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The Lecture Series on Political Change in Middle East

Lecture 14: The Situation in the Middle East and the United Nations’ Role after the Arab Awakening (February 18, 2014)

Ms. Ayaka Suzuki (Deputy Director, Africa I Division in the Department of Political Affairs at the United Nations)

Lecture 13: Challenges of the Erdo?an Administration for Regional Stabilization (September 25, 2013)

Dr. Talip Kucukcan (Professor, the Institute of Middle East Studies, Marmara University)
Mr. Ufuk Uluta? (Director of Foreign Policy Research, SETA)

Lecture7: Japan's response to the situation in the Gulf (July 2, 2012)

Mr. Kunihiko MIYAKE (Chief researcher, Group of Foreign Affairs and National Security,
The Canon Institute for Global Studies)
Mr. Motohiro Oono (A member of the House of Councilors)(DPJ)

Lecture6: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Middle East Policy after Arab Spring -Speaker from Harvard University- (June 12, 2012)

Dr. Stephen Martin Walt (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)

Lecture4: Singapore's Perspective on the post-Arab Spring Situation in the Middle East -Experts from Singapore speak on the Middle Eastern Situation- (Jan. 30, 2012)

Mr. James Dorsey
(Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies RSIS, NTU)
Dr. Farish A Noor
(Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies RSIS, NTU)
Mr. Zainul Abidin Rasheed
(Former Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Non-Resident Ambassador to Kuwait)

Lecture3: The British Perspective on the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula -British Experts speak on the Middle Eastern Situation- (Dec. 5, 2011)

Prof. Rory MILLER (Middle East & Mediterranean Studies, King’s College London)
Prof. Clive JONES (School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds)

Lecture2: The Middle East situation from the Perspective of Russian Diplomacy-Speakers from the Russian Academy of Sciences- (Aug. 29, 2011)

Dr. Baranovsky ( Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, The Russian Academy of Sciences)
Dr. Shumilin (Director of Center for analysis of the Greater Middle East conflicts, The Russian Academy of Sciences)

Lecture1: “Observations from the Front Lines of Political Change in the Middle East” by Journalists from Al Arabiya News Channel (Jun. 27, 2011)

Mr. Antoine Aoun (Head of Current Affairs, News and Current Affairs, Al Arabiya News Channel)
Mr. Naji Al Harazi (Senior Reporter, News and Current Affairs, Al Arabiya News Channel)

Interview Series

Dr. Haleh ESFANDIARI, Director of the Middle East Program, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (June, 2014)

Dr. Haleh ESFANDIARI, Director of the Middle East Program, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

H.E. Dr. Masoumeh EBTEKAR, the Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (April, 2014)

H.E. Dr. Masoumeh EBTEKAR, the Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Dr. Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi (Dec., 2012)

Dr. Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi

Dr. Vladimir Baranovsky and Dr. Alexander Shumilin from The Russian Academy of Sciences (Aug., 2011)

Dr. Baranovsky, Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, The Russian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Shumilin, Director of Center for analysis of the Greater Middle East conflicts, The Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Ibrahim Kalin, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey (Feb., 2011)

Interview with Dr. Ibrahim Kalin, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey

Mr. Wahib El-Miniawy, Former Egyptian Ambassador to Japan (Dec., 2010)

The Diplomatic Stance of the DPJ/LPJ toward the Middle East and Islamic Countries
Seminars

"Iran and the International Community after Nuclear Negotiation" by Professor Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)(October 1, 2014)

“Iran and the International Community after Nuclear Negotiation” by Professor Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)

“Russian Perspective on Syria, Iraq and the Middle East” by Dr. Alexander SHUMILIN, Director, the Center for the Greater Middle East conflicts, the Russian Academy of Sciences (September 12, 2014)

“Russian Perspective on Syria, Iraq and the Middle East” by Dr. Alexander SHUMILIN, Director, the Center for the Greater Middle East conflicts, the Russian Academy of Sciences

“Iran, the United States and Iran’s Foreign Policy” by Dr. Haleh ESFANDIARI, Director of the Middle East Program, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (June 5, 2014)

“Iran, the United States and Iran’s Foreign Policy” by Dr. Haleh ESFANDIARI, Director of the Middle East Program, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

“Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Crimean & Syrian Crises” by H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir, Chairman, the Foreign Affairs Committee of Turkish Parliament (April 15, 2014)

“Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Crimean & Syrian Crises by H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir, Chairman, the Foreign Affairs Committee of Turkish Parliament”

"Iran in the Moderation Era" by H.E. Dr. Masoumeh EBTEKAR, the Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (April 3, 2014)

Iran in the Moderation Era  by  H.E. Dr. Masoumeh EBTEKAR, the Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

"Muslim Democrat-the Case of Malaysia-" by Dr. Anwar Ibrahim (February 27, 2014)

“Present and Future Relationship between Iran and Japan” by H.E. Dr. Reza NAZARAHARI, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Japan (August 29, 2013)

“’Arab Spring’& Kingdom of Bahrain Reforms” by H.E. Dr. Khalil Bin Ebrahim Hassan, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Japan (November 22, 2012)

Lecture Session “Turkey's Look East Policies: Ideal and Reality,” by Dr. Ibrahim Kalin (Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey)(Jan. 26, 2011)

Speaker)
Dr. Ibrahim Kalin

Panel Discussion

Speaker)
・Dr. Ibrahim Kalin
Commentators)
・Mr. Phar Kim Beng, Director of Research and Strategy, Foreign Policy Study Group
・Dr. Yasushi HAZAMA, Director, Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center

"Current Situation of Iraq" by H.E. Ambassador to Japan Lukman Faily of Iraq (Jan. 20, 2011)

Seminars for diplomats from Middle Eastern Islamic countries resident in Japan

"Economic Policies of the Democratic party of Japan and Liberal Democratic Party"

Mr. Jin Matsubara (A member of the House of Representatives)(DPJ)
Mr. Taro Kono (A member of the House of Representatives)(LDP)

"The Diplomatic Stance of the DPJ/LPJ toward the Middle East and Islamic Countries"

Mr. Yoshinori Suematsu (A member of the House of Representatives)(DPJ)
Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura (A member of the House of Representatives)(LDP)

SPF Seminar “What will happen in the Japanese Politics?” by Prof. Nobuaki Hanaoka (April 28, 2009)

SPF Seminar “What will happen in the Japanese Politics?” by Prof. Nobuaki Hanaoka (April 28, 2009)
Lecture on the Occasion of the Establishment of The Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund (May 28, 2009)

Speech by Ms. Yuriko Koike (A member of the House of Representatives)(LDP)

Speech by Hon. Yuriko Koike

Celebration of the Establishment of The Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund

Celebration of the Establishment of The Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund

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