27 October 2009: IISS
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is pleased to announce that the 6th Regional Security Summit: The Manama Dialogue will take place from 11 to 13 December 2009 in Bahrain.
The Manama Dialogue is the primary security forum in the Gulf and facilitates the engagement of the national security and foreign policy establishments of the region with critical external powers. In 2009, the 6th anniversary meeting will draw together the highest concentration to date of policy-makers involved in regional security, and delegations will once again comprise a senior blend of prime ministers, defence ministers, foreign ministers, national security advisors, and military and intelligence chiefs. In addition, there will be a series of debates and special addresses.
On- and off-the-record events designed to foster the advancement of foreign policy characterise The Manama Dialogue. The skeletal agenda is available at: http://www.iiss.org/conferences/the-iiss-regional-security-summit/iiss-regional-security-summit-agendas/.
This summit will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama. Attendance and participation is by invitation only.
For information on providing press coverage or to receive additional information, please contact dialoguepress@iiss.org or reference http://www.iiss.org/conferences/the-iiss-regional-security-summit.
In September 2009, The IISS announced a major expansion of its Middle East initiatives and programmes with the establishment of a regional branch office for the Middle East in Manama, Bahrain. HE Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, Foreign Minister of Bahrain, and Dr John Chipman CMG, Director General and CEO of the IISS in London, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that facilitates and supports the establishment of an IISS-Middle East office in Manama.
