Dr. Christian Koch gave a lecture to the NATO Regional Security Course 18 held at the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy on the subject of “The Security Environment in the Gulf” highlighting the many changes to the security discourse in the Gulf region over the past few years. Following the presentation, Dr. Koch engaged in a question and answer session which also included a presentation by course members on how NATO can improve its role in the Gulf region.
As part of the 18th Mühlheimer Near East talks organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and held at the Wolfsburg in Mühlheim a.d.R. in Germany, Dr. Christian Koch have a presentation on “Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Development of Security and Stability in the Gulf Region.” The event was attended by more than 60 representatives and was held under the general theme of “Saudi Arabia – A country in Transition”.
Dr. Christian Koch gave a lecture to the Reserve Association of the German Federal Armed Forces during workshop led in Darmstadt, Germany on the topic of “Saudi Arabia as a Regional Power.” On the second day of the meeting, he then participated in a panel discussion with the other workshop speakers on topics related to the security issues in the Middle East and its impact on German and European foreign policy.
Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Program Manager – GRC Environmental Security and Sustainability Program, co-directed and spoke at the West Asia Civil Society and Stakeholders meeting of the UN Environment - Regional Office for West Asia from 24-25 September 2017 in Amman, Jordan. The main goal of the meeting was to prepare the West Asia position and statement for the third UN Environment Assembly that will take place in Nairobi in December 2017.
Dr. Christian Koch spoke with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about the recent developments in Saudi Arabia and the events related to the crisis with Qatar. Excerpts can be found under: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/saudi-arabien-wird-muhammad-bin-salman-zu-stabilitaet-fuehren-15071277.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_2
Dr. Christian Koch participated in a forum on Qatar organized by the Near and Middle East Forum (NUMOV) in Berlin, Germany.
