Foreign Actors in the Syrian Conflict, 2017
International Roundtable Conference, Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute
Berlin, Germany, 27-28 February 2017
Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, center, answers questions related to the Syrian negotiation process. At table, left: Dr. Agnes Levallois, Research Fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS), Lecturer, Ecole nationale d'administration (ENA), Paris; right: Ms. Jiahong Chen (China), Research Director (Cultural & Social Affairs), Dialogue of Civilizations Research Center, Berlin.
Dr. Hans Köchler delivers lecture on "Syria: From Proxy War to Regional Peace? The Pitfalls and Prospects of Realpolitik"
Summary of lecture
TV interview
Radio interview
Roundtable summary
Dialogue of Civilizations Research Center, Berlin, 28 February 2017; seated, at right side of table, from right: Mr. Oytun Orhan, Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM), Ankara, Turkey; Mr. Fawaz Tello, Syrian opposition; Dr. Alexey Maleshenko, Chief Researcher, DOC Research Institute, former Co-Chair, Religion, Society, and Security Program, Carnegie Foundation, Moscow, Russia; Dr. Peter W. Schulze, Lecturer, Department for Political Science, University of Göttingen, Germany; left side of table, second from left: Dr. Arne Clemens Seifert, former Ambassador, Germany.
Panelists at round table, from left: Mr. Oytun Orhan, Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM), Ankara, Turkey; Dr. Khalid M. Abalhassan, Head of Conflict Resolution Unit, Center of Information and Arabian-Russian Studies (CIARS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Ariel Cohen, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, former Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, Washington DC, USA; Dr. Vladimir Ahmedov, Senior Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; Dr. Agnes Levallois, Research Fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS), Paris, France; Dr. Hans Köchler, President, International Progress Organization, Vienna, Austria.