The SMU Tower Center presents Symposium on Asia – Middle East, Expanding Relations: The New Dynamics and Their Global Impact.

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 12:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Location:  HT Ballroom, Ground Floor, Hughes-Trigg Student Center,  3140 Dyer St., Dallas, TX  75205

Parking:  Binkley Garage, 3105 Binkley Ave., Dallas, TX 75205   (Accessible parking and elevator. For more accessibility questions email us at tower@smu.edu.)

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Please click below for registration. Click on each panel you plan to attend.

Program

11:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Registration

12:00 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Keynote Lunch & Discussion

Opening Remarks: Jennifer Apperti, Executive Director, SMU Tower Center

Keynote Speaker: Koichiro Tanaka, Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan

Discussant: Manochehr Dorraj, Professor, Political Science, Texas Christian University

1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Panel I  - South and Central Asia (India, Pakistan, Central Asia): Expanding Ties and Their Ramifications With the Middle East.

Kenneth I. Juster, Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Gerald M. Feierstein, Director, Arabian Peninsula Affairs Program, Middle East Institute

M Hakan Yavuz, Professor, Political Science, University of Utah

Discussant: Sabri Ates, Associate Professor of History,  William P. Clements Department of History

3:25 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Panel II – East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea): Expanding Ties and Their Ramifications With the Middle East.

Amane Kobayashi, Senior Researcher, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan

Manochehr Dorraj, Professor, Political Science, Texas Christian University

•Middle East - South Korea  Relations

Kayla Orta, Senior Associate, Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, Wilson Center

Discussant: Hiroki Takeuchi, Director, Sun & Star Program on Japan and East Asia in the SMU Tower Center

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

Ambassador Robert Jordan, Diplomat in Residence, SMU Tower Center

Any person who requires a reasonable accommodation on the basis of a disability in order to participate in this program should contact the SMU Tower Center at tower@smu.edu in advance at least 4 days prior to the event to arrange for the accommodation.

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