Transiting MENA (Dis-)Order: "Political, Social and Economic Impacts” nemzetközi konferenciaPontszerző: 1 pont

Friday 5 Dec 2025, 09:00 → Saturday 6 Dec 2025, 18:00 Europe/Budapest

Földszint-Zrínyi terem/Ludovika Főépület (Ludovika Főépület)

Transiting MENA (Dis-)Order: Political, Social, and Economic Impacts

 

Budapest, December 5–6

 

Conference Program

 

FRIDAY, December 5

 

8:15–9:00 Registration

 

9:00–9:30 Opening speeches

 

9:45–10:30 Keynote speech: James M. Dorsey Title TBA (online)

 

10:30–10:45 Break

 

PANEL 1: The MENA and Europe – Challenges and Prospects – Chair:

 

10:45–11:00        Fabio Coriolano: Europe’s Role as a Trade Partner for the MENA Region: A Temporal Analysis of Selected Cases

 

11:00–11:15        György Busztin: How Can Europe Restore Its Standing in the Middle East?

11:15–11:30        Jakub Horváth: Turkish and Saudi Arabian Investments in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rivalry for Influence in the Region

11:30–11:45        Reza Abbasi: Intelligence as Diplomacy in MENA: Covert Actors, Overt Impacts (2020–2025)

 

11:45–12:00 Omid Hedayati: The Return of Strategic Europe: EU’s Dual Role in the U.S.–Iran Confrontation after the Snapback Mechanism

 

12:00–12:20        Q&A

 

12:20–13:20 LUNCH BREAK

 

PANEL 2 – Culture, Norms and Society in Shaping Foreign Policy – Chair: Hessam Habibi Doroh

 

13:20–13:35        Aida Abd El Rehim: The Role of Egyptian Civilization in Egyptian Foreign Policy

 

13:35–13:50        Márta Wollner: Relevance of Religious Law in Social Values in Contemporary Egypt: Results of Quantitative Research from the World Values Survey

 

13:50–14:05        Engy Ibrahim: “Coptic Diaspora from Egypt to the World: The Making of the Modern Coptic Diaspora (Pre-Sadat to Mubarak)”

 

14:05–14:20        Yasmine Barka: TBA

 

14:20–14:35        Q&A

 

14:35–14:50       COFFEE BREAK

 

PANEL 3 – The Role of Islamsim in Governance, Security and Diplomacy – Chair: Marta Woźniak-Bobińska:

 

14:50–15:05        Lenka Hrabalová: Wakhan Corridor under Taliban Rule

 

15:05–15:20        Virág Novák-Varró: The Taliban's Diplomatic Games - Regional Cooperation and Hostilities

 

15:20–15:35        Hessam Habibi-Doroh: Border Governance and the Security Apparatus of the Islamic Republic in Sistan-Baluchistan

 

15:35–15:50        Miklós Sárközy: Tajikistan: Internal and External Challenges in the Pamir

 

15:50–16:05        Jeremi Chelis: Conquest and Holy War: Reinterpretations of the Futūḥ Concept in Modern Fundamentalist Thought

 

16:05–16:25        Q&A

 

16:25–16:45 COFFEE BREAK

 

PANEL 4 – Geopolitics of the MENA in the New World Order – Chair: Elias Dahrouge

 

16:45–17:00        N. Rózsa Erzsébet: Old-New Security Issues in the Persian/Arab Gulf

 

17:00–17:15        Aleksandra Ryś: The United Arab Emirates in a Multipolar World Order: Analysis of a Strategic Partnership with Russia

 

17:15–17:30        Bartosz Kurowski: From Pan-Arabism to pragmatism: the evolution of federalist thought in the context of the UAE

 

17:30–17:45        Hanga Lackó: The 2030 Saudi Vision- Transitions in Every Dimension

 

17:45–18:00        Javad Heiran-Nia: Iran and the security order of the Persian Gulf after the 12-Day War (online)

 

18:00–18:20        Q&A

 

 

 

SATURDAY, December 6

 

8:30–9:00  Registration

 

9:00–9:45  Keynote speech: Giorgio Cella: TBA

 

PANEL 5     Chair: Katarína Hildebrand

 

9:45–10:15 Elias Dahrouge, Ján Ostrolúcky: TBA

 

10:15–10:30        Lina Ghoutouk: Back Home? Syrian Women Returnees in the Light of the Reconstruction of Syria (online)

 

10:30–10:45        Marta Woźniak-Bobińska: Between Hope and Fear: The Syrian Women’s Political Movement in Post-Assad Reality

 

10:45–11:00        Ameera Malek – CSOs and NGOs in Post-Assad Syria (online)

 

11:15–11:30        Diaa Bara: TBA (online)

 

11:30–11:50        Q&A

 

11:50–12:45 LUNCH BREAK

 

PANEL 6     Chair: György Busztin

 

12:45–13:00  Baraa Othman: TBA (online)

 

13:00–13:15  Milan Rokos: Czech–Syrian Business Relations Since December 8

 

13:15–13:30  Omar Sayfo: Rebel Governance, Education, and Nation-Building in Northwest Syria before 2025

 

13:30–13:45  Wladimir van Wilgenburg: TBA

 

14:00–14:15        Jacek Małecki: From Domestic War to Regional Struggle: External Actors and the Transformation of the Syrian Conflict

 

14:15–14:35        Q&A

 

14:35–14:50       COFFEE BREAK

 

PANEL 7 – Israel-Palestine: What’s Next? – Chair: Aida Abd El Rehim

 

14:50–15:05        Attila Kovács: Hamas and the Truce

 

15:05–15:20  Marek Čejka: Jewish Religious Anti-Zionism and the Current Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (online)

 

15:20–15:35        Mariam Menawi: Surviving the War Through Education: Gaza School and University Students as a Model (online)

 

15:35–15:50        Reema Saleh: The Economic Impacts of the War on the Everyday Life in Gaza (online)

 

15:50–16:05        Q&A

 

16:05–16:20 COFFEE BREAK

 

PANEL 8 – Rising Challenges – Chair: Erzsébet N. Rózsa

 

16:20–16:35        Sabine Hoffmann: Hello From Jerusalem (online)

 

16:35–16:50        Bálint Kása: Renewables and the New MENA Growth Engine

 

17:05–17:20        Sára Kmeczkó: Border Security Challenges in the Maghreb

 

17:20–17:35        Cintia Osztrovka: Iraq's Foreign Policy: a State Caught Between External Powers

 

17:35–17:55        Q&A

 

17:55–18:10       Closing remarks

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