Ninth Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Opening and Session 1 (in English)

Ninth Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Opening and Session 1 (in English)
17.02.2020

Ninth Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Session 6. Scenarios of the Future (in English)

Ninth Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Session 6. Scenarios of the Future (in English)
18.02.2020

Ninth Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Day 1

Ninth Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Day 1
18.02.2020

Ninth Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Session 6. Scenarios of the Future (in English)

On February 18, the Valdai Discussion Club in partnership with the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted Session 6, "Scenarios of the Future" of the ninth Middle East conference.

13:30 – 15:30 Session 6. Scenarios for the Future

Maybe in just a few years we will see a new region, actively developing, recovering from bloody conflicts, a region with strengthened states and a powerful civil society. But maybe what lies ahead is only more conflict engulfing new states. Finally, there is the likelihood of further fragmentation of the region, where growth zones will coexist with territories of increasing anarchy and chaos. Quo vadis, Middle East?

Speakers:

Randa SLIM, Senior Fellow and Director, Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program, Middle East Institute

Ahmad MAJDALANI, Minister of Social Development of the State of Palestine

Mustafa AYDIN, President, International Relations Council of Turkey

Vasily KUZNETSOV, Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Moderator:

Maria KHODYNSKAYA-GOLENISHCHEVA, Senior Advisor, Foreign Policy Planning Department, Russian Foreign Ministry