Algeria’s Challenges and Opportunities
By Foreign Policy Institute - The United States, Europe, and World Order Program
Date and time
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 · 2 - 4pm EDT
Location
Conference Room 500 Bernstein Offit Building, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036Description
Algeria’s Challenges and Opportunities
Opening remarks and introduction:
Samy Boukaila, Visiting Scholar, CTR - SAIS
Keynote address:
Hafida Benchehida, Senator, Republic of Algeria
Moderator:
Sasha Toperich, Senior Fellow and Director of the Mediterranean Basin Initiative at CTR - SAIS
Senator Hafida Benchehida served at the Foreign Relations Committee in Algerian Senate from 2013 - 2015. She is a founding member of Algerian Women Parliamentary Network, and as of January 2016 Deputy Chairwomen of legal and administrative affairs and Human Rights Committee.
Ambassador Madjid Bouguerra, among other diplomatic functions, served as the Ambassador or Algeria in Zambia, Niger, China, Germany, before becoming Algerian Ambassador in the United States
