Programme at a glance

Thursday - 2 June 2016 Friday - 3 June 2016

08:30

Registration - Galata Hall

09:00

Panel FR01 - Galata Hall

Panel FR02 - B301 09:30

10:00

10:30 Opening Ceremony - Galata Hall

Keynote Speeches - Galata Hall

Family Photo - Galata Hall

Coffee Break - In front of Galata Hall

11:00

Panel FR03 - Galata Hall

Panel FR04 - B301 11:30

12:00

Lunch 12:30

Lunch 13:00

13:30 Panel TH01 - Galata Hall

Panel TH02 - B201

Panel TH03 - B202

14:00

Panel FR05 - B301

Panel FR06 - B302 14:30

15:00 Coffee Break - In front of Galata Hall

15:30 Panel TH04 - Galata Hall

Panel TH05 - B201

Panel TH06 - B202

Coffee Break - In front of Galata Hall

16:00

Panel FR07 - Galata Hall 16:30

17:00

17:30

18:00

Dinner - D Block 2nd Floor Master Food

Restaurant

18:30

Dinner 19:00

19:30

20:00 Book Discussion - Galata Hall

20:30 Roundtable Discussion - Galata Hall

21:00

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Day-to-Day Programme

Thursday, June 2nd

08:30-10:30 Registration

10:30-12:00

Opening Ceremony & Keynote Speeches Professor Mustafa Aydin, Rector of Kadir Has University, Turkey Professor Alpaslan Ozerdem, President of CESRAN Int., UK Keynote Speech: Professor Mark Bassin, Södertörn University, Sweden Keynote Speech: Professor Oktay Tanrisever, METU, Turkey

Family Photo

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00

TH01: Thursday | Panel | Theme: Rethinking Central Asia since Independence: Old Actors, New Realities* Moderator/Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Aigerim Shilibekova (CIRS, ENU, Kazakhstan)

Professor Farkhad Tolipov - Convergence, Divergence and Correlation of Security Policies in Central Asia

Dr. Paul Richardson - Sovereignty regimes and the future of the Eurasian Union

Assoc. Prof. Jahangir Karami - Iran and Central Asia 25 years After Independence: Activities and Results

Dr. Anar Somuncuoglu - U.S. Aid and Democracy Promotion Policies towards Central Asia

Dr. Aigul Assenova and Assoc. Prof. Aigerim Shilibekova - International Organizations in Central Asia: Case of the World Bank in Kazakhstan

Abhishek Srivastava - Reconnecting India and Central Asia: Modi’s ‘Look-North’ Policy

* This special panel is hosted by the Center for International and Regional Studies of Eurasian National University of Kazakhstan.

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13:30-15:00

TH02: Thursday | Panel | Theme: Regional Security, Geopolitics, Conflict Moderator/Discussant: Professor Murat Cemrek (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey)

Dr. Aslihan Anlar - Regional Security in the Post-Soviet Region

Dr. Hamid Akin Unver - Power Penetration in RSCT: The Case of Russia's Involvement in Southern Gas Corridor

Assoc. Prof. Emre Ersen - SU-24 Fighter Jet Crisis: A Turkish Perspective

Oliwia Piskowska - Attitudes of social elites of Bishkek towards the rivalry between Russia, China, and the USA in Central Asia

13:30-15:00

TH03: Thursday | Panel | Theme: Contemporary Turkey and Globalization Moderator/Discussant: Dr. Erman Akilli (Ahi Evran University, Turkey)

Merve Ozkorkmaz - Exile from Exile: Mapping the Remigration (TOKI)

Semra Akay - A postsecular approach to the Gezi Park conflict

Ahmet Vedat Kocal - Political Change in Turkey during the Era of Globalization

Fahad Alhammadi - Globalization of The Pedestrian Street: The

Case of Istiklal Caddesi

Dr. Alessia Chiriatti - Turkish (Governmental) Humanitarian Response during the Syrian Crisis

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

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15:30-17:00

TH04: Thursday | Panel | Theme: Crisis and Regional Relations Moderator/Discussant: Dr. Shane Brennan (Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey)

Dr. Maxim A. Suchkov - Implications of the Syria Campaign for the Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia

Dr. Ali Onur Ozcelik and Anzhela Pataraya - Diplomacy for ‘States

with Limited Recognition’: the Case of Abkhazia

Dr. Amal Hudhud - Sustainable Energy Action Plan: The case of Nablus City, Palestine

Sinem Celik - The Role of Public Diplomacy in Strengthening of Turkey- Georgia Relations

Dragos Ionut Onescu - Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union and the role of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in its development

15:30-17:00

TH05: Thursday | Panel | Theme: Identity and Politics in the Post-Soviet Space Moderator/Discussant: Professor Oktay Tanrisever (METU, Turkey)

Mehmet Zeki Gunay - Russia’s Crimea Policy in the United Nations Security Council

Hasan Selcuk Turkmen - Refugee Crisis and Divergences in Europe: The Russian Connection

Ercan Durdular - Turkic Council: The Turkish Connection In Eurasia

Gulsah Gures - Identity Crisis In Moldova: Revisiting Ethnic Conflicts

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15:30-17:00

TH06: Thursday | Panel | Theme: Ethnicity, Conflict, Cooperation in the Middle East Moderator/Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Aigerim Shilibekova (CIRS, ENU, Kazakhstan)

Dr. Rahman Dag - Kurds in the New Middle East: Transformation from Separate Nation-state to Federalism and Democratic Nation

Baris Oktem - An Analysis of Radical Democracy and Kurdish Political Movements in Contemporary Turkey

Dr. Halil Bilecen - Ethnic Conflict in Turkey: Greed vs. Grievance Theories

Dr. Murat Ulgul - Israel-Azerbaijan Partnership after the Mavi Marmara Incident

18:00-20:00 Dinner

20:00-21:00

Book Discussion Moderator: Dr. Shane Brennan (Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey) Participant: Dr. Bayram Sinkaya (Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey) Book Title: The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations

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Friday, June 3rd

09:00-10:30

FR01: Friday | Panel | Theme: Central Asia: Society, Culture, Politics Moderator/Discussant: Professor Mitat Celikpala (Kadir Has University, Turkey)

Dr. Mirkomil Sadikov - The Impacts of the Political Clan-System on the Socio-Historical Transformations of the Central Asian Society

Assoc. Prof. Yasar Sari - Locating International Norms and Institutions in Central Asia

Ajar Chekirova - Voting machines and the illusion of democratic elections in Kyrgyzstan

Dr. Vakur Sumer - Hydropolitics in the Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Good, the Bad, and the Dangerous

Dr. Seyit Ali Avcu and Prof. Dr. Adem Caylak - Globalization in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

Dr. Nazim Jafarov and Araz Aslanli - Caucasus 1815-2015: Comparative Geopolitical Analysis

09:00-10:30

FR02: Friday | Panel | Theme: Energy Moderator/Discussant: Dr. Shane Brennan (Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey)

Assoc. Prof. Cengiz Dinc - Ibrahim Aytug Tabaru - Putin's View on Russian Energy Policy: A Way to Powerful State through National Champions?

Dr. Ismail Kose - Efforts Addressing Eurasian Alternated Energy Supplies and Tanap

Ali Ihsan Kahraman - Changes in Global Energy Transportation and Impacts on Turkey’s Geopolitical Position: How to Rise to Challenges

Emel Ilter and Hulya Kinik - Turkish-Russian Relations in the Context of Eurasian Energy Security

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10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

FR03: Friday | Panel | Theme: Kazakhstan: Domestic Politics, Education and Environment Moderator/Discussant: Professor Murat Cemrek (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey)

Dr. Christopher Whitsel - Educational Markets in Central Asia: Parents’ Schooling Decisions in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan

Dr. Serdar Yilmaz - Kazakhstan's Turkey Policy in the Context of Kazakh Domestic Structure

Togzhan Sultan - An applied general equilibrium model to identify best policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transition to green growth – Kazakstan

Gulnara Kurmangozhina - The Impact of the Agricultural Sector on Socio-Economic Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan

11:00-12:30

FR04: Friday | Panel | Theme: Geopolitics, Security, Migration in EUrasia Moderator/Discussant: Professor Mark Bassin (Södertörn University, Sweden)

Assoc. Prof. Yasar Sari - Russian-Turkish Relations since The Arab Spring

Dr. Sila Turac Baykara - The Future of Russian- EU Energy Politics in the Caspian Region

Kamala Valiyeva - The EU’s Eastern Partnership: Normative or Geopolitical Power Projection?

Dr. Alper Tolga Bulut - Attitudes towards Immigration: A Comparison of East and West Europe

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12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30

FR05: Friday | Panel | Theme: Diplomacy, Trade, Terror Moderator/Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Yasar Sari (Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey)

Kulpunai Barakanova - ISIS: Security Implications for Central Asia

Seniz Bilgi - Al Qaeda’s New Era: What Made It Change and How?

Rahim Rahimov - Cultural Diplomacy in Nation Branding: the Case of Azerbaijan’s Heydar Aliyev Foundation

Dr. Mirkomil Sadikov - The role of trade network of the Silk Road and The Uzbek-Turkish vision of the Silk Road in the contemporary international relations

Dr. Muhanad Seloom - Securitization of Sectarian Conflicts: The Implications of Using the Label “Terrorist” in the Sectarian Conflict in Iraq

Serhan Tanriverdi - The Rise of Islamic Modernism in the West: A Multiple Modernities Perspective

14:00-15:30

FR06: Friday | Panel | Theme: Eurasianism, Eurasian Union and Sovereign Regimes Moderator/Discussant: Dr. Shane Brennan (Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey)

Samira Talebi - “Classical” and “Neo” Eurasianism fields of Emergence

Madina Bektenova and Dr. Natalya Seitakhmetova - Eurasianism: to Theming the Dialogue of Religions and Cultures as the Theme of Our Relevance

Alexandra Okhrimenko - Eurasian Integration: Past, Present, and Future

Dr. Sofie Bedford - Models of Resistance in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: ‘Failed Opposition’ in Azerbaijan and Belarus Revisited

Dr. Fatma Asli Kelkitli - The Post-Soviet Iranian Foreign Policy in Eurasia: An Appraisal of the Moves of an Aspiring Regional Power

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:30

FR07: Friday | Panel | Theme: Transformation in Eurasian Landscape Moderator/Discussant: Professor Alpaslan Ozerdem (CESRAN International, UK)

Professor Mustafa Aydin (Kadir Has University, Turkey)

Professor Mitat Celikpala (Kadir Has University, Turkey)

Professor Serhat Guvenc (Kadir Has University, Turkey)

Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Triantaphyllou (Kadir Has University, Turkey)

18:30-20:30 Dinner

20:30-21:30

Roundtable Discussion

Moderator: Professor Alpaslan Ozerdem (CESRAN International – UK) Participant: Professor Berch Berberoglu (University of Nevada, Reno – USA) Theme: The Impact of Globalization on Eurasian Societies in the Post-Soviet Era?

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