Middle Eastern countries need to join forces with international powers, such as the United States and Russia, to bring peace to the region. This was the collective view of the panellists at a session titled ‘The Race for Relevance and Influence in the Region: GCC, Iran, Turkey & Russia’ at the 12th Arab Strategy Forum
The 12th edition of the Arab Strategy Forum (ASF 2019) kicked off with the first session entitled ‘Top 5 Risks – 2020’, in which Nick Allan, CEO of Control Risks, explored the global security risks 2020 may bring for public and private sector institutions. Presenting his risk map for the year ahead that highlighted the
The growth of China, India and Southeast Asian countries is rapidly forming the basis of a major shift in the centre of economic gravity, said Sean Cleary, Chairman of Strategic Concepts and Founder and Executive Vice Chair of the FutureWorld Foundation, during a session titled ‘The World in 2030’ at the 12th Arab Strategy Forum (ASF 2019).
The world could be looking at a cyclical recession within the next three years, with performance across nearly 10 indicators – ranging from geo-political and macro-economic to demographic and industrial – showing alarming similarities to the period prior to the technology boom in the late 1990s that was followed by a significant global downturn. Dr
Across the Arab world there is a strong cry of “enough extremism”, a firm call for the immediate cessation of the “use of religion for political gain”, a heartening realisation that the Arab world is “not becoming any less religious”, a hopeful sentiment of being “in favour of places of worship for other religions”, and
HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Vice President of Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Distinguished Academic Performance led on today (Monday, December 9, 2019) the high-profile opening of the 12th Policy Dialogue Forum of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 at
In his opening address at the 12th Arab Strategy Forum (ASF 2019), His Excellency Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, President of the Arab Strategy Forum, said that there is a real and renewed hope that the Arab region will become a major contributor to the growth of the world economy in the coming decade. “With everything that
