{"id":4252,"date":"2010-03-26T15:57:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T19:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2016-08-30T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:00:23","slug":"itransnational-currents-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/2010\/03\/26\/itransnational-currents-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Pardee Center hosts conference on “Transnational Currents in the Gulf”"},"content":{"rendered":"

An eminent group of international scholars came together to discuss current and future trends in the Gulf region in terms of people, money and ideas at a 2-day conference on March 25 – 26 titled \u201cTransnational Currents in the Gulf: People, Money & Ideas\u201d<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the conference took place at the Rafik Hariri Building at Boston University\u2019s School of Management. The conference comprised of three panel discussion sessions and a keynote dinner address. The conference was organized by Prof. Richard Norton from Boston University.<\/p>\n

Session I, on Thursday, discussed issues related to “money” and the changing influences of “money” in the Gulf region. The session was kicked off by a discussion on the Dubai model and how it has evolved over time. The session also included a discussion on the growing middle class and the economic relations between Asia (in particular India and China) and the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries. The panelists highlighted the many contradictions that arise from economic issues in the Gulf and highlighted the new stresses in society that are being produced by these issues.<\/p>\n

Panelists in Session II discussed the “people” element of the GCC countries and noted that human capital is highly sought after in the region with the focus on education and youth and the vast numbers of expatriates in many of the countries. However, the panelists also pointed out that human capital and economic development are often favored over citizenship and human rights.<\/p>\n

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Transnational Currents in the Gulf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Session III on Friday morning focused on Iran\u2019s role in its relationship with the Gulf states and its role in the world, and on \u201ccurrents of change\u201d among the GCC nations. The panelists discussed the need to look at domestic issues in Iran to understand its role in the world in the future. The panelists also discussed the role of technology in bringing about rapid changes in the region.<\/p>\n

The dinner on March 25 featured a keynote address by Ambassador Charles Dunbar, Professor of International Relations at Boston University and former Ambassador to Qatar and Yemen, on “Yemen and the Gulf”.<\/p>\n

The conference program was as follows:<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 25 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.00pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome remarks by Professor Augustus Richard Norton<\/p>\n

1.15pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Session I: Money
\n<\/strong> Chair: Ali Banuazizi (Boston College)
\nThe Dubai Model Evaluated<\/em> \u2013 Ibrahim Warde (Tufts University)
\nThe Growing Middle Class<\/em> \u2013 Kristin Diwan (American University)
\nMarkets<\/em> \u2013 Nader Habibi (Brandeis University)<\/p>\n

3.15pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Break<\/p>\n

3.45pm\u00a0\u00a0 Session II: People
\n<\/strong> Chair: Nazli Kibria (Boston University)
\nExpats<\/em> \u2013 Judith Yaphe (National Defense University)
\nYouth<\/em> \u2013 Mehdi Semati (Northern Illinois University)
\nCitizenship and Rights<\/em> \u2013 Farhad Kazemi (New York University)<\/p>\n

6.00pm \u00a0 Reception<\/p>\n

7.00pm\u00a0\u00a0 Dinner\u00a0 (By Invitation Only)
\nKeynote Address: Yemen and the Gulf<\/em> \u2013 Ambassador Charles Dunbar (Boston University)<\/p>\n

Friday, March 26, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

10.00 am Session III: Ideas<\/strong>
\nChair: Farhan Nizami (Oxford Center for Islamic Studies)
\nWaning Appeal of the Iran Model<\/em> \u2013 Ali Banuazizi (Boston College)
\nReflections on the Currents of Change<\/em> \u2013 John Tirman (MIT)<\/p>\n

The video of the seminar will be soon made available at the Pardee Center\u2019s multimedia webpage<\/a>.\"audience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An eminent group of international scholars came together to discuss current and future trends in the Gulf region in terms of people, money and ideas at a 2-day conference on March 25 – 26 titled \u201cTransnational Currents in the Gulf: People, Money & Ideas\u201d. Sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[355,84,60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4252"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25012,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252\/revisions\/25012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}