HUMANITARIAN
DIPLOMACY THEORY AND PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD
Center for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SAM) Ankara Center for Political and Economic Research (ASEM) Department of Political Science and International Relations Center for Modern Turkish Studies
December 6, 2013, Friday ŞEHİR Altunizade East Campus Conference Hall
Conference will be conducted in English
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International Conference Humanitarian Diplomacy: Theory and Perspectives from the Field organized by Ankara Center for Political and Economic Research (ASEM) Center for Strategic Research of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SAM) Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) İstanbul Şehir University Department of Political Science and International Relations and Center for Modern Turkish Studies 6 December 2013, Friday 09.00 – 09.30 Registration 09.30 – 10.00 Opening Speeches Ahmet Ademoğlu, Rector, Istanbul Şehir University M. Akif Kireçci, Chairman, ASEM Mesut Özcan, Chairman, SAM 10:00 – 11.30 I. Session: Theoretical Approaches to Humanitarian Diplomacy Chair: M. Akif Kireçci, Bilkent University Panelists: Jelika Stefanovic-Stambuk, University of Belgrade From the Heart-Depths or for the Image Priming in the Direst Problems? The Case of Humanitarian Diplomacy Mojtaba Mahdavi, University of Alberta Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in the Middle East: A Cinderella Shoe Approach to Global Ethics? Melissa Patel, Fordham University Does Our Concept of “Humanitarian Diplomacy” Help Us Prevent the Possibility of Future Holes of Oblivion: Fashioning A Theoretical Foundation For “Humanitarian Diplomacy” Based on Our Shared Humanness. 11.30 – 13.00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14.45 II. Session: Turkey Chair: Muzaffer Şenel, İstanbul Şehir University Panelists: Bruce Gilley, Portland State University Turkey, Middle Powers, and the Practice of Humanitarian Diplomacy M. Akif Kireçci, Bilkent University Syrians in Turkish Camps - A Humanitarian Perspective Fulya Memişoğlu, Çukurova University Turkey's Management of Multi-Layered Migration Flows and Recent Policy Developments Suna Gülfer Ihlamur-Öner, Marmara University Turkish Asylum Regime in the Light of Humanitarian Diplomacy Işıl Acehan, İpek University The Humanitarian Efforts of the Turkish Red Crescent Societies in the United States during the Turkish War of Independence
14.45 – 15.00
Tea & Coffee Break
15:00 - 16.30 III. Session: Perspectives from the Field Chair: Fulya Memişoğlu, Çukurova University Panelists: Metin Çorabatır, Association for Research Centre of Asylum and Migration (ARCAM) Turkey’s Behavioral Patterns in the cases of Mass Migrations and the Role of Civil Society İnstitutions in Humanitarian Crises İzzet Şahin, The IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation IHH's Humanitarian Diplomacy Experience: A Case Study of Syria Dilayda Gizem Çelik, Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) Humanitarian Aid Activities by Turkey and Population Movement from Syria into Turkey Rahman Nurdun, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) TİKA’s Active Role in Delivering Turkish ODA 16.30 – 16.45 Tea & Coffee Break 16:45 – 18.00 IV. Session: The World Chair, Mesut Özcan, Center for Strategic Research (SAM) Panelists: Jinan Bastaki, SOAS, University of London Who Represents Palestinian Refugees? The Sidelining of the Core of the Palestine Question Mark Wild, Fordham University The New Face of Humanitarian Aid and Intervention: China and its Growing Role in the Realm of African Development Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, Kashmir University Humanitarian Diplomacy and Conflict: A Case Study of Jammu & Kashmir 18.00 – 18.30
Concluding Remarks