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Congress Contributions

LAST UPDATE : 21 October 2011

10 December 2011 A Conference for Security and Cooperation in the Middle East: Chances and Challenges in the Wake of the “Arab Spring” | Symposium on European Union, Turkey, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa | Organized by Bosphorus Research Center (BRC) | School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 10/12/2011.
25 October 2011 Speaking on the panel “The Role of Israel and Iran in the Potential Success of the 2012 Conference” | Workshop: “Towards the 2012 Conference on a Nuclear- and WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East” on the sidelines of the “6th SOAS/British Pugwash London Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone” | School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 25–26/10/2011.
7 October 2011 The United States’ Policy towards Iran under Obama: Why the Lack of “Change” was Not Surprising | Panel: “The International Conflict Surrounding Iran: The United States, the Nuclear Issue and Beyond” [chaired by myself] | 18th International Congress of DAVO (German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation) | Free University of Berlin, 06–08/10/2011.
7 October 2011 Targeted or Crippling? The Iran Sanctions Regime and its Effects on Broader Economic Development | Panel: “Iran and its Economic Challenges” [organized & chaired by myself] | 18th International Congress of DAVO (German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation) | Free University of Berlin, 06–08/10/2011.
29 June 2011 Targeted or Crippling? The Iran Sanctions Regime and its Multifaceted Repercussions | Panel: “Issues in Contemporary Iranian Politics” | British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Annual Conference 2011 “The Middle East: Aspirations and Challenges” – in association with the European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES) and the Asian Federation of Middle East Associations (AFMA) | Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, 27–29/06/2011.
28 June 2011 Iranian–Arab Relations and the U.S.–Iran Conflict Since 2003: Impacts and Prospects | Panel: “Beyond the Challenges of the Discourse of ‘New Emerging Regional Power’: Iran and the Arab World” | British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Annual Conference 2011 “The Middle East: Aspirations and Challenges” – in association with the European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES) & the Asian Federation of Middle East Associations (AFMA) | Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, 27–29 June 2011.
8 May 2011 Ambivalent Episodes in Iran’s Post-‘9/11’ Foreign Policy | LMEI Middle East PhD Students Conference “State, Society and Economy in the Modern Middle East” | London Middle East Institute (LMEI), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 7–8/05/2011.
12 March 2011 Academia and Activism in Germany | 2011 SOAS Research Student Conference “The Relation between Activism and Academia” | School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 12/03/2011.
26 Feb. 2011 The Effects of Iran Sanctions in the Field of Energy | SOAS 2011 Postgraduate Symposium on Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eurasia | School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 26/02/2011.
10 Dec. 2010 Iran | Panel: Das Völkerrecht, der UNO-Sicherheitsrat und die Entwicklungen im Nahen und Mittleren Osten (Afghanistan, der Irak und der Iran) [International Law, the UN Security Council and Developments in the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran] | 3. außenpolitische Konferenz der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung: Die UNO und das Völkerrecht in den internationalen Beziehungen der Gegenwart [3rd Foreign-Policy Conference of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: The UN and International Law in Today’s International Relations] | Berlin, 10 – 11/12/2010.
21 Sep. 2010 The Iran Sanctions Regimes: Politico-Economic and Conflict-Sensitive Ramifications | Panel: Economies of War and Destruction: Political Conflict and its Economic and Social Repercussions in the MENA Region (Pt. 2)  [organized by the DAVO Working Group “Economics of the MENA Region”] | 31st German Oriental Studies Conference & 17th International Congress of DAVO (German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation) | University of Marburg, 20–24/09/2010.
20 Sep. 2010 The Iran Conflict in the Obama Era: Strategic Considerations | 31st German Oriental Studies Conference & 17th International Congress of DAVO (German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation) – University of Marburg, 20–24/09/2010.
20 July 2010 & Miriam Shabafrouz The Geo-Economic Dynamics of Iran Sanctions in a Multipolar World | Panel: Iran and Foreign Policies | World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) – Barcelona (Spain), 19–24/07/2010.
9 Oct. 2009 Iran als »Indispensable Nation« im Westasien der Post-Irak-Invasion [Iran as »Indispensable Nation« in the Western Asia of the Post-Iraq Invasion] | Panel: Der Nahe Osten nach dem Sturz Saddam Husseins [The Middle East After the Fall of Saddam Hussein] | 16th International Congress of DAVO (German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation) | University of Bonn, 8–10/10/2009.
9 Oct. 2009 Explanatory Models for Understanding Iranian Foreign Policy | Panel: Iran and the World: The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic and the Domestic Factors Influencing it (I) | 16th International Congress of DAVO (German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation) | University of Bonn, 8–10/10/2009.
5 June 2009 The »Middle East«: From Past and Present Attributions to a Future Regional Identity? | First Research Students Society Conference: Regional Studies and Critical Perspectives on Regions | School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 5–6/06/2009.
7 June 2008 Die US-»Grand Strategy« von Pakistan bis Iran [U.S. »Grand Strategy« from Pakistan to Iran] | Panel: Die historische Entwicklung der Konflikte in und um Afghanistan | Internationaler Afghanistan-Kongress [International Afghanistan Congress] | Hanover (Germany), 7–8/06/2008.
19 Jan. 2008 Der »Krieg gegen den Terror«: Geheimdienste und Terrorismus im Nahen und Mittleren Osten [The »War on Terror«: Intelligence Services and Terrorism in the Middle East] | Netzwerk Terrorismusforschung: 2nd Workshop | University of Kassel (Germany), 18−19/01/2008.
14 Sep. 2007 Iran in the Eye of Storm: Origins, Course, and Implications of a Global Crisis | Plenum 3A: Globalisierung des Kriegs / Krieg um Ressourcen [Globalization of War / War for Resources] | 25th Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association: War | University of Basel (Switzerland), 12−14/09/2007.
30 June 2007 Über die Notwendigkeit einer partizipativen Demokratie [On the Necessity of a Participatory Democracy] | Panel 4: Wege zur Integration von Migranten, Tagung Migration steuern oder verwalten? Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich | Research groups on migration of the Graduate School of Politics (GraSP) at the Institute for Political Science (IfPol) and DFG (German Research Foundation) research training group »Zivilgesellschaftliche Verständigungsprozesse« [Processes of Dialogue in Civil Society]  at the Center for Netherlands Studies | University of Münster (Germany), 29−30/06/2007.

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[en] The latest is a news article in German (published in both Germany and Austria) on the current heated conflict around Iran after the EU's announcement to impose an oil embargo on the country. Therein, Ali Fathollah-Nejad is quoted as saying that it is an illusion if the West believes that Iranians suffering from economic hardship will rise against their government.