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LECTURE SERIES ON "THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN", NAPLES 2006

Mediterranean issues: The International Politics of the Mediterranean

In the wake of the success of its first lecture series on “The International Politics of the Mediterranean” (2004-2005), the Fondazione Mediterraneo is continuing its work aimed at increasing knowledge and consciousness of the international politics of the Mediterranean. In the second consecutive year of this lecture series, speakers will examine a number of “Mediterranean Issues” of critical importance to the future of the region’s international relations.  The lecture series is coordinated by Fabio Petito, Massimo Galluppi, and Franco Mazzei of the Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”.  

PROGRAMME

Barcelona: Inclusion within Diversity

Álvaro de Vasconcelos, Director, Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon and Secretary General, EuroMeSCo

Thursday, 16 February, at 5:30 p.m.
Interview
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Democratic Challenges: Conflicts and Political Change in the Mid-East

Joseph Maïla, Director, Centre de Recherche sur la Paix, Institut Catholique de Paris

Thursday, 23 February, at 4:00 p.m.

Interview
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The Law of War in Times of Terror: From 9/11 to the War in Iraq

Matthew Evangelista, Professor of International Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Thursday, 16 March, at 4:00 p.m.

Interview
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The American "Grand Strategy" and
the Breakdown of Order in the Middle East
Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Professor of International Relations, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan

Thursday, 30 March, at 4:00 p.m.

Interview
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The Role of the Mediterranean in Evolving Global Oil and Gas Trade

Giacomo Luciani, Co-Director, Mediterranean Programme, European University Institute, Florence

Wednesday, 5 April, at 4:00 p.m.

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The North/South Divide in the Mediterranean

Samir Amin, Director, Third World Forum, Dakar

Friday, 28 April, at 10:00 a.m.

Interview

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Perceptions of the United States and Europe
in the Middle East and Mediterranean

Mark LeVine,  Professor of modern Middle Eastern history, culture, and Islamic studies at the University of California, Irvine

Wednesday, 24 May, at 5:00 p.m.

Interview

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Lectures will take place at Maison de la Méditerranée – Sala Vesuvio Napoli
Via Depretis, 130 - tel. 081 552 30 33 – fax 081 420 32 73