The international security order is being challenged by struggles to cope with weapons of mass destruction and by seemingly intractable problems of regional instability and conflict. Can restraint regimes, such as nuclear arms control or the nuclear nonproliferation regime, be preserved and improved? Can long-standing crises over nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea be effectively addressed? What are the implications of chemical weapon use in Syria? In connection with regional conflict, can conflict resolution restore peace and bring some order to war-torn regional environments? What is to be done about the unending wars and protracted civil conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen? How can the associated refugee crisis be addressed? What constructive role can outside powers play in resolving regional conflicts? The 58th ISODARCO Course will explore these issues, with particular focus on the Middle East and Africa.


Mark Fitzpatrick
Executive Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies-Americas, Washington D.C., USA

Francesca Giovannini
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA

John Hart
Former Head of SIPRI Chemical and Biological Security Project and OSCE-rostered consultant (USA)

Paul Ingram
British American Security Information Council (BASIC), UK

Tanya Ogilvie-White
Crawford School, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Alesandro Pascolini
University of Padova, Italy

Joelien Pretorius
Department of Political Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Tariq Rauf
Former Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination, IAEA, (Canada)

Daniel Sobleman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Ali Ashgar Soltanieh
Former Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Ahmet Sözen
Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus

Jim Walsh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies Program (SSP-MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
 

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