Iraq after the elections

Introduction: Nicole Gnesotto, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

Session I: The new US administration’s Iraq Policy
Chair and Introduction: Nicole Gnesotto, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris
Speakers:
Patrick Seale, Writer and Consultant, Paris
Jean-Francois Daguzan, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), Paris.
Discussant:
Stefano Silvestri, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

Session II: Evaluation of the Iraqi Elections
Chair and Introduction: Martin Ortega, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris
Speakers:
Andrzej Kapiszewski, Department of Middle East and Far East Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Discussant:
Udo Steinbach, Deutsches Orientinstitut, Hamburg

Session III: The Status of Northern Iraq
Chair and Introduction: Fred Halliday, London School of Economics/ Centre d’Informació i Documentació Internacionals a Barcelona (CIDOB)
Speakers:
Gilles Dorronsoro, Université de Paris I Sorbonne
Martin van Bruinessen, International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, Leiden
Discussant:
Walter Posch, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

Session IV: The EU’s next steps
Chair and Introduction : Alain Seckler, Représentation permanente du Luxembourg auprès du COPS, Bruxelles
Speakers:
Karin Gatt-Rutter, Desk Iraq, DG External Relations, European Commission, Brussels
Alvaro Vasconcelos, Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos e Internacionais, Lisbon
Discussant:
Pascal Charlat, Task Force Mediterranean/Barcelona, Middle East, Policy Unit, General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, Brussels

Conclusions