Symposium | "Gulf Security" Part 1

Описание: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) held symposium No. (58) titled ‘Gulf Security: Identifying and Confronting Challenges’ on Monday, February 24, 2020, from 10:00am to 1:35pm. The symposium reflected the heightened importance of the security of Arab Gulf countries and the Middle East, within a wider global context, at both strategic and geopolitical levels.

The symposium started with welcoming remarks from His Excellency Prof. Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi, Director General of the ECSSR, as well as keynote addresses delivered by H.E. Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates, H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, United Arab Emirates and H.E. Major General Staff Pilot. Ali Mohamed Musleh Al Ahbabi, Chairman, Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority, United Arab Emirates


The symposium comprised three main panels.The first panel, titled ‘Geopolitics of the Gulf Region’, included two presented papers. Commander Erich Frandrup, US Navy Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, US, examined ‘Gulf Maritime Security and the Iranian Threat’, while the second presentation, from Mr. Khalid Al-Zaatar, Saudi writer, political analyst and researcher in Middle East affairs, touched on ‘Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Region’.