The Washington Review of Turkish & Eurasian Affairs, in partnership with The Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary's College of Maryland, held a a one-day conference at Historic St. Mary's City, Maryland, November 23, 2010.
The goal of the conference was to address critical issues affecting Turkey and Eurasian societies. The conference brought together scholars from across the social science disciplines working on the areas including, but not limited to, democratization, constitutionalism, foreign policy, identity, social movements, and migration across the region.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
23 November 2010
9:30am – 10:00am Opening Remarks
Dr. Joe Urgo, President of St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Dr. Todd Eberly, Interim Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy
Dr. Fevzi Bilgin, Editor, The Washington Review of Turkish & Eurasian Affairs
10:00am – 11:15am Panel: Challenges to the New Turkish Foreign Policy
Making of Turkish Foreign Policy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Continuities and Changes in the Last Two Decades
Dr. Gul Inanc, Eastern Mediterranean University
Turkish Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice
Fevzi Sarac, Long Island University
Turkey’s Public Diplomacy: The Genocide Resolution Challenge
Yelena Osipova, American University
11:30am – 12:30pm Keynote Address: Perspectives on Turkish Foreign Policy
Minister-Counselor Suleyman Gokce, Deputy Chief of Mission, The Embassy of Turkey in Washington D.C.
1:45pm – 3:00pm Panel: Democracy, Islam, and Constitutionalism in Turkey
Politics of Recognition and the Headscarf Debate in Turkey
Dr. Yusuf Sarfati, Illinois State University
The Crossroads of Turkey’s Relationship with the West
Joanna Andrusko, American University
Turkey’s Constitutional Reform
Dr. Fevzi Bilgin, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
3:30pm – 5:15pm Panel: Politics of Central Asia
Energy and Development in Kleptocracies: Tajik Hydroelectric Power
Dr. Michael Cain, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Democracy, Development, and Defense: The Afghan Counterinsurgency as a Regional Model
Mark Silinsky, The US Department of the Army, Tulane University
Politics of Material Culture: Development on the Path of Pilgrimage from Sayram to Turkistan
Dr. Hakki Gurkas, Kennesaw State University
21st Century Russia: Demographic Challenges to Great Power Ambitions
Bulat Ahmetkarimov, The Johns Hopkins University
The End of Color Revolutions: Is There Any Hope for Democracy in Eurasia?
Dr. Klara A. Bilgin, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
