美国亚洲文化学院院长马洛瑞•斯戴尔博士在美国海军学院的讲话

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The Welcoming Remarks of Dr. R. Mallory Starr, President of UACA at the 2nd Conference of the Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies

October 16, 2009
U.S. Naval Academy

Dr. R. Mallory Starr:  Good morning, everyone.  I am very delighted to be here to celebrate with you the opening of the 2nd conference of the Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies.  Director Weilie Zhu, I hope you are feeling the warm hospitality, as I did two years ago in Shanghai as one of the key organizers for the 1st conference under this Biannual Forum.

I would like to thank Prof. Brannon Wheeler, Director for the Middle East and Islamic Studies Center of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dr. Peter Young, Chief of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress, and all the co-organizers and co-sponsors.  The entire conference participants and the countries, universities, and research institutions that you each represent today have already demonstrated the width and depth of the Middle East Studies and the growing influences of cross-cultural, cross-institutional, and cross-regional dialogues.  Today among the audience, in addition to scholars from universities and think tanks, are representatives from the diplomatic circle, military, business sector, NGOs, cultural organizations, as well as the news media.  I am also very pleased to celebrate this opening here with my colleague, Dr. Anchi Hoh, Co-Chair of this International Forum.

Three years ago when we first proposed to establish an international forum on Middle East studies, what we saw were countless difficulties, such as the differences in history and culture as well as the language barriers.  Two years ago when we made joint efforts in holding the first International Forum in Shanghai, we developed mutual trust.  Today we can certainly see the potential to co-build an even brighter future.  Not only that our research serves our own countries, but through scholarly exchange and mutual learning we also serve the global community.  Particularly China and the US, both are among great contemporary civilizations, both among the countries with the largest populations, both have the world’s finest military system, and both play an important role in the world’s energy consumption and coal emission.  Because of all the above-mentioned factors, our research focuses and policy advices can and should create global impacts.

Through open discussions, we believe that this conference can help enhancing our global scholarly communications and further strengthen the mutual trust and understanding between the Eastern and Western civilizations and scholarship.  This mutual trust and understanding will no doubt contribute to the peace and stability of the hot spot areas in the world.

Of course, it would be unreasonable to expect that we all uphold the same opinions on a particular subject.  Each of us has different and distinct histories, experiences, and perspectives.  It is these differences that further highlight the importance of international collaboration and communications.

This is my second time speaking at the International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies as the President of UACA.  I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the efforts made by my colleague, Dr. Anchi Hoh and Prof. Weilie Zhu, Director for the Middle East Studies Institute at Shanghai International Studies University.  Your dedication in the past two years to the establishment of this Forum is greatly appreciated.  I look forward to continuing our collaboration.

Thank you.


(Chinese Translation)




US Asian Cultural Academy
Watergate Office Building, Suite 606
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美国亚洲文化学院院长马洛瑞•斯戴尔博士

在第二届亚洲----中东国际高层学术论坛开幕会上的讲话

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2009年 10月16日，美国亚洲文化学院、中国上海外国语大学共同主办的第二届亚洲-----中东国际高层学术论坛在风景怡人的美国东部海港城市安纳波利斯(Annapolis)的美国海军学院举行。安纳波利斯是一座建于殖民时期的历史名城，也是华盛顿近郊马里兰州(Maryland)的首府。  第二届亚洲-----中东国际高层学术论坛会议由美国海军学院和美国国会图书馆亚洲馆负责承办。会议主会场设立在美国海军学院会议中心。会议安排了来自亚洲、中东和世界各国大学、智库、研究机构、政府、非政府组织、军队和资深外交官发表演讲。此外，多国驻美大使以及国际组织在该领域的重要领导人也被邀请到会致辞。美国亚洲文化学院院长马洛瑞•斯戴尔博士(R. Mallory Starr)在开幕会上发表讲话，强调同亚洲建立稳固的学术和思想交流是美国亚洲文化学院的一个核心目标。以下是讲话全文，由美国亚洲文化学院政策研究中心翻译。


