Plenary Sessions

 Challenges to Counter-Terrorism Policy in the Gulf

The speakers at this event were:

• Major General Dr Rashad Muhammed Al-Alimi Minister of the Interior, Yemen

• Dr Kassim Daoud, Iraqi National Security Advisor

External Perspectives on the Counter-Terrorism Challenges

The speakers at this event were:

• Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence, Singapore

• Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Head of the Defence and Overseas Secretariat, UK

• Stephen Hadley, US National Security Advisor (shown opposite)

The Impact of Political and Economic Reform on Gulf Security

The speakers at this event were:

• Yusuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdulla, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Oman 

• Shaikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister, Qatar

Towards a New Framework for Regional Security

The speakers at this event were:

• HRH Prince Saud Al Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia 

• Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah President, National Security Bureau, Kuwait;

• Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of France

• Dr Kamal Kharazzi, Foreign Minister, Iran (Ali Reza Moayeri, Deputy Foreign Minister for Research, presented)