KURDISH CONFLICT RESOLUTION FORUM

FINAL REPORT (Summary and Recommendations)

PANELIST BIOGRAPHIES

Tuesday, July 28

Welcome by Dr. Najmaldin Karim (President, WKI)
Introduction by Mike Amitay (Director, WKI)

Panel One: “Turkey: Promise and Peril“

Alan Makovsky (moderator) Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Hamit Bozarslan (presenter) School of Advanced Social Sciences, Paris
Mehdi Zana (presenter) Former Mayor, Diyarbakir
Dogu Ergil (presenter) Foundation for Research of Societal Problems (TOSAV), Ankara
Umit Ozdag: (presenter) Gazi University, Ankara

Other discussants: Patricia Carley (US Institute for Peace), Graham Fuller (RAND), Michael Gunter (Tennessee Tech), Charles MacDonald (Florida International University), Robert Olson (University of Kentucky), Jonathan Randal (journalist/author), Ron McNamara (Helsinki Commission, US Congress), Katherine Wilkins (analyst), Raymond Helmick (Boston College)

Additional Discussion

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Remarks by Congressman Bob Filner (Democrat – California)

Panel Two: “Iran: Limits of Reform“

Ken Timmerman (moderator) Foundation for Democracy in Iran
Golmorad Moradi (presenter) Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran
Salahuddin Mohtadi (presenter) former political leader
Abbas Vali (presenter) University of Wales

Other invited discussants: Farideh Koohi-Kamali (New School for Social Research), Graham Fuller (RAND), Hazhir Temourian (journalist), Robert Olson (University of Kentucky), Bakhtiar Amin (Human Rights Alliance), Awat Aliyar (analyst), Bill Royce (journalist)

Additional Discussion
Panel Three: “Iraq: Dangerous Liaisons“

Jonathan Randal (moderator) journalist, author
Mahmoud Osman (presenter) former political leader, analyst
Noshirwan Emin (presenter) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
Omar Sheikhmous (presenter) Stockholm University

Other discussants: Amatzia Baram (US Institute for Peace), Kamran Karadaghi (journalist), M. Bassem (Iraqi National Congress), Najmaldin Karim (WKI), Michael Gunter (Tennessee Tech), Asad Khailany (WKI), Barham Salih (PUK) Bakhtiar Amin (Human Rights Alliance), Laurie Mylroie (analyst), Peter Galbraith (former US Ambassador), Asfandiar Shukri (WKI),
Judith Yaphe (National Defense University)

Additional Discussion
Wednesday, July 29

Panel Four: Syria: “Playing The Kurdish Card”

Dr. Najmaldin Karim (moderator)
Dr. A. Khosnav (statement read by Dr. Karim)
Omar Sheikhmous (discussant) University of Stockholm
Saif Badrakhan (discussant)

Additional Discussion
Conflict Resolution Approaches

Graham Fuller (co-facilitator) RAND Corporation
David Phillips (co-facilitator) Intl. Conflict Resolution Program, Columbia University
Kamran Karadaghi (presenter) journalist, Al-Hayat
Hazhir Teimourian (presenter) journalist, The European
Kendal Nezan (presenter) Kurdish Institute of Paris

Other discussants: Barbara Wien (US Institute for Peace), William Zartman (School of Advanced International Studies), Kathryn Porter (Human Rights Alliance), John McDonald (Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy), Lorelei Kelly (Stanford Center on Negotiation and Conflict).

Additional Discussion

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