The Eastern Mediterranean Policy of Israel and The Impacts of The Normalization Process on Israel’s Foreign Policy

On 8.10.2020 at 5 pm “Eastern Mediterranean Policy of Israel and The Impacts of The Normalization Process on Israel” panel held online by DIPAM. Panel moderated by Researcher Selim Han YENİACUN from Shanghai University Global Governance Center, Jason EPSTEIN from Southfive Strategies LLC, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kasım HAN from Altınbaş University, Researcher-Author Sigurd NEUBAUER, and Dr. Ceyhun ÇİÇEKÇİ from Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University participated as speakers.

At the beginning of the panel moderator mentioned that there were participants from both Turkey and United States. Explaining the functioning and purpose of the panel, Moderator Yeniacun stated that Israel is an important figure in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. He stated that the topics he will discuss with the speakers in the panel are Israel’s new position in the region along with the normalization process and its new alliances, and Israel’s foreign policies towards the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. The moderator, who asks questions to the speakers about the dimensions of the changes in the region, before Dr.Ceyhun ÇİÇEKÇİ give speech, Yeniacun ask questions about general situation in the Eastern Mediterranean region, new trends in Israeli foreign policy, Turkey and Israel’s current relationship.