The Middle East

The Changing Strategic Environment

F. Stephen Larrabee

Expert InsightsPublished Jun 6, 2006

On June 26-28, 2005, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy held their sixth annual conference in Gstaad, Switzerland. The conference was devoted to a dialogue on “The Middle East: Changing Strategic Environment.” Participants discussed democracy and stability in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Palestine, and Israel; the situation in Iraq; Iran’s nuclear program; the roles of the United States, the EU, and the UN Security Council in promoting stability and change in the region; strategies for countering Islamic terrorism; and developments in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

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Larrabee, F. Stephen, The Middle East: The Changing Strategic Environment. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2006. https://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF223.html.
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