在第二届亚洲-----中东国际高层学术论坛开幕会上的讲话


美国亚洲文化学院院长马洛瑞•斯戴尔博士(R. Mallory Starr)


美国海军学院会议中心


2009年10月16日


马洛瑞•斯戴尔院长：非常感谢各位。今天能在这里和你们一起开启第二届亚洲-----中东国际高层学术论坛，令我非常高兴。朱威烈先生，我希望你在华盛顿感到备受欢迎，一如我两年前作为论坛的共同主办方出席第一届会议时在上海的感受。

我要感谢美国海军学院中东和伊斯兰研究中心主任Brannon Wheeler教授和美国国会图书馆亚洲馆馆长Peter Young博士以及论坛会议的所有承办方和协办方。今天在座的各界人士和你们所代表的国家、大学及研究机构已经体现了和中东关系研究的广度和规模，以及这种关系跨文化、跨机构、跨国界的持久影响。今天在座的除各国大学学者和智库研究人员外，还有外交界、军界、工商界、非营利组织、文化界和新闻界的代表。我也很高兴能与我的同事，本届论坛的美方执行主席安琦.郝博士（Anchi Hoh）一起参加开幕会。

三年前在我们建议建立一个东西方学术界研究中东关系的论坛时，我们看到的是许多的困难，我们之间文化的差异、语言的问题和历史的不同。而两年前当我们共同努力在上海开启了第一届论坛时，我们建立起了我们共同的信心。今天我们看到了我们之间有潜力开辟一个更加光明的前景，我们的研究不仅仅服务于我们各自的国家，我们还要通过交流和学习造福于整个世界。我们同样处在全球最大的二个文明体系之列，同在全世界人口最多的国家之列，军队规模在全世界数一数二，而且还是全球最大的两个能源消耗国和碳排放国。出于上述原因及其它多种原因，我们各自的研究重点和政策建议会对全球产生影响。

我们认为，通过我们这次论坛更开放更坦诚的讨论和交流，我们不仅能够加强我们的学术关系，促进对中东关系的深入研究，还能够进一步加强必须存在于我们两个伟大文明及其学术界之间的信任与理解，为世界热点地区带来和平与稳定。

当然，我们不可能在所有问题上持一致的学术观点和看法。我们有着不同的历史、不同的经历、不同的视野。这正是我们致力于与中国及其他亚洲合作伙伴合作的重要性所在。

我这是第二次以美国亚洲文化学院院长身份在亚洲----中东高层学术论坛上发言。我感谢我有这第二次机会对我的同事安琦博士和上海外国语大学中东研究所所长朱威烈教授表示我深深的谢意。我非常珍重你们在过去两年时间内所建立起来的交流协作和论坛建设。我们更密切地并肩工作，我不断从你们的丰富经验和智慧中获益。

谢谢大家

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美中暨亚洲中东学术会议将在华盛顿召开

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(华语国际通讯社记者邓妏荔2009年1月20日华盛顿消息)  美国亚洲文化学院(US Asian Cultural Academy) 新闻中心John Thomas 和 Christina Roosevelt 从马里兰报道，第二届中美暨亚洲中东问题学术会议将于10月16日至17日在风景怡人的美国东部海港城市安纳波利斯(Annapolis)举行。安纳波利斯是一座建于殖民时期的历史名城，也是华盛顿近郊马里兰州(Maryland)的首府。  

此次会议将马里兰州安纳波利斯城内著名的美国海军学院(U.S. Naval Academy)列为第二届中美暨亚洲中东问题学术研讨会的会址之一。此外，共同会场还有久负盛名的座落在美国首都华盛顿国会山(Capitol Hill)的国会图书馆(Library of Congress)，以及在华盛顿(Washington DC)的美国亚洲文化学院(UACA)会议中心(UACA Conference Center)。

美国亚洲文化学院院长马洛瑞•斯戴尔先生(R. Mallory Starr)1月20日表示：“此次中东问题学术会议将显示出美中两个大国以及亚洲和国际社会学术界对中东问题的广泛关注，并将开启在东西方不同文化、不同社会制度和形态下学者们重要的学术和思想交流。”

据悉，第二届中美暨亚洲中东问题学术会议由美国亚洲文化学院、上海外国语大学共同主办，美国海军学院和美国国会图书馆亚洲馆负责承办。会议设立在美国海军学院主会场的是学院中东和伊斯兰研究中心。会议将安排来自中美两国以及来自亚洲、中东和世界各国大学、智库、研究机构、政府、非政府组织、军队和资深外交官发表演讲。此外，中美两国在该领域的重要学者也被邀请到会致辞。

据负责第二届中美暨亚洲中东问题学术会议的美方大会主席美国亚洲文化学院教授安琦•郝(Anchi Hoh)博士介绍，2007年11月26日至28日举世瞩目的安纳波利斯中东和平国际会议就在美国海军学院举行，美国总统布什、联合国秘书长潘基文(Ban Ki-moon)、以色列总理奥尔默特(Olmert)、巴勒斯坦权力机构主席阿巴斯(Abbas)、中国外交部长杨洁篪等全球政治和外交领袖齐聚一堂，中国在大会上提出了推动中东和平进程的五点政治主张。而此次第二届中美暨亚洲中东问题学术会议则是继2007年11月2日在上海外国语大学召开的第一届中美中东问题学术会议后首次在美国举办的专业学术会议，大会的宗旨是开展中美暨亚洲同行学者间的广泛和深入的交流合作，这种交流完全不同于政治和外交方面的谈判和协调。大会共同主办方中方主席、上海外国语大学中东研究所所长、著名中东问题专家朱威烈教授将率领中国学者代表团与会。会后还将举行一个媒体见面会。  

http://www.usna.edu/MiddleEast


背景资料

安纳波利斯位于华盛顿以东大约50公里处，丰富悠久的历史可追溯到殖民时代，它于1694被指定为马里兰殖民区(Maryland Colony)的首府。安纳波利斯的州议会大厦曾被烧毁，后又得到重建，是美国最古老的一座一直为议会所在地的州府大楼。1783年到1784年，大陆会议(Continental Congress)在安纳波利斯的州议会大厦举行，正式批准了宣告美国独立战争(American Revolutionary War)结束的《巴黎条约》(Treaty of Paris)。安纳波利斯成为美国第一个和平时期的首都，为时虽短，但历史意义重大。

1786年，在安纳波利斯召集的一次商讨解决各州商贸纠纷的会议上，亚历山大•汉密尔顿(Alexander Hamilton)说服一些州的代表共同要求于1787年在费城(Philadelphia)召开州代表扩大会议。美国宪法就是在费城会议上起草的。安纳波利斯作为一个港口和海湾城市蓬勃发展，今天已成为一个政府机构、高科技公司和旅游设施密集的中心。虽然安纳波利斯市本身人口不多，但它是周边约有760万人的大都市区的一部分。安纳波利斯拥有很多17世纪和18世纪的房屋建筑，它自称是美国此类古建筑最多的城市。安纳波利斯还被冠以"美国航海之都"的称号。切萨皮克湾内一年四季都有大小不一、各式各样的船只，既有扬着白帆的单桅帆船，又有马达轰鸣的豪华游艇。

安纳波利斯拥有两所风格截然不同的著名高等学府。美国海军学院(U.S. Naval Academy)创建于1845年，现有4,400名注册学员，是一所为美国海军(U.S. Navy)和海军陆战队(Marine Corps)培养军官的高等院校。安纳波利斯还是圣约翰学院(St. John's College)所在地。圣约翰学院是一所文科院校，以流芳百世的文学、科学、哲学和艺术名著为教学材料。圣约翰学院虽然没有美国海军学院有名，但它的历史更为悠久，是排在哈佛大学(Harvard University)和威廉玛丽学院(College of William and Mary)之后的美国最古老的高等院校之一。

