SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE October 6, 2011 Thursday 09.00-10.00 OPENING AND PROTOCOL SPEECHES General Coordinator of Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Aygün ATTAR Deputy Rector, Giresun University Prof. Dr. Yılmaz CAN Governor of Giresun (Agreeably to Desire) Dursun Ali ŞAHİN Keynote Speech Prof. Dr. Hüseyin BAĞCI (METU) 10.00-10.30 10.30-12.00 SESSION I (Rectorate Conference Hall) Aygün ATTAR, Giresun Uni., Turkey Funda KESKİN ATA, Ankara Uni., Turkey Armed Conflict in the Black Sea Region: 2008 South Ossetia Houman A SADRI, University of Central Florida, USA Iran & the South Caucasus States Didem EKİNCİ, Çankaya Uni., Turkey Growing Schism Between the USA and Russia: Abkhazia After the Cold War and Implications on Black Sea Security Maia MANCHKHASHVILI, Tbilisi Ilia State Uni., Georgia Turkey's role in conflict resolution in Abkhazia 12.00-12.30 12.30 Lunch Time -1-
10.30-12.00 SESSION I (Social Facilities Building Conference Hall) Haleddin İBRAHİMLİ, Azerbaijan Uni., Azerbaijan Alexander RUSETSKY, SCIRS, Georgia Strategy and Perspectives of Giresun Process Sevil ERTUĞRUL, İstanbul Uni., Turkey Understanding Conflict and Cooperation Sanem ÖZER, Akdeniz Uni., Turkey Moving from Track One Diplomacy to Conflict Transformation by Operating at the Middle and Grassroots Level in the Black Sea Region Umut ALPEREN, Süleyman Demirel Uni., Turkey A Critical and Theoretical Approach to the Relationship Between Interdependence, Cooperation and Conflict 12.00-12.30 12.30 14.00-15.30 Lunch Time SESSION II (Rectorate Conference Hall) Gökhan KOÇER, Karadeniz Technical Uni., Turkey A. Tolga TURKER, İstanbul Arel Uni., Turkey Turkish Russian Rapprochement and its Implications on the Black Sea: Reasons and Prospects Nazim Cafersoy, Azerbaijan State Economics Uni., Azerbaijan Russia-Turkey Cooperation and Black Sea Çağla Gül YESEVİ, İstanbul Kültür Uni., Turkey Russian Federation Foreign Policy under Shade of Empire Alexander JACKSON, CRIA, United Kingdom Turkey and Russia in the Black Sea Region: An Unequal Partnership 15.30-15.45 15.45-16.15-2-
14.00-15.30 SESSION II (Social Facilities Building Conference Hall) Abbas KARAAĞAÇLI, Giresun Uni., Turkey Elnur Hasan MİKAİL, Kafkas Uni., Turkey The Black Sea Factor at Turkey Russia Relations Murat ÖNSOY, Hacettepe Uni., Turkey Playing the Game of Cat and Mouse: Azerbaijan Government and the Civil Society Organizations Göktürk TÜYSÜZOĞLU, Giresun Uni., Turkey South Caucasus Policy of Russia Göknil ERBAŞ, Turkey Black Sea Geopolitical Discourse in Turkish Foreign Policy: From Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation to Zero Problem with Neighbors 15.30-15.45 15.45-16.15 16.15-17.45 SESSION III (Rectorate Conference Hall) Alexander RUSETSKY, SCIRS, Georgia Abbas KARAAĞAÇLI, Giresun Uni., Turkey Black Sea can not be an Exception in a World Where the USA is a Source of Instability (!) Eray KARA, Giresun Uni., Turkey Politics of the Black Sea in the Administration of Barrack Obama Arda ÖZKAN, Giresun Uni., Turkey Seizure of Vessels at Black Sea: UNCLOS and Georgia's Impositions Şifa ÖZKAN, Yunus Emre KOCAKAYA, Giresun Uni., Turkey Turkey-Azerbaijan Economic Relations in 2000-2010 17.45-18.00-3-
