CMEC has proudly completed its busiest Conservative Party Conference ever.
Conservative Party Conference 2023 in Manchester (October 1st-4th) saw CMEC host a comprehensive series of high profile events that convened more than a dozen international experts to debate and tackle head-on the questions of our time - an era of increasing global turbulence.
On Sunday October 1st, a CMEC panel that included Charlotte Leslie (CMEC Director), Sir John Jenkins KCVO (former UK ambassador to Syria, Libya, Iraq and Saudi Arabia) and Mina Al-Oraibi (Editor of The National Newspaper, based in Abu Dhabi, Iraqi-British journalist and commentator) asked, is NATO and the West losing influence and traction in the Middle East and North Africa? If so, does it matter, and what can we do about it? LISTEN HERE
On Monday October 2nd, a CMEC panel that included The Rt. Hon. Alistair Burt MP (former UK Middle East Minister), Con Coughlin (Defence Editor, The Telegraph and author of Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny) and Shayan Talabany (Analyst at The Tony Blair Institute) looked at Syria. The country may be off our headlines, but the impact of its war remains devastating. LISTEN HERE
On Sunday October 3rd, a CMEC panel that included Nour Al Ali (Bloomberg News), Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE (UK Minister for Business and Trade), H.E HRH Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saudi (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the UK) and H.E Mansoor Abulhoul (Ambassador of the UAE to the UK) looked at the future of trading relationships between the UK and the GCC and MENA. LISTEN HERE