Contestation, Crisis, Resilience: The State of the State in the Arab World

A workshop organized in partnership with The European School of Political and Social Sciences (ESPOL) with the support of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung 

The popular uprisings and rebellions of the 'Arab Spring' as well as the spectacular rise and fall of Daesh have affected many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in different ways. This raises the question of the current 'state of the state' in the region. The invited speakers at the workshop explore domestic and international sources of the crisis and resilience of different MENA states, with a particular focus on Syria. 

PROGRAM

9h00-9h30 : Welcome coffee

9h30-10h00: Welcome Address and Introduction

Alain Dieckhoff, Sciences Po - CERI 
Janis Grzybowski, ESPOL-ICL, Lille / CERI-Sciences Po (Associate Faculty)

10h00-12h00: Panel 1: Syria, the State, and the Question of Political Order(s)

Adam Baczko and Arthur Quesnay, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Competing Social Orders in the Syrian Civil War (tbd)

Catherine Hass, CERNA / Mines ParisTech - Who takes charge of the Syrian State? Opposition Groups, Revolutionaries, and other Belligerents (2011-2014)

Janis Grzybowski, ESPOL-ICL, Lille / CERI-Sciences Po, Paris - The State Form and the Role of the International in the Syrian Civil War

Chair/discussant:
Philippe Bonditti, ESPOL-ICL, Lille

11h20-12h00 : Open discussion

12h00-13h30 : Lunch break

13h30-14h15 : Key Note Address
Gilles Dorronsoro, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

14h15-15h00 : Open discussion

15h00-15h15 : Coffee break

15h15-17h45 : Panel 2: Challenges and Resilience of the State in the Middle East

Jasmine Gani, University of St Andrews - Ideology, Social Movements, and the State in the Middle East

Zuzana Hudáková,  Graduate Institute GenevaSciences / Po - CERI - Contestation, Revolution, and Regime Change in Tunisia

Myriam Benraad, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille - Iraq and the Islamic State (tbd)

Fatiha Dazi-Héni, IRSEM, Paris - Saudi Policy and Authoritarian Upgrading in the Gulf States

Chair/discussant:
Stéphane Lacroix, Sciences Po - CERI, Paris

16h00-17h00 : Concluding Remarks and Open Discussion

Responsables scientifiques : Janis Grzybowski, Stéphane Lacroix