GNSI Policy Dialogues Archive

The Iran Enigma

 
Time Event
8:00am Check-in and Registration
8:30am

Conference Opening and Introduction

Dr. David Oakley, GNSI Academic Director


David Oakley, PhD
Academic Director, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­


Dr. Mohsen Milani, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

Mohsen Milani, PhD
Executive Director, Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, Professor of Politics, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

8:35am
Prasant Mohapatra, PhD, Provost, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

Opening Remarks
Prasant Mohapatra, PhD
Provost, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

8:40am
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, GNSI

Featured Speaker
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

9:00am Featured Fireside Chat
Vali Nasr, PhD


Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University


Mohsen Milani, PhD, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

Mohsen Milani, PhD
Executive Director, Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, Professor of Politics, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

10:00am Morning Break / Networking
10:15am Panel 1 Discussion
Beyond Tehran: Iran's Role in the Middle East
Arman Mahmoudian, PhD, Global and National Security Institute

(Panel Chair)
Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

Sanam Vakil, PhD

(Panelist)
Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House

Major General Sean Salene

(Panelist)
Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy (J5), U.S. Central Command

Alex Vatanka, Middle East Institute

(Panelist)
Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Black Sea Program, Middle East Institute

11:45am Lunch Break / Networking
1:10pm Panel 2 Discussion
Navigating Tensions: U.S. and Iran Relations in the Nuclear Age
Sina Azodi, PhD

(Panel Chair)
Visiting Scholar, George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs

Barbara Slavin

(Panelist)
Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center

Dario Teicher, US Central Command

Dario Teicher (Panelist)
Arms Control and Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Programs Manager, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)

Kelsey Davenport, Arms Control Association

(Panelist)
Director for Nonproliferation Policy, Arms Control Association


2:40pm Afternoon Break / Networking
3:00pm Panel 3 Discussion
Society in Flux: Exploring Iran's Social Movements and Women's Rights
Jeff Rogg, PhD, Global and National Security Institute

Jeff Rogg, PhD (Panel Chair)
Senior Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida

Commander Nicole Cale

(Panelist)
Iran Strategist, J51, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Emily Blout, PhD

(Panelist)
Author and Senior Visiting Research Fellow, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Reichman University

Negar Mortazavi

(Panelist)
Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy and host of "The Iran Podcast"

4:30pm Closing Remarks
4:40pm End of Conference