SETA & YTU CONFERENCE   Keynote Speker:    Philipp C. Bleek, Monterey Institute of International Studies Date: June 17, 2011 Friday  Saat: 15.00-17.30 Venue: YTU Presidential Building,  Yildiz-Besiktas YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FACULT OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES SETA 100 Anniversary of Yildiz Technical University MIDDLE EAST AND SECURITY-II Date: 17th June 2011 Time: 15.00-17.30 Venue: YTU Presidential Building,  Yildiz-Besiktas Program: 15.00-15.20 Opening Remarks: Prof. Dr. Nurşin ATEŞOĞLU GÜNEY Welcome Speech: Prof. Dr. Güler ARAS 15.20-16.20 Philipp C. Bleek* How Likely Are Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or others to pursue Nuclear Weapons in Response to Iran 16.30-17.30 Q&A and Discussions with the Roundtable Participants Moderator: Prof.Dr. Nurşin Ateşoğlu GÜNEY 17.30 Cocktail Philipp C. Bleek, PhD Assistant Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies, A Graduate School of Middlebury College Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Dr. Philipp C. Bleek is Assistant Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, A Graduate School of Middlebury College, and Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He has held fellowships at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Center for a New American Security, and has taught at Georgetown University and in the Department of Defense Senior Leader Development Program. He served on President Obama's nonproliferation policy team during the 2008 campaign and has been a consultant to the U.S. government on proliferation issues. PARTICIPANTS (in alphabetical order) Mensur AKGÜN (Assoc. Prof. Dr, Director of GPOT- Kültür University) Cengiz AKTAR (Journalist- Head of DEU- Bahcesehir University) Guler ARAS (Prof. Dr- Dean of FEAS- YTU) Nursin ATEŞOĞLU GÜNEY ( Prof. Dr. - YTU) Mahmut BALİ AYKAN (Prof. Dr., Head of PSIR - Marmara University) Bora BAYRAKTAR (Journalist- Euronews) Murat BİNHAN (Retired Ambassador- TASAM- Kültür University) Şükrü BOZOĞLU (Retired Admiral) Selin BÖLME (PhD, Specialist of Foreign Policy- SETA) Akif EMRE (Journalist- Yeni Safak) Serdar ERDURMAZ (Ass. Prof. Dr- TURKSAM) Kadri GÜRSES (Journalist- Milliyet) Serhat GÜVENÇ (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kadir Has University) Nihal İNCİOĞLU (Prof. Dr., Head of PSIR- Bilgi University) Erdem KAYA (Research Coordinator- BILGESAM) Kemal KİRİŞÇİ (Prof. Dr, Bogazici University) Vişne KORKMAZ (Assoc. Prof. Dr- YTU) Mesut ÖZCAN (Ass. Prof. Dr., Istanbul Ticaret University) M. Sait ÖZERVARLI (Prof. Dr- Head of HSS-YTU) Behlül ÖZKAN (PhD, Journalist- Al Jazeera Turkey) Uluç ÖZÜLKER (Retired Ambassador- Istanbul Ticaret University) Denitsa PINNOVA SOKOLOVA (PhD- Fatih University) Erdogan SHIPOLI (PhD-Fatih University) Muzaffer ŞENEL (RA- Istanbul Şehir University) Syvia TIRYAKI (Deputy Director of GPOT- Kültür University) Sinan ÜLGEN (Chairperson of EDAM) Sadık ÜNAY (Assoc. Prof. Dr, Fatih University) CONFERENCE ASSISTANTS Zafer Sami TEKAT Efkan ERKAN Yaprak HAS Eda GUNEY