The Struggle for Democracy in West Asia in the Context of Global and Regional Conflicts

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Struggle for Democracy
Contract Title The Struggle for Democracy in West Asia in the Context of Global and Regional Conflicts
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Partners International Commission for Security and Cooperation in West Asia
Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
Tokyo and Honolulu
Centre for World Dialogue, Nicosia, Cyprus
Copenhagen Peace Research Institute; Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Centre for Islamic and Arab Studies, Australian National University
Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy



The The Struggle for Democracy in West Asia in the Context of Global and Regional Conflicts is a project run by the International Commission for Security and Cooperation in West Asia. Their previous meetings were held at Istanbul in 1999, Limassol in 2000, and Doha in 2001, and focused on problems and conflict resolution in the Persian Gulf. These included border disputes, cooperative security, confidence building measures, and other critically important West Asian issues.

This meeting was held 29-31 March, 2002, in Limassol, Cyprus. Organized in the form of a closed conference, it commenced a new phase for this West Asian project. Regional concern broadened beyond the Persian Gulf, while focus narrowed on democratization in the context of modernization, regionalization, and globalization. The three year ‘’’Struggle for Democracy in West Asia in the Context of Global and Regional Conflicts’’’ project was launched at this conference.

Participants of the Cyprus 2002 conference

  • Ammar Abdulhamid
  • Kamel Abu Jaber
  • Dr. Ladan Afrasiabi Parandoosh
  • Ella Akerman
  • Dr. Nasser Albraik
  • Helia Alikhani
  • Dr. Hossein Alikhani
  • Nasser Al-Khalifa
  • Ibrahim G. Aoude
  • Dr. Ramazan Daurov
  • Naser Elahi
  • Dr. Sattareh Farman Farmaian
  • Tasoulla Hadjigeorgiou
  • Dr. Mehrangiz Kar
  • Nadeem Kazmi
  • Dr. Audrey E. Kitagawa
  • Dr. Elaheh Koolaee
  • Dr. Yiannis Laouris
  • Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
  • Dr. John D. Montgomery
  • Dr. Ahmad Moussalli
  • Leanne Piggot
  • Ahmed Fouad Raslan
  • Ali Akbar Rezaei
  • Amin Saikal
  • Dr. Seyed Kazem Sajjadpour
  • Mohammad Selim
  • Dr. Emma Sky
  • Dr. Atle Sommerfeldt
  • Dr. Satoko Takahashi
  • Majid Tehranian

External Links

View the Full Dialogic and Intra-Civilizational Research Report Here