The Middle East

The Changing Strategic Environment

• Author(s): F. Stephen Larrabee,
• Publisher: Rand Corporation
• Pages: 25
• ISBN_10: 0833039504
  ISBN_13: 9780833039507
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Security (National & International) , Political Science / Terrorism , Political Science / World / Middle Eastern ,

Description:... On June 26-28, 2005, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy held their sixth annual conference in Gstaad, Switzerland. The conference was devoted to a dialogue on "The Middle East: Changing Strategic Environment." Participants discussed democracy and stability in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Palestine, and Israel; the situation in Iraq; Iran's nuclear program; the roles of the United States, the EU, and the UN Security Council in promoting stability and change in the region; strategies for countering Islamic terrorism; and developments in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.