Session 1: Main obstacles to a peaceful reconstruction of the Middle East: Israel-Palestine, Iraq, Iran
Chair: Nicole Gnesotto, European Union Institute for Security Studies
Kemal Kirisci, Bogazici University, Istanbul
Giacomo Luciani, European University Institute, Florence
Session 2: Promoting reform and democracy: different approaches
Chair: Björn Larsson, Policy Unit, European Union Council, Brussels
The American initiative: Philip Gordon, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC
European views: Felix Neugart, Centrum für Angewandte Politikforschung, München
Álvaro Vasconcelos, Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos e Internacionais, Lisbon Working lunch:
Keynote speech by Ghassan Salamé, Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Iraq
Session 3: What kind of transatlantic synergy (before and after the November 2004 elections)?
Chair: Jonathan Greenwald, International Crisis Group, Brussels
Fred Tanner, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva
Philippe Errera, Centre d’Analyse et de Prévision, Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Paris
Session 4: Conclusion: The next steps: what is desirable, what possible?
Chair: Ambassador Declan Kelleher, Irish Presidency of the European Union
Fred Halliday, London School of Economics
Martin Ortega, European Union Institute for Security Studies
