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Plenary Sessions

Opening Session

Monday 21st March 2016 (20:00 – 21:00)

Opening Session

  • Welcome and opening remarks: Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, Chairman of Al Jazeera Media Network
  • 1st Keynote speech: Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman
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Session 1: Regional Struggle and its Sectarian, Political & Geopolitical Implications

The Middle East is experiencing conflict at various levels with an unprecedented struggle between regional powers and agendas. Several states are on the brink of collapse, unable to extend their authority and maintain territorial integrity, with new sub-state and super-state actors competing...

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Session 2: International Struggle over the Middle East: 100 Years after Sykes-Picot

The regional crisis is becoming more intense and complex as the region marks one century after the Sykes-Picot Agreement that produced the first draft map of the post-World War I Middle East. The change movement of the Arab Spring, along with the ebbs and flows of revolution and counter-...

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Session 3: Where is the Middle East Headed in Light of its Current Situation?

In this turbulent, chaotic and uncertain regional context, the absence of a shared vision for the future that liberates the Middle East and its people from internal tyranny and foreign dependence seems to be the only prevailing reality. Conflicting agendas and priorities of national, regional...

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The 10th AlJazeera Forum: Regional and International Struggle in the Middle East

Session 1: Regional Struggle and its Sectarian, Political & Geopolitical Implications

The Middle East is experiencing conflict at various levels with an unprecedented struggle between regional powers and agendas. Several states are on the brink of collapse,...

Read more