A World on Edge: What to Expect in 2018

The year 2017 witnessed serious upheavals, from Saudi Arabia's internal purge and the Kurdish-Arab conflict in Northern Iraq to the serial Iranian and Russian triumphs in Syria. Given these momentous events, prospects for the year ahead remain dim, amid signs of potential regional confrontations. Should these occur, they would drive the Middle East towards even deeper political and economic instability.

In light of these historic shifts, the Carnegie Middle East Center invites you to its 2nd annual conference which will take place at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut on Wednesday, December 13, 2017. The conference will provide a look ahead to 2018, focusing on what Carnegie scholars believe will be the most important and pressing issues facing the world, and most importantly the Middle East and North Africa region. The conference will bring together scholars from Carnegie's offices in Beirut, Brussels, Moscow, Washington, and New Delhi to provide cross-cutting perspectives on the challenges facing the region.

SPEAKERS
Joseph Bahout is a visiting scholar in Carnegie's Middle East Program. 

Jarrett Blanc is a senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Elizabeth Dibble is the chief operating officer at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Michele Dunne is the director and a senior fellow in Carnegie's Middle East Program.

Tim Maurer is the co-director of the Cyber Policy Initiative and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

C. Raja Mohan is the director of Carnegie India.

Dmitri Trenin is the director of Carnegie Moscow Center.

Sinan Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe.

Tomáš Valášek is the director of Carnegie Europe.

MODERATORS

Kim Ghattas is a BBC journalist based in Washington D.C. covering international affairs.

Marwan Muasher is the vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East.

Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center.

Maha Yahya is the director of Carnegie Middle East Center.

For more information, contact Ghenwa Bazzi at [email protected].