安纳波利斯及其周边地区最负胜名的是切萨皮克湾，其水域和支流的总面积约为11,600平方米。根据致力于保护和恢复切萨皮克湾独特而复杂的生态系统的公私合作项目"切萨皮克湾计划"(Chesapeake Bay Program)提供的数据，切萨皮克湾是美国最大的海湾。据有关专家介绍，在切萨皮克湾生长着3,600多种植物、鱼类和其他动物，以及29种迁徙水禽。切萨皮克湾每年出产的水产品超过2.25亿公斤，属美国最大商港之列的马里兰州巴尔的摩(Baltimore)和弗吉尼亚州(Virginia)汉普顿锚地(Hampton Roads)都坐落在这个海湾地区。

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2009 Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies
Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community
October 16-17, 2009, Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.

While the United States was deeply involved in negotiating peace between Israel and the Palestinians and fighting terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia have been quietly developing frequent economic, political, and cultural interaction with the Middle East.  Countries such as China and Japan pay close attention to the Middle East because of their strong ties to the region. Indeed their roles in the Middle East have become so prominent that they should be acknowledged and closely observed.  The “Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community” conference, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy’s Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, U.S. Asian Cultural Academy, the Shanghai International Studies University, and the Library of Congress Asian Division, aims to provide a platform for western and Asian scholars to converge and exchange views on major issues concerning the Middle East and its relationship with Asia, the U.S., and the rest of the world.

The 2009 Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies plans to invite scholars with strong interest and specializations in Asia-Middle East relations to present their papers on the following suggested subjects:
-        Energy and environment
-        Economy and trade
-        Cross-regional relations
-        Social/cultural perspectives

- This list is meant to suggest possible topics, although other topics are welcome if they establish their general relevance to the subject of the encounters between the global and local powers in the Middle East.

- Both broad theoretical studies and specific case studies are welcome.  Paper proposals (no more than 200 words) & a 1-page biography are due by 1 May 2009, and should be submitted electronically to:

Transcending Borders:  Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community
Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland USA 21402
Tel.: 1-410-293-2990   Fax: 1-410-293-2994
Email: cmeis@usna.edu

- This is an interdisciplinary conference.  Participants will include academics, diplomats, military officers and other interested individuals.

- Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by 1 June 2009.  Final papers must be submitted by 15 September 2009.

- Paper presenters and participants must cover their own travel and accommodations to participate in the conference.  Registration fee is $ 95.00 and is due by 16 September 2009.

- Registration information for this conference will be available by 1 April 2009 at:

www.usna.edu/MiddleEast



Brannon Wheeler, Director
Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
107 Maryland Avenue
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD 21402

Anchi Hoh, Assistant to Chief
Asia Division, Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540-4810


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中国方面出席2009年10月16～17日安纳波利斯研讨会
学  者  名  单

1、吴思科(Wu Sike)大使，前驻沙特、埃及大使，现全国政协委员，中国国际问题研究基金会中东研究中心主任
Sike Wu, Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Egypt. Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Director for Middle East Studies Center of the Foundation for International Studies and Academic Exchanges.
2、姚匡乙(Yao Kuangyi)大使，前驻土耳其大使，现任“中国—阿拉伯国家合作论坛”专职大使，中国国际问题研究所研究员。
Kuangyi Yao, Former Ambassador to Turkey.  Ambassador for the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.  Researcher of the Chinese Institute of International Studies.
3、华黎明(Hua Liming)大使，前驻伊朗、阿联酋、荷兰大使，现任中国国际问题研究所研究员
Liming Hua, Former Ambassador to Iran, United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands.  Researcher of the Chinese Institute of International Studies.
4、杨光(Yang Guang)研究员，中国社会科学院西亚非洲研究所所长，中国中东学会会长
Guang Yang, Director-General, Institute of West-Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.  Chairman of Middle East Studies Association in China.
5、李荣(Li Rong)研究员，中国现代国际关系研究院亚非研究所所长
Rong Li, Director-General, Asian and African Studies Center, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
6、吴冰冰(Wu Bingbing)副教授，北京大学外国语学院阿拉伯语系
Bingbing Wu, Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Culture, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University.
7、吴磊(Wu Lei)教授，云南大学国际关系研究院副院长
Lei Wu, Assistant Dean, Research Institute for International Studies, Yunan University
8、李伟建(Li Weijian)研究员，上海国际问题研究院西亚非洲研究室主任
Weijian Li, Director for Research Center of West Asian-African Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
9、汪波(Wang Bo)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Bo Wang, Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
10、马丽蓉(Ma Lirong)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Lirong Ma, Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
11、刘中民(Liu Zhongmin)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Zhongmin Liu, Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
12、钱学文(Qian Xuewen)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Xuewen Qian, Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
13、孙德刚(Sun Degang)副教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Degang Sun, Associate Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
14、朱威烈(Zhu Weilie)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所所长
Weiliu Zhu, Director, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
15、【苏丹】加法尔•克拉尔•艾哈迈德(Gaafar Karar Ahmed )博士，卡塔尔国驻华使馆经济专家，上海外国语大学中东研究所兼职教授
(Sudan) Gaafar Karar Ahmed, Economist, Embassy of Qatar.  Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute.

