The 2nd IISS Regional Security Summit, The Gulf Dialogue, Kingdom of Bahrain, December 2005

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has pleasure in presenting this report, a summary of the proceedings of The Second IISS Regional Security Summit: The Gulf Dialogue. Following an inaugural meeting in 2004, this second summit was held, again in The Kingdom of Bahrain, from 2–4 December 2005.

The Gulf Dialogue is intended to provide a forum for the national security establishments of the participating states to exchange views on the security challenges of the region. Although many private bilateral and multilateral meetings are held between the government delegations, this report is intended to summarise only the discussions that took place involving all summit participants in plenary and break-out sessions.

In publishing this account, the IISS hopes to draw attention to the challenges and opportunities in the region as perceived by those most directly responsible for its security. The issues raised during the summit will guide the IISS in organising future Dialogues and conferences in the region involving government ministers and senior officials. We will also draw on the discussions summarised here in developing our own research programme, which is intended to inform the wider public on regional security questions and to generate ideas for sound public policy in response to regional challenges.

The IISS looks forward to our continuing partnership in the service of promoting regional dialogue and understanding.

Asiaing Links:

View the Report Online (Full text HTML & PDF)

About The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS):

The IISS is an international membership organisation based in London, and is both a limited company in UK law and a registered charity. It has offices in the US and in Singapore that operate under its name with charitable status in each jurisdiction. Founded in 1958, much of the Institute’s early work focused on nuclear deterrence and arms control, and the Institute was influential in setting the intellectual structures for managing the Cold War. Over the last decade the IISS has become a truly global organisation, with individual and corporate members in over one hundred countries. The Institute’s high-profile publications are universally regarded as providing the best independent, internationally sourced information and commentary on the main strategic events touching on national, regional and global security. The IISS owes no allegiance to any government, or to any political or other organisation. The Institute’s conference activities are considered to be at the forefront of public policy development, given that its convening power is such that it can often bring government officials and others together in fora that they could not easily manage for themselves.

Comments (0)

Show/Hide comments

Name

Email

Website

Title

Comment

smaller | bigger

Add Comment