Dubai – Masaader News
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, The 12th edition of the Arab Strategy Forum will begin in Dubai on December 9, with former US Vice President Dick Cheney, and former Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li Zhaoxing, set to lay out the future direction that US-China relations and competition will have on the global order, according to WAM.
The Forum will also host a discussion on whether UAE are heading into the next decade by starting with a global economic recession and what can be done to mitigate its effect.
This year’s edition will draw the participation of 18 keynote speakers, including an array of former ministers, international officials, leading industry experts, international strategists, writers and media professionals.
This year’s Forum is running under the theme ‘Forecasting the Next Decade’. The panels, discussions and keynotes held at the one-day event will explore and forecast the events and trends anticipated to unfold over the next ten years, and their impact on politics, socio-economic frameworks, international relationships and diplomacy.
In addition, the Forum will issue three reports that expound further on the social conditions of the next decade: The Future of Islamism, Global Trends in 2030 and 11 Questions for the Next Decade.
In addition to the political challenges in the Arab world and its future in the next decade, the future of Arab-Iranian relations, the political reflection of the discovery of natural gas fields in the Mediterranean, and the future of Arab relations, will be explored. The future of the Palestinian cause in the next ten years will also come under scrutiny and examination.