The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council is pleased to support and invite you to take part in the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ ‘Business Opportunity and Political Risk in the Gulf and Middle East’ Geo-economics and Strategy Conference taking place September 7-8, 2014 at the Sofitel Hotel in Manama, Bahrain.

The ‘Business Opportunity and Political Risk in the Gulf and Middle East’ conference, comprising of 150 participants, will bring together select experts, policymakers and business leaders to provide insights and analysis of the trends that will determine the future development of the GCC and the Middle East. During the panel sessions, presenters will provide introductory thoughts to the discussion, with the remainder of the session open to the floor so all participants may engage in the debate.  For more information, click HERE.

Background:

The IISS launched the Geo-economics and Strategy Program under the patronage of the Bahrain Economic Development Board to study the global interaction of shifting economic power and geopolitics. This ambitious program, which is run from the Middle East Headquarters of the IISS in Bahrain, has held a number of international conferences and published significant papers on cutting edge themes of Geo-economics and Strategy. For more information, please visit: http://www.iiss.org/en/research/geo-economics-s-and-s-strategy.