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General Invitees to the Conference

Mucha-Shim Q. Arquiza
mucha-shim@eudoramail.com
Ms. Arquiza is the Secretary General of the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN), an Asia-wide network of Muslims working for human rights, peace and social justice through inter-cultural and inter-faith dialogue. She is also the Executive Director and senior researcher for an all-women, mostly-Moroland (an indigenous community in the Philipines) research collective. The aim of the organization (HAGS, Inc.) is to work towards indigenous women's empowerment.

Maria Chin Abdullah
wlp@learningpartnership.org
Dr. Abdullah is the Executive Director of the Women's Development Collective (WDC), a non-governmental organization in Malaysia focused on research, education, and training. Established in the early 1980's, WDC's programs focus on gender analysis, worker health and safety, awareness and understanding of Malaysian laws, and leadership and grassroots organizing.

Yoginder Sikand
ysikand@yahoo.com
Dr. Yoginder Sikand is currently a post-doctoral research scholar at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, Leiden, The Netherlands. His research project is 'Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations in Contemporary India'. He also edits a web-magazine, Qalandar, that is devoted to a discussion of issues related to Islam and Inter-Faith Relations in South Asia (www.islaminterfaith.org). He has taught Islamic history at the Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies, Hyderabad, India, and has also worked with voluntary agencies in the areas of education and communal harmony. His extensive list of publications includes 4 books, over 30 journal articles and chapters in edited volumes, and over 250 articles in numerous South Asian periodicals and newspapers.
Visit the Qalandar website at www.islaminterfaith.org

Yuri Peshkov
y.peshkov@unesco.org
Culture Specialist
UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office
for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 67, Tole Bi Street 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel.: + 7 3272 582639 (1412)
Fax: + 7 3272 794853
www.unesco.kz

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Contact: Kishore Kumar
Purpose: Development(General)
Aim/Objective/Mission: SIOS works towards promoting the study of various issues pertaining to the Indian Ocean and the Indian Ocean region in an inter-disciplinary mode. It also undertakes and organises conferences, seminars, lectures and facilitates networking and linkages in order to establish a region of peace and prosperity through trade and other contacts.


Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies
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Department of History
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Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
U.S.A
Tel: 617-627-2133
Fax: 617-627-3479

Indian Ocean World Centre
Seminar room and offices
Peterson Hall
3640 McTavish Street, Room 103
Montréal, Quebec, H3A 1X1
Tel: 514.398.3102
Fax: 514.398.8365
E-mail: iowc@mcgill.ca


The International Dunhuang Project
The British Library
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London NW1 2DB, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7319
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7641
Email: idp@bl.uk


Gayane Novikova DirectorCenter for Strategic Analysis Spectrum
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E-mail:
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Gubad Ibadoglu Bayramov
Chairman Economic Research Center (ERC)
Jabbarli 44,
AZ1065,Caspian Plaza bld. III Floor 9Tel: (0099412) 4373230 (ext 115)Fax:
(0099412) 4373240
Email: erc-az@azeurotel.com


