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The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on TurkeyPanel 2: Debating Turkish Foreign Policy in a Changing Global and Regional SystemBülent Aras, Turkish Foreign Ministry`s Center for Strategic ResearchŞaban Kardaş, TOBB University of Economics and TechnologyMesut Özcan, Turkish Foreign Ministry`s Center for Strategic ResearchModerator: Tolga Tanış, HürriyetJune 14, 2013  12:00pm-1:00pm 

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on TurkeyPanel 1: Crisis in Syria: Can Turkey Rise to the Challenge?Volkan Bozkir, Grand National Assembly of TurkeySteve Heydemann, United States Institute of PeaceAnne Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of StateModerator: Robert Worth, New York TimesJune 14, 2013, 10:00am-11:30 am

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on TurkeyPanel 1: Crisis in Syria: Can Turkey Rise to the Challenge?Volkan Bozkir, Grand National Assembly of TurkeySteve Heydemann, United States Institute of PeaceAnne Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of StateModerator: Robert Worth, New York TimesJune 14, 2013, 10:00am-11:30 am

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on TurkeyPanel 1: Crisis in Syria: Can Turkey Rise to the Challenge?Volkan Bozkir, Grand National Assembly of TurkeySteve Heydemann, United States Institute of PeaceAnne Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of StateModerator: Robert Worth, New York TimesJune 14, 2013, 10:00am-11:30 am

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on TurkeyPanel 1: Crisis in Syria: Can Turkey Rise to the Challenge?Volkan Bozkir, Grand National Assembly of TurkeySteve Heydemann, United States Institute of PeaceAnne Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of StateModerator: Robert Worth, New York TimesJune 14, 2013, 10:00am-11:30 am

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on TurkeyPanel 1: Crisis in Syria: Can Turkey Rise to the Challenge?Volkan Bozkir, Grand National Assembly of TurkeySteve Heydemann, United States Institute of PeaceAnne Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of StateModerator: Robert Worth, New York TimesJune 14, 2013, 10:00am-11:30 am

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on Turkey8:45am: WelcomeAmb. Wendy Chamberlin, President, Middle East Institute9:00am-9:45 am:  Keynote AddressRep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), United States House of RepresentativesJune 14, 2013, 8:45am, 9:00am

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on Turkey8:45am: WelcomeAmb. Wendy Chamberlin, President, Middle East Institute9:00am-9:45 am:  Keynote AddressRep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), United States House of RepresentativesJune 14, 2013, 8:45am, 9:00am

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on Turkey8:45am: WelcomeAmb. Wendy Chamberlin, President, Middle East Institute9:00am-9:45 am:  Keynote AddressRep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), United States House of RepresentativesJune 14, 2013, 8:45am, 9:00am

The Middle East Institute Center for Turkish Studies’ Fourth Annual Conference on Turkey8:45am: WelcomeAmb. Wendy Chamberlin, President, Middle East Institute9:00am-9:45 am:  Keynote AddressRep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), United States House of RepresentativesJune 14, 2013, 8:45am, 9:00am

The Takaful industry has expanded rapidly in recent years.[1] In 2011, the industry recorded 19% higher growth than in the previous year. Takaful is generally regarded as a profitable product with ample growth potential. With strong support from industry players, government institutions and increasing awareness among customers, the Takaful industry is expected to develop further in the coming years.

Asia constitutes the hub of the transformation of global economic power today. The Gulf, itself part of Asia, is of increasing importance in this transformation. This book documents the growing interactions between the economies of the Gulf states and those of the rest of Asia. These relationships are critical to how the world economy develops over the next decade, and how economic (and perhaps strategic) power is distributed.

With the shift in the direction of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries’ trade from the West to Asia and the emphasis on the “Islamic connection” by Malaysia and many of its Middle Eastern counterparts, Malaysia-GCC economic cooperation appears to be gaining momentum. Malaysia’s strategic location at the center of Southeast Asia and the need for as well as the apparent determination of Malaysia and the GCC countries to diversify their export markets could provide the impetus for this partnership to flourish.

The GRC’s April 2013 Gulf-Asia Bulletin, edited by Noriko Suzuki, contains the following short pieces:

• On OSIPP-GRC Academic Cooperation by Toshiya Hoshino |04
• Japan-Gulf Relations in the Wider Gulf-Asia Context by Makio Yamada |06
• Japan and the Gulf: Balanced Business Relationship, and Thereafter by Yoshio Minagi |10
• A General History of Kuwait-Japan Economic Relations from the 1950s to the 1970s by Takumi Sato |14

Although Turkey has a long history of continuing interaction with European intelligentsia, politicians and opinion makers, and also with the United States, there is very little experience and background with which to communicate with Asian countries. The Asian Studies Center is now recognized as the institution that can form viable academic connections and develop projects accordingly which will “bring the world to Turkey.”