The Iran-Iraq War: The View from Baghdad  Conference Agenda

Tuesday, 10/26

9:45—Introduction and Opening Remarks
Michael Van Dusen, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ann E. Rondeau, VADM, US Navy, President, National Defense University

10:00—Panel I: The Origins of the Iran-Iraq War (Webcast Part 1)
Chair:
Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Panelists:
Shaul Bakhash, George Mason University
Shahram Chubin, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Continuing Impact of the Iran-Iraq war on the IRI
Commentator:
Nicholas Veliotes, Former US ambassador to Jordan, Egypt, former assistant secretary of state for the Near East and South Asia

12:00— Luncheon Keynote (Webcast Part 2)
Chair:
Christian Ostermann, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Keynote Speaker:
David Mack, Former deputy assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs, former ambassador to the United Arab Emirates

1:30—Panel II: Inside Iraq: The Iraqi Home Front in the Iran-Iraq War (Webcast Part 3)
Chair:
David Palkki, National Defense University
Panelists:
Faleh Abdul-Jabar, Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies, Fractured Memories
Denise Natali, National Defense University, Saddam and the Kurds: Between Repression and Negotiation
Joseph Sassoon, Georgetown University, Control and Resistance in Iraq in the 1980s
Commentator:
Phebe Marr, Middle East Institute

3:30—Panel III: The Iran-Iraq War in the Regional Cold War Context (Webcast Part 4)
Chair:
Judith Yaphe, National Defense University / George Washington University
Panelists:
Nigel Ashton, London School of Economics, The Two Husseins: Jordanian-Iraqi Relations during the Iran-Iraq War
Mark Gasiorowski, Louisiana State University, The US-Iran Intelligence Liaison Relationship, May-October 1979
David Ottaway, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Commentator:
George Cave, former CIA Chief of Station, Tehran


Wednesday, 10/27

10:00—Panel IV: The Iran-Iraq War in the Global Cold War Context (Webcast Part 5)
Chair:
Jim Hershberg, George Washington University
Panelists:
Malcolm Byrne, National Security Archive, Mixed Messages: U.S. Intelligence Support to Both Sides during the Iran-Iraq War
Pierre Razoux, NATO Defense College, Iran-Iraq War in the Global Cold War Context
Svetlana Savranskaya, National Security Archive, The Soviet Role in the Iran-Iraq War
Commentator:
Sergey Radchenko, University of Nottingham, Ningbo China

12:00—Lunch Break

1:30—Panel V: Saddam Hussein as Wartime Decision-Maker (Webcast Part 6)
Chair:
Kevin Woods, Institute for Defense Analyses
Panelists:
Pesach Malovany, Colonel (ret.) Israel Defense Forces, Saddam's Main Military Related Decisions During the Iran-Iraq War
Amatzia Baram, University of Haifa, Iraqi Decision-Making Before and in the Iraq-Iran War: Iran, the Shi’ah of Iraq, Israel and Islam
Hal Brands, Duke University, Engaging the 'Conspiring Bastards': The Tilt Through Saddam's Eyes
Commentator:
Richard Murphy, former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs, former ambassador to Mauritania, Syria, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia.