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The IISS Regional Security Summit

Conferences

Condoleezza Rice talks to Dr Mamoun Fandy

Dr Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow for Gulf Security, interviews Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State

Dr Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow for Gulf Security of The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), spoke with Dr Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State on Sunday, 4 May 2008 to discuss pertinent international problems centering around Israel and Palestine. During their conversation, Dr Fandy and Dr Rice expanded this theme to discuss models for a possible state, the involvement of the Arab communities and the US, ideas from the Annapolis Summit and the additional complexities that Iran and Syria add to any potential peace settlements.

The 5th IISS Regional Security Summit - The Manama Dialogue 2008

The 5th IISS Regional Security Summit: The Manama Dialogue has successfully concluded in Bahrain. The event runs from 12 to 14 December 2008.

"This conference provides an ideal forum for discussing the challenges and the opportunities facing the region, and it is maturing into the most important regional security conference in the Middle East."

Robert M. Gates, US Secretary of Defense

First Plenary Session - Robert Gates

Dr John Chipman Opening Remarks SLD 2008

On Saturday 13 December Robert Gates, US Secretary of Defense addressed the First Plenary Session: 'The US and the Regional Balance of Power'.

Transcripts of the speech and the Q&A Session are available.

Manama Dialogue 2008 Opening Night

The Keynote Address at the Manama Dialogue 2008

The Fifth IISS Regional Security Summit: the Manama Dialogue opened on Friday 12 December 2008. Sh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain delivered the Keynote Address.

Summit Reports

The IISS has compiled reports on the summits held in 2005, 2006 and 2007 containing details of the plenary sessions and a flavour of the discussions in the breakout groups.

The Manama Dialogue 2007, 2006 and 2005 reports are available online.

Latest Publications

AP 398: The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Avoiding worst-case outcomes - Mark Fitzpatrick

This paper explains how Iran developed its nuclear programme to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short time frame, and analyses Western policy responses aimed at forestalling that capability. Read more

New Survival Issue

Volume 50, Number 6 of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. Articles include Alex Nicoll on the implications of the credit crisis and Dana Allin on what an Obama presidency signifies in the context of America's half century of racial and ideological divisions.

Delegates Homepage

Manama Dialogue Delegates' Homepage

Countries Represented

Agenda

2008 IISS Manama Dialogue Skeletal Agenda

Speeches

2008 Plenary Sessions and Speeches

Press Coverage

2008 press coverage

2008 press policy

2007 press coverage

The IISS would like to thank The Kingdom of Bahrain for the support it gives to the Manama Dialogue, and to the many offices, ministries, departments and agencies of the Kingdom who provide logistical and other assistance to ensure that this summit succeeds.

Nuclear Programmes in the Middle East: In the shadow of Iran

The IISS Strategic Dossier on nuclear programmes in the Middle East provides a comprehensive overview of the history of nuclear programmes in the region, an evaluation of national nuclear capabilities and policies, and an analysis of future aspirations. The fact-rich country profiles, which include Israel and Turkey, also assess how each state may react to an Iranian nuclear weapons capability.Read More

The IISS Regional Security Summit: The Manama Dialogue