16.15-17.45 SESSION III (Social Facilities Building Conference Hall) Pınar YÜRÜR, Giresun Uni., Turkey Çağla Gül YESEVİ, İstanbul Kültür Uni., Turkey Comparative Oil Policies of Russia and Azerbaijan Serdar KESGİN, BLACKCSR, Turkey Cooperation Possibilities at Caspian Energy Resources Transportation Routes Mustafa Malkoç YAŞAR, Giresun Uni., Turkey An Inquiry of Efficiency of Organization of the Black Sea Economic Coorperation Sofio REZRICHENKO, SCIRS, Georgia The Network of Young Scientists for Peace and Stability in Black Sea Region 17.45-18.00 October 7, 2011 Friday 09.00-10.30 SESSION IV (Rectorate Conference Hall) Yalçın SARIKAYA, BLACKCSR, Turkey Haleddin IBRAHİMLİ, Azerbaijan Uni., Azerbaijan Azerbaijan and Georgia as a Strategic Corridor between Caspian Basin and Black Sea Araz ASLANLI, QAFSAM, Azerbaijan August 2008:Lessons about Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Hasan OKTAY, Caucasian Strategic Researches Center, Turkey Turk and Turkey Perceptions in Armenia Fatma ÇOBAN, BLACKCSR, Turkey Javakheti Issue within Georgia and Armenia Relations 10.30-11.00 11.00-11.30-4-
09.00-10.30 SESSION IV (Social Facilities Building Conference Hall) Funda KESKİN ATA, Ankara Uni., Turkey Füsun ÖZERDEM, Trakya Uni., Turkey The European Union's Black Sea Policy and Regionalism Haydar EFE, Kafkas Uni., Turkey EU Policies Towards the Black Sea Region Nilgün İSMAİL, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania The Economic Importance of the Western Black Sea Region After 1774 in Romanian Sources Ayşim PARLAKYILDIZ, Turkey The Black Sea at French Foreign Policy within the Framework of Geopolitical and Strategic Significance Vahit GÜNTAY, Karadeniz Technical Uni., Turkey Alternative Security Searches and Perception in West Black Sea Basin 10.30-11.00 11.00-11.30 11.30-13.00 SESSION V (Rectorate Conference Hall)) Fırat PURTAŞ, Gazi Uni., Turkey Valeriy MORKVA, Onsekiz Mart Uni., Turkey -Ukraine Pluralism vs. Irreducible Antagonism: An Evaluation of Regional Diversities in Ukrainian Political Culture Sevil ERTUĞRUL, Cem KARAMAN, Ozan ŞAHİN, İstanbul Uni., Turkey Evolution of the Crimean Question Within the Framework of Russia and Ukraine Relations Yafez KILIÇ, Murat GÜL, Turkey The Effects of Perceptions Created Through Public Relations Activities on International Relations: Turkish-Russian Case Gül SARIKAYA, BLACKCSR, Turkey Current Regional Geopolitics and Crimean Tatars 13.00-13.15 13.15-14.30 Lunch Time -5-
11.30-13.00 SESSION V (Social Facilities Building Conference Hall) Nilgün İSMAİL, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania Süleyman DEMİRCİ, Erciyes Uni., Turkey Administrational Divisions and Taxable Population of Trabzon Province in 17thCentury: Giresun, Keşap and Yivebolu (Görele) Townships Nurhan ÖZKAN, Fatma GEMİCİ, Selçuk Uni., Turkey Woman Labour in the Black Sea Sadettin GÜLTEKİN, Rize Uni., Turkey The Organic Agriculture Potential of Turkey from the Viewpoint of Competition Power at Foreign Trade Ceren UYSAL OĞUZ, Senem ATVUR, Akdeniz Uni., Turkey Examples of Environmental Cooperation in the Black Sea Region 13.00-13.15 13.15-14.30 Lunch Time 14.30-16.00 SESSION VI (Rectorate Conference Hall) ASSESSMENT OF THE SYMPOSIUM -6-