DPF NEWS

On May 9, 2013 FPF welcomes German member of parliament Uta Zapf, the first German state minister with Turkish roots former Minister for Social Affairs, Women, Families, Health and Integration of Lower Saxony Aygül Özkan  and Senior Associate of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs Günter Seufert to discuss the upcoming German general elections and its possible impacts on Turkey and Europe. RSVP: Defne Kadıoğlu (dpf@boun.edu.tr/0212 359 71 56)

On April 16, 2013 Boğaziçi University-TÜSİAD Foreign Policy Forum hosted a panel titled "US Foreign Policy towards the Middle East during the Second Term of President Obama" with the participation of former US Ambassador to Baku Matthew Bryza, Lehigh University International Relations Professor and Turkey expert Henri Barkey and TÜSİAD Member of Board and former Ambassador Volkan Vural. During the panel the question whether the Obama administration would follow a more decisive foreign policy in the Mİddle East during its second term was debated.