The Third International
Forum on Asia and the Middle East: “Transformation of the Islamic Countries in
the Middle East and Its Global Impacts”
Co-sponsored by:
Middle East Studies Institute, Shanghai
International Studies University (SISU)
U.S. Asia Cultural Academy (UACA)
Asian Division of Library of Congress,
U.S.A.
Center for Middle East and Islamic
Studies, United States Naval Academy
Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China
September 14-16, 2011
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September 13, Tuesday
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16:00-18:00
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Check in Venue: SISU Guest House
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18:00
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Supper Venue: SISU Guest House
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September 14, Wednesday
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9:00-11:30
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Registration Venue: Lobby of SISU Guest House
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11:30
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Lunch Venue: SISU Guest House
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14:00-14:40
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Opening Speeches Venue: Yinglun Hall of SISU
Conference Center
Chair: Professor ZHU Weilie
Presenters: Professor Yang Li, Vice President of SISU
Dr. Anchi Hoh
Ambassador YANG
Fuchang
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14:40-15:10
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Group-picture Taking Venue: Outside of SISU Conference
Center
Coffee Break Venue: Fushi Hall of SISU
Conference Center
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15:10-17:00
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Keynote Speeches Venue: Yinglun Hall of SISU
Conference Center
Chair: Ambassador LIU Baolai
Presenters & Topics:
WU Sike: The Current Situation of the
Middle East Countries
Brannon Wheeler: Cultural Ties between China and the
Middle East
Mohamed Noman Galal: Socio-political Analysis for the
Arab Spring: Egyptian Case Study
Q
& A
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17:10
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Banquet Venue: SISU Guest House
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September 15, Thursday
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8:00-10:00
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Stage One
Panel One Venue: Yinglun Hall of SISU
Conference Center
Chair:
Ambassador WANG Shijie
Commentator:
Ambassador HUA Liming
Presenters
& Topics:
LIU
Baolai: The U.S. Factor in the Transformation of the Middle Eastern Islamic Countries
AN
Huihou: The Causes and Impacts of the Arab world's Political and
Social Unrest
WANG
Jinglie: On
Transitional Society of Middle East and the Current Political Crises
Abdel
Fattah Ezzeldin: Egyptian 25 of January Revolution and Its Impacts
on Regional and International Systems
Q & A
Panel Two Venue: Kaixuan Hall of SISU
Conference Center
Chair:
Professor WU Lei
Commentator:
Professor LI Weijian
Presenters
& Topics:
Itamar Y. Lee: The
EU-US relations in the Middle East
GU Zhenglong: Turkey’s Role in the Middle Eastern Islamic
Countries
Samir Bitar: Language, Identity, and Arab Nationalism: Case Study of
Palestine
YU Jianhua: On the International Background of Middle East Unrest
Q & A
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10:00-10:20
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Coffee Break Venue: Fushi Hall of SISU
Conference Center
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10:20-11:50
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Stage Two
Panel One Venue: Yinglun
Hall
Chair:
Ambassador YAO Kuangyi
Commentator: Ambassador LIU Zhentang
Presenters
& Topics:
Robert
R. Bianchi: Chain-reaction Revolution in the Middle East: Political,
Economic, and Religious Upheaval Across Borders and Continents
Majed Khader: Digital
Communication and the Pro-Democracy Movement in the Arab World: Role,
Significance, and Outcomes
Khaled Huthaily: Arab Uprisings: Their Legality in
Two Contradictory Perspectives in Islam
Navid Fozi Abivard: In the Wake of the Most Critical Iranian Parliamentary
Election: The Islamic Republic Dilemma of Power Maintenance and Possibility
of Drastic Measures
Q & A
Panel Two Venue: Kaixuan
Hall
Chair:
Director WANG Nan
Commentator:
Professor YU Jianhua
Presenters
& Topics:
HUANG
Jiangang: Saudi Arabia’s Regime Reform to Solid Its Royalty
DING
Jun: The Cultural Reconstruction in Social Transformation of
the
Middle Eastern Islamic Countries
TIAN
Wenlin: The Hidden Logic of the Power Transition in the Arab World
LIU Zhongmin: The Middle East Upheaval
and Its Impacts on the middle East Policies of U.S.A., EU and Russia
ZHAO Weiming: Middle East Unrest
and the Arab World Transformation
Q & A
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12:00
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Lunch Venue: SISU Guest House
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14:00-16:50
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Final Discussion and
Closing Remarks Venue: Yinglun
Hall
Chair: MA Lirong
a) Conclusions from the two panels
Presenters:
Professor WANG Jinglie
Professor LIU Zhongmin
b) Q & A
c) Concluding Remarks: Ambassador An Huihou
Dr. Anchi Hoh
Professor LIU Zhongmin
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17:00
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Banquet Venue: SISU Guest House
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September 16, Friday
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7:30
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Academic
Tour Venue: Fengjing Town, Shanghai
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13:30
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Departure
for Hongqiao Airport
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Panel Discussion Arrangements
(time for each speaker: 15 minutes)
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Groups
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Panel One
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Panel Two
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Venues
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Yinglun Hall of SISU
Conference Center
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Kaixuan Hall of SISU
Conference Center
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Issues
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Middle East Unrests & Social
Transformation
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Middle East Unrests &
Great Powers
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Conveners
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WANG Jinglie
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LIU Zhongmin
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Secretaries
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ZHU Jiejin
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SUN Degang
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Members
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YANG Fuchang WU Sike
WANG Shijie LIU Baolai
LIU Zhentang YAO Kuangyi
HUA Liming AN Huihou
ZHU Weilie MA Lirong
Brannon Wheeler Anchi Hoh
Robert R. Bianchi Xiaoming
Zhao
Mohamed Noman Galal LIU Hongwu
Abdel Fattah Ezzeldin Majed Khader
Gaafar K. Ahmed Khaled Huthaily
Navid Fozi Abivard WU Bingbing
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GU Zhenglong Itamar Y. Lee
LIU Shuiming Samir Bitar
LI Weijian Brian Lofink
ZHAO Weiming YU Jianhua
CHEN Wanli YAN Tingguo
WANG Nan WU Lei
TIAN Wenlin WANG Youyong
WANG Bo DING Jun
QIAN Xuewen WANG Guangda
LI Yi NIU Song
HUANG Jiangang YU Yong
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