GRC received two guests from the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies in Brunei Darussalam – Mr. Hamzah Sulaiman, Director and Capt. Erwan Haji Ibrahim, Scholarship and Training Officer. Possible avenues of future cooperation were discussed
Mr. Mvuleni Geoffrey Qhena, Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, visited the GRC. Information on different investment opportunities in both the Gulf and the whole of Africa were exchanged. Also, talks about further cooperation between the two institutions were initiated which was especially relevant as the GRC has launched its GCC-Africa research program and is organizing the Gulf- Africa Strategy Forum in Cape Town in February 2009.
Dr. Ewald Boehlke and Gerhard Mattrisch of the Daimler Society & Technology Research Group in Berlin visited GRC to discuss issues of GCC transport and social developments.
Amb. Cheong Yip Seng
Ambassador designate of the Republic of Singapore to Qatar
Mr. Dilip Nair
Consul-General of the Republic of Singapore, Dubai, UAE
Mr. Stephen Lim
Assistant Director, Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
As part of a Business Study Mission to the Gulf region, a group of 30-plus students from the School of Social Sciences division of the Singapore Management University (SMU) visited the GRC where they were briefed about the political, economic and security dimensions of the Gulf region. The delegation was led by Dr. Caroline Yeoh, Associate Professor of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business of SMU and was accompanied by two representatives from Raffles Junior College.
Dr. Jürgen Brücker, Associate Dean for International relations and CEMS Academic Director of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland to talk about cooperation between the University of St. Gallen and the GRC in terms of academic programs and Gulf student participation.
