Experts from Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), Al Jazeera and Hamad
Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) will gather to discuss the Gulf crisis
and potential future developments at an upcoming seminar at GU-Q.
Organised by Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS), the public event will
be held on Georgetown campus in Education City at 6pm today.
Convened under the title ‘The Gulf Crisis, US Mediation, and Future
Trends’, the event will focus on the proposed visit by Gulf leaders to
the US for talks to resolve the dispute. Speakers include Abdullah bin
Hamad al-Athbah, editor-in-chief of Al Arab, journalist and political
analyst Abdul Aziz al-Ishaq, GU-Q’s Professor Rory Miller; and Professor
Steven Wright, associate dean for academic affairs and research at
HBKU.
It will be moderated by Al Jazeera Mubasher’s Salem Almahroukey.
“In line with Georgetown’s commitment to fostering open dialogue and
informed debate, this event will bring broad perspectives on
developments in the Gulf to the audiences from Qatar and the region,”
said GU-Q dean Ahmad Dallal. “We are happy to provide a platform to
expand the public’s understanding of these issues and possible
solutions, as part of our ongoing contribution to the academic
environment in Qatar.”
Director of AJCS, Mohamed Mukhtar al-Khalil, said the seminar is being held as the Gulf crisis remains unresolved.
“We at AJCS were of the opinion that it is necessary to reconsider the
variable factors of the crisis and to explore the prospects of
resolution. One of these prospects, if held, is the US-GCC Camp David
summit in May,” al-Khalil said.
“By putting the matter to extensive discussion and analyses by experts
and professionals during the seminar, we hope new perspectives are laid
out on how to tone down the negative impacts of the crisis on the
peoples of the region. It is also an opportunity to put forward more
viewpoints of any possible détente, even if not currently looming
large,” added al-Khalil.
Founded in 2005, GU-Q empowers students and shapes the human capacity
that the Mena region needs for the 21st century. As part of this effort,
GU-Q “continuously produces major studies of regional and international
significance, including multi- and inter-disciplinary research
initiatives that study strategic, political, economic and social
realities in Qatar, as well as the geopolitical reconfigurations of the
region and beyond”, according to a press statement.
The university has organised several symposiums dedicated to
understanding the geopolitics of the Gulf and the wider Middle East
region.
