About the event
The Baker Institute Center for the Middle East and Center for Energy Studies co-hosted a one-day colloquium April 14 to discuss U.S.-Iran relations. The featured speaker was Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman (pictured on the home page), former under secretary of state for political affairs, who played a critical role in negotiating the Iran nuclear deal. She was joined by panels of experts addressing internal dynamics shaping U.S.-Iranian relations, the impact of those relations on the regional landscape, and Iran’s future role in international energy markets.
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Agenda
8:30 am
Breakfast and Registration
9:15 am
Welcoming Remarks
The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian
Director, Baker Institute
9:30 am
Panel I – The Strategic Landscape
Moderator: Joe Barnes, Bonner Means Baker Fellow, Baker Institute
Philip Gordon, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
F. Gregory Gause, III, Ph.D.
John H. Lindsey ’44 Chair, Professor and Head, International Affairs Department, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Doha Center, Brookings Institution
Executive Director, Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, and Professor, Politics, University of South Florida
John W. Parker, Ph.D.
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Question and Answer Session 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:15 amPanel II – Internal Developments
Moderator: Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Ph.D., Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute
Daniel Brumberg, Ph.D.
Special Advisor for Iran and North Africa, United States Institute of Peace
Michael Singh
Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and Managing Director, The Washington Institute; Former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs, National Security Council
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Ph.D.
Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute
Question and Answer Session
12:30 pmShell Distinguished Lecture Series
Keynote Luncheon Address
Introduction
Scott Ballard, Vice President, Human Resources, U.S. Operations, Shell Oil Company
Featured Speaker
The Honorable Wendy R. Sherman
Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Senior Counselor, Albright Stonebridge Group
Question and Answer Session
Moderator: The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian, Director, Baker Institute
Panel III – The Impact of Iran's New and Expanded Role in Global Energy Markets
Moderator: Kenneth B. Medlock, Ph.D., James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
Scott Modell
Managing Director, The Rapidan Group; Nonresident Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Greg Priddy
Director, Global Energy & Natural Resources, Eurasia Group
Question and Answer Session
3:30 pmConcluding Remarks
Kenneth B. Medlock, Ph.D.
James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
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