“Mousavian recently addressed a ‘security amidst dissolution’ conference on challenges of security arrangements in the Middle East held in Beirut. The event was held with participation of 200 experts on political and security affairs … The following is the full text of Mousavian’s speech:”
“Ex-nuclear negotiator reviews root of current regional crises & instabilities,” ISNA, June 12, 2018.
Panel Discussion: Saudi Arabia and Iran as the new decisive frontline in the Middle East
The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Speakers:
Abdel Aziz Abu Hamad Aluwaisheg, Assistant Secretary General for Political and Negoatiation Affairs, GCC
Bassma Kodmani, Execeutive Director, Arab Reform Initiative
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Former Iranian Ambassador and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
Justin Vaïsse, Director of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Moderator: Julien Barnes-Dacey, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, ECFR
Full Video of Panel Discussion
“Saudi Arabia and Iran as the new decisive frontline in the Middle East,” ECFR Panel Discussion, May 28, 2018.
Turkish Heritage Organization: “Old Rivalries, New Dynamics” Surrounding the Syria Crisis
During THO’s December 7, 2017 panel at the National Press Club – “Lessons from the Syria Crisis: Old Rivalries, New Dynamics” – former high-level government officials addressed the effect of the Syria conflict on traditional relationships and tensions between actors like Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the U.S.
The panel was moderated by Dr. Sinem Vatanartiran (President, BAU International University), and featured the following speakers:
Amb. Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. – Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs; Distinguished Fellow and Chairman Emeritus at the Stimson Center;
Amb. Seyed Hossein Mousavian – Former Iranian Ambassador to Germany; Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist at Princeton University;
Barry Pavel – Senior Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair, and Director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council.
“THO PANEL EXAMINES ‘OLD RIVALRIES, NEW DYNAMICS’ SURROUNDING THE SYRIA CRISIS,” Turkish Heritage Organization, December 7, 2017.
“Two former diplomats and experts of foreign relations visited Hamilton College on Nov. 30 for a discussion on U.S.–Iran relations and the nuclear deal. Thomas Pickering and Seyed Hossein Mousavian answered questions from moderator Emad Kiyaei, the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs, and from the audience.”
“Former Ambassadors Discuss U.S.-Iran Relations and the Nuclear Deal,” Maggie Denoon, Hamilton, December 1, 2017.
MEI & Johns Hopkins’ Event: Iraq’s Regional Opportunities: Perspectives from Iraq’s neighbors.
Speakers:
Seyed Hossein Mousavian (Princeton University)
Amb. Fareed Yasseen (Ambassador of Iraq to the United States)
Mohammed Alyahya (The Arab Gulf States Institute)
Lisel Hintz (Johns Hopkins)
Daniel Serwer (Moderator), Scholar, MEI
“Iraq’s Political Compact and Its Regional Priorities,” MEI, October 17, 2017.
A conversation with:
Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
Hossein Mousavian, Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Kadir Ustun, Executive Director, SETA Foundation at Washington, DC
Moderated by: Barbara Slavin, Director, Future of Iran Initiative, Atlantic Council
Video of Ambassador Mousavian’s Remarks
“How Europe and Iran’s Neighbors View the Nuclear Deal Future,” Atlantic Council, September 25, 2017.
“Syria’s Trajectory and Challenges for the United States,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 6, 2017.
Hossein Mousavian presenting the Iranian view on the Syrian Crisis (starts the 38m mark)
MEDAYS FORUM 2016 in Tangiers, Morocco. Panel Discussion on “US-Islamic World Relations: What’s Next After the Failure of the Obama Administration?”
“US-Islamic World Relations: What’s Next?” MEDays 2016, Avec Manuel Hassassian, Philip J. Crowley, Hossein Mousavian, Mouafac Harb, Hasni Abidi, Olivier Kempf and Ramadan Abu Jazar. Moderated by Anas El Gomati, December 10, 2016.
Full Video of Panel Discussion
“Regional Security Cooperation in the Gulf: Helsinki as a Model,” Panel Discussion, Third Annual Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate, November 13, 2016.
Moderator: Dr. Mahmoud Mohamedou, Deputy Director and Academic Dean at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy
