Gulf Research Center - 2006

2006

Beginning with its 3rd Annual Conference in January 2006, the GRC took part in or organised over two dozen conferences, workshops and seminars which included:

• Master of Arts Program in International Relations in cooperation with the Free University of Berlin
• GCC-Korea Relations Workshop, the Green Gulf workshop in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Program
• The release of the Arabic version of the International Energy Outlook 2006
• Global Leadership and Young Arab Leaders conventions
• 8th Asia Security Conference
• Global Policy Council, organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung
• Middle East 2006 conference, organized by the
• The Doha Debates
• 7th Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence, Italy
• Windsor Energy Forum, London, England
• 7th International Security Forum, Zürich

GRC publications in 2006 included the Gulf Yearbook and the Green Gulf Report, ten research papers including "Impact of the Disbandment of the Iraqi army on the Security Situation in Iraq," ten Gulf papers including "The Arab Gulf States: Further steps towards political participation," ten Gulf Translations, and three Gulf Theses including one about GCC-EU relations.