Brazil and the Middle East: Shaping new
patterns of connections?
October 19th
1. Opening ceremony
9 a.m.
Welcome
Pedro Dallari – Dean of the Institute of International Relations/USP.
Opening speech
Ligia Maria Scherer, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil and Director
of the Department for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.
2. What role for foreign actors in the Middle East and North Africa?
9.30 a.m.
Álvaro Vasconcelos – Senior Associate Fellow, Arab Reform Initiative, Paris.
Pedro Dallari – Dean of the Institute of International Relations/USP.
3. Successful and failed transitions: what could be learned from them?
11 a.m.
Hussein Kalout – Political Scientist, Professor of International Relations, Middle
Eastern and Islamic Studies Expert and Research Scholar at Weatherhead Center
for International Affairs of Harvard University.
Azzam Mahjoub – Economist at Tunis University (via Skype).
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4. Crises and conflicts: the role of Brazil in regional security challenges and the
Libyan question
2 p.m.
Luis Martinez – Fellow at CERI, Sciences Po, Paris.
Guilherme Casarões – Professor of International Relations at Getúlio Vargas
Foundation (CPDOC/FGV) and at ESPM (Escola Superior de Propaganda e
Marketing).
5.
Crises and conflicts: dealing with human rights violations in the Syrian war
4 p.m.
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro – Chairman of the Independent International Commission of
Inquiry for Syria, Geneva, UN.
Salam Kawakibi – Deputy Director of Arab Reform Initiative and fellow at
University of Amsterdam (via Skype).
October 20th
6. Crises and conflicts: the Palestinian Question a way out?
9 a.m.
Nadim Shehadi – Director of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies,
Tufts University.
Arlene Clemesha – Director of the Center for Arab Studies at USP.
7. Economic and social challenges of the Arab reforms and the Brazilian
Experience
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11 a.m.
Alberto Pfeifer – Professor at the Institute of International Relations/USP.
Patricia Vieira da Costa – Director of Institutional Relations and Deputy-Secretary
of the Secretariat for Overcoming Extreme Poverty at the Brazilian Ministry of
Social Development (MDS, “Plano Brasil sem Miséria”)
8. Developing civil society interactions
2 p.m.
Abdallah Saaf – Professor of Juridical, Economic and Social Sciences at RabatAgdal.
Geraldo Adriano Campos – Professor of International Relations at ESPM
University, São Paulo and Esther Solano – Adjunct professor of International
Relations at Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP).
9. Bilateral relations and multilateral dynamics: in search of solutions for
current crises
4 p.m.
Feliciano Guimarães – Professor at the Institute of International Relations/USP.
Michele Dunne – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
10. Conclusions
6 p.m.
Arlene Clemesha – Director of the Center for Arab Studies at USP.
Álvaro Vasconcelos – Senior Associate Fellow, Arab Reform Initiative, Paris.
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