An Early Evening Lecture and Discussion:
co-organized by 
the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (MDC) and the Department of East Asian Studies of Tel Aviv University
in cooperation with 
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo

 

Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Time: 17:30 - 20:00
Venue: "Bnei Zion" Hall, Museum of the Jewish People (ANU), Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv Campus

 

 

17:30 – 17:45 Greetings:
Prof. Eyal Zisser, Vice Rector, Tel Aviv University

17:45 – 18:30 Part I: Keynote Lecture “Japan’s Foreign Policy Challenge in the 21st Century and the Role of the Middle East”
Prof. Yoko Iwama, GRIPS Graduate Policy Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo , Japan

18:40 – 19:55 Part II: Panel Discussion “Middle East’s Pivot to Asia and Asia’s Pivot to the Middle East”
Moderator: Dr. Ori Sela, Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Yoko Iwama, GRIPS, Tokyo
Dr. Brandon Friedman, MDC, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Satoshi Ikeuchi, RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES), University of Tokyo
Dr. Gedalia Afterman, The Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy, Reichman University, Herzliya
Ms. Galia Lavi, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
Dr. Liora Hendelman-Baavur, The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University