Valdai Club

On March 30-31, the Valdai Discussion Club, in partnership with the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will hold its 10th Middle East Conference. The theme for this year’s meeting is “The Middle East in Search for Lost Awakening”. The event will be held at the Club’s new Moscow site at 16/1, Tsvetnoy Blvd. More: Programme of the 10th Middle East Conference of the Valdai Club.

Speakers:

1. Abou Zeid Amal, Advisor to the President of Lebanon; Member of the Lebanese Parliament-Free Patriotic Movement/Honoris causa (2016 – 2018)

2. Al-Ketbi Ebtesam, President, Emirates Policy Centre (UAE)
   

3. Al Saud bin Faisal, HRH Prince Turki, Founder and Trustee, King Faisal Foundation; Chairman, King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies

4. Alahmad Ali, Politician and Public Figure, Syria

5. Aydin Mustafa, President, International Relations Council of Turkey

6. Baklanov Andrey, Professor-Head of the Middle East and North African Studies Section, Higher School of Economics

7. Balian Hrair, Director, Conflict Resolution Program, Carter Center

8. Belokrenitsky Vyacheslav, Vice President of the Academic Council, Institute of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

9. Bystritskiy Andrey, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

10. Cherif Youssef, Director, Columbia Global Centers |Tunis

11. Crooke Alastair, Director, Conflicts Forum

12. Dergham Raghida, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Beirut Institute; Columnist for The National and Annahar Al Arabi

13. Gargash Anwar bin Mohammed, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President; Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

14. Hiltermann Joost, Program Director, Middle East & North Africa, International Crisis Group

15. Jamil Qadri, Head, Syrian Opposition’s Moscow Platform; Secretary, People’s Will Party (Syria)

16. Kuznetsov Vasily, Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of the Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Oriental Faculty of the State Academic University for the Humanities
    

17. Lavrov Sergey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

18. Levy Daniel, President, US/Middle East Project

19. Majdalani Ahmad, Executive Committee Member, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

20. Naumkin Vitaly, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

21. Popov Veniamin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Analyst of the Institute for International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

22. Rogan Eugene, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Oxford; Director of The Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s College, Oxford

23. Sanaei Mehdi, Senior Advisor to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Director of the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies;

24. Slim Randa, Senior Fellow and Director of the Program on Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues, Middle East Institute, Washington, DC

25. Surkov Nikolay, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Middle East Studies, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) RAS

26. Truevtsev Konstantin, Leading Researcher in the Centre of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

27. Zvyagelskaya Irina, Head of the Centre for Middle East Studies, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) RAS