Foreign Policy Practices and Energy Security: What drives US, EU and China's Policy towards Iran?

24/04/2009 - 12:30

24 April 2009
12.30 - 14.00 hrs

Energy Programme Asia Lecture by Dr Eva P. Rakel, Department of Political Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Energy Programme Asia Lecture Series 2009: Domestic and Geopolitical Challenges to Energy Security for China and the European Union

In this lecture Dr. Eva Rakel will discuss continuity and change of foreign policy practices of the US, the EU and China towards Iran since the Islamic revolution and the role energy security plays in this context. Further interest is in what effects improved relations between Iran and the US would have on the EU's and China's relations with Iran in general and in terms of energy security in particular.

Speaker

Dr Eva P. Rakel, Department of Political Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Chair 

Dr. Mehdi Amineh

Discussant

Dr. Mehdi Amineh

Date

24 April, 12:30 hrs - 14:00 hrs

Venue

ISHSS, Prins Hendrikkade 189-B, Room C

This lecture series is organized in the context of a joint research programme between Energy Programme Asia - IIAS, and the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China.

Information
Dr Mehdi P. Amineh
EPA Programme Director
International Institute for Asian Studies
T +31 20 525 4567
m.p.amineh@uva.nl