Event Reports
The Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies (IfDS) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) jointly organised a roundtable from 30 to 31 January 2018.
On the opening panel, Dr Abdullah Al Salamah (centre), Director General, IfDS, and Mr Thomas Birringer (third from left), Head of the Team Middle East and North Africa, KAS, give their introductory remarks.
Mr Omar Bahlaiwa (on the left), President, Optimum Business Consulting Bureau, and Mr Philipp Dienstbier (on the right), Programme Manager & Research Fellow, KAS Regional Programme Gulf States, debate Saudi-German economic and cultural relations.
Dr Mohamad Al Sulami (third from right), Chairman, Arabian Gulf Center for Iranian Studies, and Dr Oliver Ernst (on the right), Desk Officer, Team Middle East and North Africa, KAS, discuss the Iranian nuclear agreement with the audience.
Dr Mansour Al Marzoqi (on the right), Assistant Professor, IfDS, and Mr Nils Wörmer (centre), Head of KAS Office Syria/Iraq, exchange views on the future of Syria.