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Congress of Istanbul - Agenda

�iragan Palace May 1-3, 1998 Friday May 1 4:00-5:00 p.m PRECONGRESS TEA: Atlanticism, Islam, and the Role of Turkey Conversation with Historian Norman Stone Ballroom Anteroom A, �iragan Palace Moderator Stephen Kinzer, New York Times 6:45-9:00 p.m. DINNER AND KEYNOTE REMARKS Silahhane, Yildiz Palace Chairman Christopher DeMuth, AEI and NAI Introductory Remarks Mark Parris, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Keynote Remarks Sukru G�rel, State Minister for EU Affairs, Turkey Paul Johnson, Historian and Author 9:30-11:00 p.m. EVENING ROUNDTABLE: Broadening the Atlantic Perspective: The Politics of Oil, Water, and Pipelines Yildiz Room, �iragan Palace Chairmen Ulrich Weisser, German Ministry of Defense Joshua Muravchik, AEI and NAI NATO Working Group Panelists Josef Joffe, S�ddeutsche Zeitung Philip Merrill, Former Assistant Secretary General, NATO Ilter Turan, Ko� University Saturday, May 2 8:30-10:00 a.m. OPENING PLENARY SESSION: The Atlantic Community in 2012CA Debate of Three Scenarios Ballroom A, �iragan Palace Chairmen Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Council on Foreign Relations Brian Beedham, Economist Panelists James K. Glassman, AEI and Washington Post Fran�ois Heisbourg, Matra Defense Michael Howard, Shadow Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom Richard Perle, AEI and Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Comment Ismail Cem, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey 10:30 a.m.-noon MORNING ROUNDTABLES: Institutions and Atlantic Challenges �iragan Palace NATO Roundtable: Making Enlargement Work Blue Room Chairmen A. Carsten Damsgaard, Deputy Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO Friedbert Pfl�ger, Member of Parliament, Germany Panelists Radek Sikorski, Deputy Foreign Minister, Poland John Gilbert, Deputy Defense Minister, United Kingdom Stanislav Tkatchenko, St. Petersburg State University Christian Hacke, University of the Armed Forces, Germany European Union Roundtable: The Single Currency and Beyond �imal Room B Chairmen Allan Meltzer, AEI and Carnegie Mellon University Klaus Friedrich, Dresdner Bank Panelists Sukru G�rel, State Minister for EU Affairs, Turkey Norman Lamont, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz, State Secretary for EU Affairs, Germany Trade Regimes Roundtable: Freer Trade and a More Prosperous Transatlantic Marketplace Yildiz Room Chairmen Claude Barfield, AEI Nicholas Vernicos, Vernicos Maritime Panelists Brian Hindley, London School of Economics Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO Andrew Neil, The European 12:30-2:00 p.m. LUNCHEON: Is a Federal Europe Compatible with Atlanticism? Ballroom B, �iragan Palace Chairman Jeffrey Gedmin, NAI and AEI Comment Michael Portillo, Former Defense Minister, United Kingdom Reply Richard Burt, IEP Advisors and Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Karsten Voigt, Member of Parliament, Germany 9:30-11:00 p.m. EVENING ROUNDTABLES �iragan Palace Business Roundtable: Getting Capitalism Right Simal Room B Chairmen Kim Holmes, Heritage Foundation Ilhan Kesici, Member of Parliament, Turkey Panelists Karlyn Bowman, AEI Antx�n Sarasqueta, Multi Media Capital Stephanos Manos, Member of Parliament Former Minister of Economics, Greece Philip Ellsworth, Pfizer Inc. Politics, Culture, and Economics Roundtable: Clinton, Blair, Schroeder: What's the Big Idea? Yildiz Room Chairmen Penn Kemble, U.S. Information Agency John Podhoretz, New York Post Panelists Jack Joyce, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Margarita Mathiopoulos, Braunschweig University and British Aerospace Olivier Mellerio, Institut Aspen France Charles Murray, AEI Regional Roundtable: From the Balkans to the Middle East: Turkey's Role in Regional Stability and Security Blue Room Chairmen Morton Abramowitz, Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Erhard Busek, Former Vice Chancellor, Austria Panelists Nezihi �akar, Senior Adviser to the President, Turkey Wolfgang Ischinger, German Foreign Ministry Miomir Zuzul, Croatian Ambassador to the United States Sunday, May 3 7:30-8:45 a.m. BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLES �iragan Palace Can Atlantic Unity Ensure Security in the Middle East? Blue Room Chairmen Aydan Kodalo&tradelu, Turkish-American Association Doug Feith, Feith and Zell Panelists Kenan Evren, Former President, Republic of Turkey Dore Gold, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations H.R.H. El Hassan bin Talal, Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Peacekeeping: Kosova, Bosnia, and Beyond Yildiz Room Chairmen Pierre Hassner, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales David Wurmser, AEI Panelists Robert Hunter, RAND Corporation Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Jacques Klein, Deputy High Representative, Bosnia and Herzegovina Muhamed Sacirbey, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations Elena Zamfirescu, Deputy Foreign Minister, Romania Comment Bujar Bukoshi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosova 9:15-10:45 a.m. MORNING ROUNDTABLES �iragan Palace Politics and Economy Roundtable: Which Road to Reform? �imal Room B Chairmen Edward Streator, NAI Elizabeth Lulin, Paradigmes Panelists Ugur Bayar, Turkish Foreign Ministry Jo�o Carlos Espada, Universidade Cat�lica Portuguesa Wilfried Prewo, Hannover Chamber of Commerce Allen Roth, New York State Research Council on Privatization Defense and Security Roundtable: After NATO Enlargement: What Next? Blue Room Chairmen Michael Zantovsk�, Czech Senate Alan Lee Williams, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom Panelists Theodossis Georgiou, Atlantic Treaty Association Albinas Janu�ka, Adviser to the President of Lithuania Adrian Karatnycky, Freedom House Jacques Rupnik, Center for International Research and Studies Politics and Culture Roundtable: Democracy and Islam Yildiz Room Chairmen Michael Ledeen, AEI Sukru Elekdag, Bilkent University Panelists Ahmad Chalabi, Iraqi National Congress David Pryce-Jones, Author Nicole Pope, Le Monde Peter Rodman, Nixon Center Halil Sivgin, Foundation for Development of Democracy in the Turkish World 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PLENARY SESSION: Looking Ahead: Do Current Atlantic Institutions Suffice? Ballroom A, �iragan Palace Chairmen: Murat Karayal�in, Member of Parliament, Turkey Peter Robinson, Trades Union Committee for European and Transatlantic Understanding Panelists Ronald Asmus, U.S. Department of State Hasan Koni, Ankara University and Turkish-American Association Juri Luik, Estonian Ambassador to NATO Antonio Martino, Member of Parliament, Italy Former Foreign Minister, Italy Charles Powell, Jardine Matheson Holdings Former Adviser to the Prime Minister, United Kingdom 12:30-2:00 p.m. CONCLUDING LUNCHEON Ballroom B, �iragan Palace Chairman John O'Sullivan, NAI Keynote Remarks Gen. �evik Bir, General Staff, Turkish Armed Forces Zbigniew Brzezinski, CSIS Former U.S. National Security Adviser

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