»2013 Conferences & Events

  • Struggle Between the Seas
  • New Perspectives on the 1973 Arab-Israeli War
  • Struggle Between the Seas MapOn Friday, March 8, the Center for Global Education & the Peace Studies Program of Wilkinson College hosted an academic conference highlighting the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. The keynote speaker, U.S. Ambassador Robert Bradtke, Former Co-Chair of the Minsk Process, spoke on the Madrid Process and a search for peaceful settlement.

    Download the Conference Program for more information on the schedule of events, historical information, and speaker biographies.

    Additional speakers included:

    • George Zarubin, Eurasia Partnership Foundation
    • Alexandros Petersen, Advisor, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
    • Tracey German, UK Ministry of Defense Staff College
    • Asbed Kotchikian, Lecturer, Bentley University
    • Thomas de Waal, Senior Associate, Caucasus, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
    • Ambassador Rudolf Perina (retired), Former Sr. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European & Canadian Affairs
    • E.Wayne Merry, Senior Fellow for Europe and Eurasia, American Foreign Policy Council
    • Taleh Ziyadov, Research Fellow, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA)
  • Arab Israeli War On January 31, 2013 CIA’s Historical Collections Division joined Chapman to discuss the newly declassified documents regarding the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. More than 3,200 pages of material have become available, revealing highlights from over 400 declassified documents.

    Invited Panelists included:

    Peter B. Nyren - CIA Historical Collections Division
    Matt Penney - CIA Historical Collections Division
    Dr. Nubar Hovsepian - Associate Professor of Political Science, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences