China in the Mid-Med Series
Two series of in-depth conversations with leading global voices on China in the Middle East/Mediterranean ("Mid-Med"). A joint project of Tel Aviv University's Department of East Asian Studies and the Moshe Dayan Center, with the ChinaMed research network.
Series#1: In-depth conversations with leading global speakers on China in the Mid-Med in Global context
Guests:
- Efraim Halevy, former Director of Mossad and Israel’s Ambassador to the EU
- Deborah Lehr, Vice-Chairman and Executive Director, Paulson Institute
- Romano Prodi, former President of the EU Commission and Italy PM
- Justin Lin Yifu, Dean, Institute of New Structural Economics, Peking University and former Senior Vice President of the World Bank
- Jia Qingguo, Professor and former Dean, School of International Studies of Peking University
- Edward Luttwak, contractual advisor, US Department of Defense
- Michael Pettis, Professor of finance at Peking University
Hosts:
- Dr. Ori Sela, Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University
- Prof. Enrico Fardella, Director, Chinamed Project; Director, Center for Mediterranean Area Studies, Peking University
- Dr. Brandon Friedman, Director of Research, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, MDC, Tel Aviv University
Series#2: China in the Middle East/Mediterranean: Connectivity and Security
Hosts:
- Dr. Ori Sela, Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University
- Prof. Enrico Fardella, Director, ChinaMed Project; Director of the Center for Mediterranean Areas Studies, Peking University
- Prof. Brandon Friedman, Director of Research, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, MDC, Tel Aviv University
- Prof. Andrea Ghiselli, Researcher, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University; Head of Research, ChinaMed Project
Sessions and Participants:
For the written report of this series click here
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Connectivity and Security in the Middle East
- Prof. Liora Hendelman-Baavur, Director, Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University
- Prof. Maria Repnikova, Assistant Professor of Global Communication, Georgia State University
- Prof. Jonathan Fulton, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Connectivity and Security in Southern Europe
- Ms. Lucrezia Poggetti, Analyst, Foreign Relations program, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
- Prof. Philippe Le Corre, - Harvard Kennedy School, ESSEC-IRENE, and CY Paris-Cergy University
- Mr. Plamen Tonchev, Head of Asia Unit at the Athens-based Institute of International Economic Relations
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Connectivity and Security in North Africa
- Prof. Lina Benabdallah, Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
- Mr. Eric Olander, Journalist and Co-Founder, The China Africa Project
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The Security Dimension of China’s FDI
- Dr. Shira Efron, Visiting fellow, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), and RAND Corporation
- Dr. Letizia Zingoni, Co-founder, Policy Sonar, and Tufts University
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Infrastructure and Logistics
- Mr. Massimo Deandreis, General Manager, SRM, and President, GEI
- Capt. Yigal Maor, Director General, Administration of Shipping and Ports (ASP), Ministry of Transport, State of Israel
- Mr. Fulvio Lino De Blasio, Secretary General, Port System Authority “Mar Ionio”
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Energy
- Prof. Antoine Halff, Chief Analyst and Co-Founder, Kayrros, and Adjunct Senior Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policu, Columbia University
- Dr. Michal Meidan, Director, China Energy Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
- Dr. Marco Piredda, Senior Manager, Eni