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Assessing the Deadlock in the Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process
Breaking the Impasse Series Symposium
School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
and Imagine Center for Conflict Tranformation
October 15 2011
9.30 am – 5.30 pm
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Venue:
School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Truland Building, 3330 N. Washington Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201. 5th Floor Room 555.
9.00 – 9.30 am: Breakfast
Opening remarks by co-chair Professors Dennis Sandole and Susan Allen Nan
9.30 – 10:15 am: Keynote speeches
Prospects of the Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process
Chair: Professor Susan Allen Nan
· Varuzhan Nersessian, Deputy Chief of Mission,
Embassy of Armenia in Washington
· Elman Abdullayev, Head of Press Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
10:15am – 11:45pm: Assessing the Deadlock in the Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process: Challenges and Opportunities
Chair: Professor Dennis Sandole
Thomas De Waal, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Richard Giragosyan, Regional Studies Center, Yerevan
Gulshan Pashayeva, Center for Strategic Studies, Baku
11:45 – 12:00 pm: Break
Chair: Thomas De Waal
12:00 – 1:30 pm: Track II approaches
Arzu Geybullayeva, Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation
Marine Manucharyan, "Civic Forum" NGO, Yerevan
Tevan Poghosyan, ICHD, Yerevan
Roya Talibova, Adviser to the president of Azerbaijan
2:30 – 4:00 pm: Perceptions, Identity and Multi-Track Diplomacy
Chair: Ambassador John W. McDonald 
Irina Ghaplanyan, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
Jale Sultanli, PhD Candidate, George Mason University
Afa Alizada, Regular Contributor, Caucasus Edition
Tamar Palandjian, Imagine center for Conflict Transformation
4:00 – 4:15 pm: Break
4:15 – 5:30 pm: Improving the effectiveness of Track II approaches
Chair: Professor Susan Allen Nan
Tabib Huseynov, regional analyst
Phil Gamaghelyan, S-CAR, GMU/Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation
Discussants:
Tigran Mkrtchyan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Armenia
Taleh Ziyadov, Azerbaijani Diplomatic Academy