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11TH REGIONAL SECURITY SUMMITBAHRAIN, 30 OCTOBER–1 NOVEMBER 2015

The IISS Manama Dialogue

CHAPTER 1

Agenda

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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt;

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Friday 30 October 2015

All day Bilateral meetings between ministers and officials

19:00 – 20:00 SKY NEWS ARABIA OPENING TELEVISED PANEL - Al Ghazal IEXTREMISM, STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT: THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Chair: Fadila SouissiPresenter, Sky News Arabia

Dr Abdullatif Al ZayaniSecretary General, Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf

Riyadh YaseenMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yemen

Dr Taïeb BaccoucheMinister of Foreign Affairs, Tunisia

Helen ClarkAdministrator, UN Development Programme

20:00 – 21:00 OPENING RECEPTION – Grand Foyer

21:00 – 23:00 OPENING DINNER – Al Noor BallroomHosted by: HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al KhalifaCrown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain

Opening remarks: Dr John ChipmanDirector-General and Chief Executive, IISS

Keynote Speech: Abdel Fattah Al-SisiPresident of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Agenda

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Saturday 31 October 2015

Unless otherwise stated all Plenary Sessions chaired by Dr John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS

09:00 – 10:15 FIRST PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomUS POLICY AND REGIONAL SECURITY

Sh Khaled bin Ahmed Al KhalifaMinister of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain

Antony BlinkenDeputy Secretary of State, US

10:15 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 12:00 SECOND PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomTHE REGION AFTER THE NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS

Adel Al JubeirMinister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia

Dr Nabil El Araby Secretary General, League of Arab States

12:00 – 12:15 Break

12:15 – 13:45 THIRD PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomTHE CHALLENGES OF EXTREMISM

Chair: Sir John JenkinsExecutive Director, IISS-Middle East

Philip HammondSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK

Salahuddin RabbaniMinister of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan

Dr Khaled KhojaPresident, National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces

13:45 – 16:00 PRIVATE LUNCH FOR DELEGATION LEADERSTrader Vic’s Restaurant

LUNCH FOR ALL OTHER DELEGATESVilla Gazebo, Ritz Carlton

16:00 – 17:15 FOURTH PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomCONFLICTS AND COALITIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Dr Ursula von der LeyenFederal Minister of Defence, Germany

Khaled Al ObeidiMinister of Defence, Iraq

19:30 – 21:00 RECEPTION AND DINNER – Villa Gazebo

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Sunday 1 November 2015

09:30 – 11:00 SPECIAL SESSIONS – Al Ghazal Ballrooms

Group I: The future of Yemen – Al Ghazal III

Chair: Professor Toby DodgeConsulting Senior Fellow for the Middle East, IISS

Dr Abdullatif Al ZayaniSecretary General, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

Riyadh YaseenMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yemen

Ismail Ould Cheikh AhmedSpecial Adviser to the Secretary General for Yemen, UN

Sir Alan DuncanSpecial Envoy to Yemen and Special Envoy to Oman, UK

Group II: GCC Defence Posture and External Powers – Al Ghazal I

Chair: General The Lord Richard of HerstmonceuxSenior Adviser for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, IISS; former Chief of the Defence Staff, UK

Sh Thamer Al SabahPresident, National Security Bureau, Kuwait

General Lloyd James Austin IIICommander, US Central Command

HRH Prince Sultan bin Khaled Al FaisalPresident, Al Joshan Security Services

General Richard BarronsCommander, Joint Forces Command, Ministry of Defence, UK

Group III: Stablising Weak States – Al Ghazal II

Chair: Dr Nicholas RedmanDirector of Editorial, IISS

Dr Abdullah Al MatouqAdviser, Al Diwan Al Amiri, Kuwait; Humanitarian Envoy of the Secretary General, UN

Christian BergerDirector and Deputy Managing Director for Middle East and North Africa, European External Action Service

Farhat BengdaraSpecial Adviser to the Prime Minister, Libya

Emile HokayemSenior Fellow for Middle East Security, IISS

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Group IV: The Role of Political Islamism – Al Ghazal C

Chair: Sir John JenkinsExecutive Director, IISS-Middle East

Hamadi JebaliFormer Prime Minster, Tunisia

Nabil FahmyDean, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt

Dr Nelly LahoudSenior Fellow for Political Islamism, IISS (Designate)

11:00 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 13:00 FIFTH PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomMANAGING CONFLICT SPILL-OVER

Nohad MachnoukMinister of the Interior and Municipalities, Lebanon

Crispin BluntChairman, Foreign Affairs Select Committee, House of Commons, UK

13:00 – 14:30 FAREWELL LUNCH FOR ALL DELEGATES – Villa Gazebo