and Commitment of Europe, USA and Japan | ||
| 15:00 | Panel Discussion | |
| Moderator： | Takashi Shiraishi （President, IDE-JETRO） | |
| Panelist: | Eiji Nagasawa (Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on
Asia, The University of Tokyo) Hitoshi Suzuki （Senior researcher, Area studies center, IDE-JETRO） Ali Ferdowsi （Professor and Chair, Department of History and Political Science, Notre Dame de Namur University） Keynote speakers (Lisa Anderson and Cyril Muller) will also join the panel. |
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| 17:00 | Closing Remarks | |
Profile of Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Lisa Anderson has been the President of American University in Cairo
since January 2011. Her academic specialty is politics of Middle East and North
Africa.
Prior to joining AUC, she served as the James T. Shotwell Professor of
International Relations at Columbia University and is the former dean of the
School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia. She also served as the
chair of the political science department at the University and as the director
of Columbia’s Middle East Institute. Before joining Columbia, she was assistant
professor of government and social studies at Harvard University.
Anderson is the author of Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power: Social Science and
Public Policy in the Twenty-first Century (Columbia University Press, 2003), The
State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980 (Princeton
University Press, 1986), editor of Transitions to Democracy (Columbia University
Press, 1999) and coeditor of The Origins of Arab Nationalism (Columbia 1991).
Mr Cyril Muller is Vice President for External Affairs at the World Bank.
Prior to this, he was the Director for Banking and Debt Management, in Treasury
of the World Bank. From 2005 to 2010, he served as World Bank Special
Representative for Europe. From 1991 through 2000, he held a range of positions
across the World Bank, including in country operations. In 2000, Cyril took a
leave of absence from the Bank to join the senior management of SGS, a Swiss
multinational. As Vice President for products and strategy, he led a major
overhaul of SGS services to governments. Prior to joining the Bank in 1991, he
was a senior economist at the Swiss Federal Department for Economic Affairs,
working on multilateral trade negotiations and international finance. Cyril
holds economics degrees from Neuchatel University in Switzerland and from New
York University.
Non-members:3,000 yen
Student:1,000 yen
Discount for those SMEs and Persons who were affected from the Great East Japan Earthquake
We can make a discount on the participation fee for the following SMEs and persons;
(1) those SMEs and persons who were damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2011), or
(2) those SMEs and persons who are located and live in the affected area.
If you correspond to either these conditions, please contact us. For further information, please see also http://www.jetro.go.jp/support_services/shinsai/ (Japanese only).
Contact:
External Relations Division, Research Promotion Department, IDE-JETRO(Please contact to Mr.Hashimoto or Mr.Kobayashi) Tel:043-299-9536 FAX：043-299-9726 E-mail：sympo-sc 
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