Middle East Strategy Forum

The Institute for Peace and Diplomacy (IPD) is organizing and hosting the second annual Middle East Strategy Forum (MESF) in Spring 2022. The conference is focused on the geopolitical developments in the Middle East and Canada’s defence strategy toward the region. The three-day conference will be
hosted in a hybrid format in Ottawa, convening in-person and virtual keynote speeches, round-tables, policy workshops, and networking sessions. The conference will be complemented by a series of security analysis and strategic anticipation papers by our participating network of experts on the emerging security threats that concern Canada’s national security and defence strategy in the Middle East. The publications will come out in Summer-Fall 2022. This project is sponsored by MINDS Program at Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND). The Mitacs intern will assist with the planning and organization of the forum, as well as the research and and publication of a series of policy briefs and working papers that will be submitted to DND and other relevant government ministries, such as Global Affairs Canada (GAC). Once completed, IDP anticipates that the MESF will generate several public policy innovations.

Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Thompson

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Partner:

Institute for Peace and Diplomacy

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

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