Description
A major geopolitical conversation examining the changing balance of power across the Middle East and the wider implications for international order.
The discussion will explore Iran’s evolving regional role, Gulf dynamics, proxy conflict, diplomacy, sanctions and the growing influence of global powers like the United States, China and Russia.
Bringing historical context together with contemporary analysis, the event will examine how decades of intervention, conflict and strategic competition are reshaping the political architecture of the region and contributing to a rapidly changing global landscape.
About the Speaker
Professor Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, and an Honorary Fellow of the UK Defence Academy. He is a biologist by original training, lecturing at Imperial College and also working in tropical crop research in East Africa. From later lecturing in environmental science, he moved to Bradford in 1979 and has worked primarily on the changing causes of international conflict, especially in relation to political violence. A fourth edition of his book, Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century, was published by Pluto Press last July.
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