The Islamic Republic of Iran in 2009 -
New Course or Old Paradigms?

we are pleased to announce that conference proceedings can be followed LIVE at:

http://www.legatum.com/eventdisplay.aspx?id=1755

Conference proceedings run from 09.00 – 17.30 GMT.

Participants include:

Ali Alfoneh – Visiting Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Nazenin Ansari – Diplomatic Editor, Kayhan
Charles Allen – Former Under Secretary for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security and Former Special Assistant to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Rafael Bardaji – Director, GEES & Former National Security Advisor to Jose Maria Aznar

Mark Fitzpatrick – Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Lawrence Haas – Former Spokesman for US Vice-President Al Gore and international relations commentator

John Hannah – Former National Security Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney and Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Michael Jacobson – Senior Fellow – Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Nazanin Afshin-Jam – President and Co-Founder, Stop Child Executions
Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi – Executive Director, Transatlantic Institute

Jonathan Paris – Associate Fellow, Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at King’s College, London

Richard Perle – Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, Former Chairman of the Defense Policy Board and Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP – Former British Foreign Secretary
Amir Taheri – Columnist at Asharq Alawsat and former Middle East Editor for the Sunday Times

Panels Include (in running order):

09.00 – 09.15: Opening Remarks

09.15 – 10.45: Understanding the Regime – Regime Structure and Religious Views
11.15 – 12.45: Iran’s Regional and International Policy – Nuclear Ambitions, Regional Destabilisation, Support for Terrorism
13.45 – 15.15: Iran’s Internal Policy – Human Rights, Democracy and Minorities
15.45 – 17.15: International Policy Options
17:15 – 17.30: Closing Remarks