Iraq and its Neighbourhood: Strategies for Stability
Damascus (February 22 – 24, 2008)
Dr. Khaled Al-Masri
Vice Dean, Faculty of International Relations and Diplomacy, Kalamoon University, Damascus
H.E. Walid Al-Muallem
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Syria, Damascus
Dr. Samir Altaqi
Director, Orient Center for International Studies, Damascus
H.E. Abdull-Fattah Ammoura
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Syria, Damascus
Hala Barbara
Legal Advisor, Syrian Commission for Family Affairs, Damascus
Prof. Dr. Meliha Benli Altunisik
Professor, Head of Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Joschka Fischer
German Minister of Foreign Affairs (ret.), Berlin
H.E. Suliman Hadad
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, People’s Council, Damascus
Dr. Rainer Hermann
Correspondent, German Daily “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, Istanbul
Elke Hoff
MdB, Member, German Bundestag, Berlin
Dr. Rosemary Hollis
Director of Research, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London
Dr. Marwan J. Kabalan
Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, Member, Board of Directors, Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Damascus University, Damascus
Nidal Kabalan
Managing Director, Syrian Satellite Channel, Damascus
Dr. Flynt Leverett , Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative of the America Strategy Program,
New America Foundation, Washington
Dr. Abbas Maleki
Chairman, International Institute for Caspian Studies, Tehran
H.E. Andreas Michaelis
Director, Near and Middle Eastern Affairs and the Maghreb, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Dr. Sami Mobayed
Political Analyst, Lecturer, Faculty of International Relations, Kalamoon University, Damascus
Dr. Rolf Mützenich
MdB, Chairman of the German-Iranian Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag, Berlin
H.E. Dr. Hussein Omran
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Syria to the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Dr. Thomas Paulsen , Managing Director, Bergedorf Round Table, Körber Foundation, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Volker Perthes
Chairman and Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
H.E. Dr. Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour
Director, Diplomacy and International Organizations, School of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran
Dr. Ulrich Schlie
Director, Policy Planning Staff, Ministry of Defence, Berlin
Dr. Rowsch Noori Shaways
Member of the Council for Political Security, Baghdad
VLR I Ralph Tarraf
Deputy Head of Policy Planning, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
H.E. Dr. Muhyieddeen Touq
Minister of State (ret.), Amman
Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker
President of the Federal Republic of Germany (ret.), Berlin
Dr. Klaus Wehmeier
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Körber Foundation, Hamburg
H.E. Volkmar Wenzel
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Arab Republic of Syria, Damascus
Dr. Mostafa Zahrani
Director, Iranian Institute for Peace and Human Security, Tehran
Pawel Zalewski
Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw
Dr. Gottfried Zeitz
Office of President Richard von Weizsäcker, Berlin