Fuad Rasulov
Director CEBRE,
Baku, Shikhlinski st 15,
apt 185Tel: (994 12)
4792109Fax: (994 12) 4989379
Email: frasulov@khazar.org
(Georgia)

Temuri Yakobashvili
Executive Vice President.Georgian Foundation for Strategic and
Interiational Studies
3a Chitadze street Tbilisi 0108
Georgia
Tel:995-32-473555
Fax:995-32-985265
Email: ty@gfsis.org

BS Malik
President (Lieut General, PVSM, AVSM)
Center for Studies in International Relations and Development(CSIRD)4091 Sector “D” Poket “4”
Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110070,India
Tel: 0091-11-26890016,
0091-11-2613-1963
Fax: 0091-11-2613-1963
E-mail: bsmalik@hotmail.com


Rajeev Anantaram
Senior Fellow
Indian Council for Research on International
Ecnomic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi
Tel: (91-11) 24631253 ext 206Fax:
(91-11) 24620180
Email: ranantaram@icrier.res.in
raj_anantaram@yahoo.com


Anita Sen Gupta
Fellow
Maulana abdul kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
5 Mistorylane, Kolkata, 700-919
Tel: (91-33) 24546581
Fax: (91-33)
24862049
E-mail: anitasengupta@hotmail.com


Murat Laumulin
Chief Researcher
The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic
Studies
Kazakhstan. Almaty, 480100.
Zenkov Str. 78. kv. 29.
Tel: +7/3272/915878
Fax: +7/3272/ 644995
E-mail murat@continent.kz


Fatima KukeevaAl-Farabi
Kazakh National University
Head, Chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the PK,
Doctor of Historical
Sciences, Professor
Kazakhstan, Almaty,
Aiteke-bi str. 78-22
Tel:3272-796514
Fax:3272-470969
E-mail: fturar@kazsu.kz

Jaroslav Razumov
Weekly "anorama"
480096, Mirzoyan Str. 116/67, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Tel:77272429058
Fax:7727429058
E-mail: y1771@mail.ru

Lessya Karataeva
ProfessorKazakhstan University specializing on the security
issues in Central Asia.
Koktem-1, house15, aprt.9. 050040 Almaty.
Kazakhstan
Tel:+7-7272476367
Email: Lessya@fromru.com

Malik Augan
Associate Professor of the Chair Department
International Relation of Al Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty, Zankova 54#2050010
Kazakhstan
Tel: + 8-0732-72-911030
E-mail: augan@rambler.ru

Batyr Zhulamanov
Interpreter
Almaty, Al Farabi 85 Apt47,000060, Kazakhstan
Tel: 7-701-711-0202
Fax: 7-3272-695022
E-mail: batyrkz@mail.ru

Abaskanov Omurkan
Interpreter(Malaysia)Sulochana Nair Kutiri Raman Nair Associate
Professor Deisgnation Head, Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Adminstration, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur
50603Malaysia
Tel: 603 79673723/3750
Fax :603 7567252  
E-mail: sulonar@yahoo.com

Mohamed Ariff Executive Director
Malaysian Institute of Economic
Research9thFloor Menara DayabumiJalan Sultan Hishamuddin
50768 Kuala Lunpur Malaysia
Tel:603-22725895
Fax:603-22730197
E-mail: mhmd_ariff@yahoo.com
Prof.ariff@gmail.com


Rajah Rasiah
Professor,UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
B0905 KIARAMAS SUTERA 7 JLN DESA
KIARA 50480MONT KIARA KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
Tel:603-79673606
Fax: 603-79673719
E-mail: rajah.rasiah@gmail.com

Stanislav Zhukov
Leading Research Fellow Institute of World Economy and
International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Profsoyuznaya Str. 23,
Moscow 117997 Russian
Federation
Tel:0-495-128-56-04
Fax:0-495-120-65-75
E-mail: Zhukov@imemo.ru

