12:00 – 13:30 | 03 Feb 2014
Nuclear Weapons Will Not Make Iran More Secure
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s DGAP speech on his country’s new foreign policy course and nuclear negotiations
Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, continues his country’s ongoing communication campaign. After speaking at the Munich Security Conference, he stopped by the DGAP on February 3, to give a speech and answer questions from the audience. Zarif sought to parry concerns about his country’s nuclear activities, stating that nuclear arms would not be in Iran’s interest. Quite the contrary, they would undermine Iran’s security and its role in the region.
09:00 | 15 – 17 Nov 2013
Critical Voices Not Welcome?
EUMEF’s 19th New Faces Conference meets in Rabat to address media, politics, and freedom of expression in North Africa
Twenty young researchers, media practitioners, policy makers, and civil society representatives from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, and Europe gathered for the 19th New Faces conference in Rabat on November 15–17, 2013 to discuss current developments in the areas of media and freedom of expression. Four plenary sessions featured experts such as historian Maâti Monjib (Mohammed V University, Rabat) and the journalist and media expert Fatima el-Issawi (LSE).