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URL:https://www.oiip.ac.at/events/the-middle-east-between-disintegration-a
 nd-realignment/
SUMMARY:The Middle East between Disintegration and Realignment
DESCRIPTION:The Middle East has been in turmoil for more than a century. Wo
 rld War I has had a lasting effect in restructuring the Middle East. On th
 e occasion of the centenaries of the secret Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 
 between Great Britain and France and the 1917 Balfour Declaration as well 
 as the 50-year anniversary of the 6-day-war of 1967 the panel tried to mak
 e sense of the recent disintegration and realignment processes currently o
 ccurring in the Middle East. The recent independence referendum of Iraqi K
 urdistan\, the disintegration of the Iraqi state as well as the de-facto c
 ollapse of Syria raise questions concerning the emergence of new borders.
   However\, it became visible that the internal borders between different
  spheres of influence are the ones that really make a difference in daily 
 life\, rather than the international ones that gain most of the attention.
  The panelists highlighted the incredible metamorphosis local communities 
 went through in past months and made a great effort to highlight the on-th
 e-ground effects on humans\, both stemming from foreign intervention and i
 nternal conflicts. The panel also raised some very important questions con
 cerning Shia influence in Sunni-dominated regions in post-conflict scenari
 os. It was argued that creative solutions and out-of-the-box thinking will
  be required to tackle the multifaceted problems that will lie ahead once 
 post-conflict governments will try to pacify the region.\n[audio mp3="http
 s://www.oiip.at/cms/media/middle_east_audi.mp3"][/audio]\nFor the written 
 summary please click here Summary_Middle_East\nDate &amp\; Time:\nDecember
  5\, 2017\n6-8 pm\nVenue:\nAustrian Institute for International Affairs (o
 iip)\nBerggasse 7\, 1090 Vienna\nPanelists:\nRichard Schofield\, King’s 
 College London\nPetra Ramsauer\, Journalist\, Author\nChair:\nCengiz Güna
 y\, Austrian Institute for International Affairs (oiip)\, Vienna\nInvitati
 on Middle East\nIn cooperation with the Ministry of Defence and Sports and
  Österreichische Orient-Gesellschaft Hammer-Purgstall.
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