Vadim Dubnov
New Times Magazine, Russia 15, bld.2,
Cherniakhovski st. Moscow,
Russia
TelWork)7495-980-87-29(Mob)
7916-121-75-41
Fax:7495-980-87-20
E-mail: vdubnov@yahoo.com

Irina Zviagel’skaia
Senior fellow,Institute of Oriental Studies Moscow
Institute of International Relations9 Namyotkina St. Bl.3, app.192, 117420,
Moscow Tel:+ 7(495) 6245150 Fax:+ 7(495) 6245150
E-mail: zviagel@online.ru

Victoria Panfilova
Head of Commonwealth of Independent States
Independent newspaper Moscow, av. Balaklavsky
36-1-120
Tel:7-916-552-35-90
E-mail: victoria@ng.ru

Anatoly Kosichencko
Professor Home  
Address: Zheltoksan 78/86, aprt.22050004
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel:+7 7272335496
Email: anatkosichenko@mail.ru


Tan Kim Song
Singapore Management University
School of Economics and Social
Sciences. 90 Stamford Road.Singapore
178903
Tel:65-6828-0854
Fax:65-6828-0833
E-mail: kstan@smu.edu.sg


Boris Rumer
Harvard University
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138,
USA
Tel:617-787-4318
E-mail: borisrumer@earthlink.net


Farkhad Tolipov
The National University of Uzbekistan Nishan Musayev
str.,12 Tashkent, Uzbeistan
Tel: 9987-1-125-4322
Fax: 9987-1-125-4322
E-mail: Farkhad_tolipov@yahoo.com


Eshkender Trushin
Researcher
Tel: + (9987-1)-138-5951/52
Email: etrushin@worldbank.org
(World Bank)
Migara De Silva
Senior Economist
World Bank
Institute (WBIPR)
Room J4-113
Tel: 202-473-2303
Fax: 202-676-9810
Email: kdesilva@worldbank.org


Sim Yee Lau
Acting Program Advisor
The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
The Nippon Foundation Bldg. 4thFloor.
1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
107-8523
Tel:03-6229-5436
Fax:03-6229-5473
E-mail: lau@spf.or.jp


Akira Matsunaga
Program Officer
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
The Nippon Foundation Bldg. 4thFloor.
1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 107-8523
Tel:03-6229-5445
Fax:03-6229-5473
E-mail: matsunaga@spf.or.jp


M. Rajaretnam
Director
The International Centre,
Goa Dona Paula, Goa, India.
Tel: (91) 832-2452805-810
Fax: (91) 832 2452812
Email: ircenter@pacific.net.sg

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Opening Remarks at the 2nd Biannual International Forum

on Asia-Middle East Studies

Peter Young, Chief, Asian Division, Library of Congress

October 16, 2009

It is my great pleasure to welcome all of you to the conference – Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community.  We are very pleased to have this opportunity to co-host this unique conference with the U.S. Naval Academy, Shanghai International Studies University, and the U.S. Asian Cultural Academy, at this very special place.

The Library of Congress serves as a gateway to knowledge.  With collections numbering over 142 million items, representing over 470 different languages, and with over 1.6 million on-site visitors each year, the Library sustains the world’s largest and most wide-ranging collection of human knowledge and creativity for the benefit of current and future generations of lawmakers and their constituents.

The Library’s Asian collections total over 3 million items that reflect a wide spectrum of Asian culture, art, and contemporary affairs.  They represent one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian language materials in the world and include most subject fields, covering an area ranging from the South Asian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to China, Japan, and Korea.  The Library’s collections serve the goals of intercultural awareness and understanding.  But the Library is more than our comprehensive collections.  It also provides a forum for conferences, lectures, symposia, concert performances, and programs of interest to Congress and the American people.

Today’s conference is indeed unique and one of a kind.  Asian countries play an increasingly significant role in the region of Middle East and in the relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East.  In these upcoming two days, we look forward to the presentations and panel discussions by academics, diplomats, policy analysts, and subject experts from around the world to investigate the quietly developing economic, political, and cultural interaction between the countries of the Middle East and Asia.

I would like to conclude by thanking all of you, for making this conference a success.