The Institute for Gulf Affairs Presents:
US FOREIGN POLICY AND THE FUTURE OF BAHRAIN
JULY 6, 2011
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC
Broadcasting Live From Ustream
To View Our Policy Paper on Bahrain, Click HERE
Conference Program
12:00-12:30 Registration
12:30-1:00 Introduction and Opening Remarks
Mr. Ali al-Ahmed, Director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs
Mr. Ahmed Abdulhussain, Bahraini political activist and poet
“The Experience of Youth and Young Professionals in Bahrain”
1:00-2:00 Keynote Address
Mr. Tad Stahnke, Director of Policy and Programs at Human Rights First
“Sectarian Issues and the Plight of Human Rights Activists in the Crackdown”
2:00-2:30 Luncheon Speech
Dr. Qasim Omran, MD.
“Personal Experience as a Doctor in Manama”
2:30-4:00
Panel: The Pearl of the Gulf in Peril: Current Political Attitudes and the Crackdown
Mr. Justin Gengler, PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan
“The Political Attitudes of Bahraini Citizens”
Dr. Nabil Mikhail, George Washington University
“US Foreign Policy and Bahrain”
Mr. Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
“Current Human Rights Abuses under the al-Khalifa Monarchy”
STREAMING LIVE AT 12pm FROM http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gulf-institute