The Impact of Elections in MENA and the Western Balkans: A Look at Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan

Transatlantic Leadership Network

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Registration
 
11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Opening remarks: Michael Haltzel, Chairman, Transatlantic Leadership Network
 
11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Keynote address: Amanda Bennett, Director, Voice of America
 
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. What's Next for Bosnia and Herzegovina: is the Economic Reform Agenda Still Alive?
Keynote address: Gretchen Birkle, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, USAID
Panelists: Eric Carlson, Senior Adviser for Bosnia, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of State Dalibor Milos, Chairman, Supervisory Board, Aluminij Jasmin Mahmuzic, Director, Banking Agency of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moderator: Daniel Serwer, Conflict Management Department, Johns Hopkins University and Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Leadership Network
 
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch break. A hot buffet lunch will available.
 
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Prospect for Progress in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan: New Governments in Baghdad and Erbil
Panelists: Mohamad Jawad Al Quraishy, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Iraq Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States Sarhang Hamasaeed, Director, Middle East Programs, United States Institute of Peace Amy Austin Holmes, Fellow, Middle East Program, Wilson Center, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center, Harvard University Bilal Wahab, Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Moderator: Sasha Toperich, Senior Vice President, Transatlantic Leadership Network
 
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Investment as a Means to Strengthen Democracy and Stability in Fragile Countries
Panelists: David Tafuri, President, U.S.-Kurdistan Business Council Delovan Barwari, Country Representative, Barzani Charity Foundation Martha Boneta, Senior Policy Adviser, America First Policies
Moderator: Sasha Toperich, Senior Vice President, Transatlantic Leadership Network
 
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