The Iranian Threat--conference at Hebrew University to offer global perspective on Iran's ambitions Print E-mail
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Sunday, 07 January 2007
A one-day conference focusing on the Iranian threat will be held this week at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The conference, entitled: "In the Eye of the Storm: Iran in Global Perspectives", is being run in cooperation with the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and The Israel Project. Sessions will include:

    • Iran's Rivals: The Western Powers;
    • Iran's Backyard: The Muslim Middle East;
    • Iran's Strategic Hinterland: The Asian Powers;
    • and Iran's Universal Appeal.

Issues to be dealt with during the conference include Shiite Iran and the Sunni World; Iran in Africa; Iran in Latin America; Tehran's Global Agenda; The American Dilemma; Europe, Iran and the Bomb; Iran's Regional Security Conception; The Arab System and Iran's Claim for Hegemony; How Iraqi Sunnis, Shi'is, Kurds and Patriots See Iran; Iran in Turkish Foreign Policy; China and Iran; and Evaluation of the Oil Factor in the Japan-Iran Relationship.

The conference will take place at the Maiersdorf Faculty Club at the Mount Scopus campus on Tuesday, January 9, from 8.30 a.m. until 6.15 p.m.

For further information:

    • Rebecca Zeffert, Dept. of Media Relations, the Hebrew University, tel: 052 428 2661
    • Or Orit Sulitzeanu, Hebrew University spokesperson, tel: 02-5882910, or 052-2608016.
    • Internet site: http://media.huji.ac.il