SETA Foundation and The Sasakawa Peace Foundation cordially invite you to a conference on “Turkish-Japanese Perspectives on Energy, Security and Development in the Middle East and Africa”. The conference brings together Turkish and Japanese experts to initiate a dialogue between Turkey and Japan to explore areas of cooperation that are of mutual interest. The conference willl feature Japanese and Turkish foreing policy aprroaches to the Middle East and Africa by focusing on critical issues such as political stability, energy, security and development in the region.

We very much hope you will be able to attend this special event.

Note: Panel discussion will be held in English.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

14.00-14.10 Welcoming Remarks
Taha Özhan (General Coordinator, SETA Foundation)
 

1st Session
Chair: Ufuk Ulutaş (SETA Foundation)

 

14.10-14.25
Japanese Foreign Policy Perspectives on the Middle East and North Africa
Akira Matsunaga (Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo)

14.25-14.40
Cross-Regional Cooperation Among Regional Powers in Global Geopolitics: Turkish-Japanese Cooperation in the Middle East
Kılıç Buğra Kanat (Penn State University, Erie & SETA DC)

14.40-14.55
Rising Powers as Rising Donors: Turkey’s Policy towards Africa
Mehmet Özkan (SETA Foundation)

14.55-15.15
Q&A

15.15-15.30
Coffee/Tea Break
 

2nd Session
Chair: Talip Küçükcan (Insight Turkey)

15.30-15.45
A Japanese Perspective on Iran’s Nuclear Problem and Energy Security
Nobumasa Akiyama (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)

15.45-16.00
Turkey’s Energy Policies, Energy Security and Nonproliferation Regimes in Regional Energy Equations
Erdal Tanas (Yıldırım Beyazıt University) and Ayşe Zeynep Nayır (SETA Foundation)

16.00-16.20
Q&A