Europe and Asia between Islam and the United States: The Lessons of Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Iran

A major international conference

Two-day Conference
6-7 December, La Trobe University
Contact: l.anceschi@latrobe.edu.au

preceded by

National Postgraduate Conference: “The Worlds of Europe and Europe in the World”
8:30 am - 5:00 pm, 5 December 2007, The University of Melbourne
Contact: mmatera@unimelb.edu.au

Public Forum
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm, 5 December, The University of Melbourne
Contact: j.oaten@latrobe.edu.au

Jointly sponsored by

• The Centre for Dialogue,La Trobe University
  
• The Innovative Universities European Union Centre
  
• Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne
• Università degli Studi di Napoli ³L'Orientale², Naples, Italy
  
• The Institute for Social Ethics, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan
  
• The Institute of International Relations, Warsaw University, Poland
• The Cold War Studies Centre, London School of Economics (UK)

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About the Conference

• How are conflicts in the Middle East and the 'war on terror' impacting on Europe
  and Asia?
• How are Europe and Asia responding to domestic and international tensions associated with these conflicts?
• What are the implications for transatlantic and transpacific relations?
• Are culture and region major factors to be reckoned with?
• What of Muslim minorities in Europe and Asia post- September 11?
  
  These are some of the questions to be addressed at this conference.

The focus is on

• Europe and Asia- two emerging centres of geopolitical gravity
• Islam, which now rightly occupies centre stage in many discussions of contemporary
  international relations
• The role of US policies and alliances
• The conference brings together leading experts from Europe, Asia, Australia and the US.

Keynote Addresses

• The Challenge to Bismarckian Diplomacy
  Prof Bertrand Badie (Sciences Po, France)
  
  
• Between Self-Esteem and Self-Respect: Explaining Japanese Policy Responses to Afghanistan and Iraq
  Dr Ryoko Nakano (Nanzan University,Japan)
  
  
• Peace or Pax Americana? U.S. Middle East Policy and the Threat to Global Security
  Prof Stephen Zunes (University of San Francisco)
  
  
• Europe and the Arab Ballot Boxes
  Prof François Burgat (IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, France)
  
  
• Islam, the US and Middle East Conflicts
  Prof Amin Saikal (Australian National University)
  
  
• Global Exception and Islamic Exceptionalism
  Prof Mustapha Kamal Pasha (University of Aberdeen, UK)
  
  
• Between ‘Soft Power’ and a Hard Place: European Union Foreign and Security Policy Between Islam and the United States
  Prof Michael H. Smith (Loughborough University, UK)
  
  
• The American Approach to International Law and Human Rights After September 11 - a European Point of View
  Prof Janusz Symonides (University of Warsaw)
  
  
• Iran Nuclear Issue: Its Impact on US Relations with Other Major Powers
  Ambassador Hua Liming (Former Chinese Ambassador to Iran)
  
  
• Creating More Space for Dialogue with Muslims: How Can We Overcome a Spiral of Conflict and War in the Middle East
  Prof Hisae Nakanishi (Nagoya University, Japan)
  
  
  

For media and all other enquiries, contact Dr Luca Anceschi: l.anceschi@latrobe.edu.au

For registration enquiries, please contact: Christine Siokou: dialogue@latrobe.edu.au

ph: +61 -3 -9479 1893
fax: +61 -3 -9479 1997