Cooperative Ideas for New Communication & Conference Processes in the Middle East/Gulf

Policy Forum GCSP

Cooperative Ideas for New Communication & Conference Processes in the Middle East/Gulf

Getting Started with Two Expert Panels at the First NPT PrepCom in Vienna

By Marc Finaud and Bernd W. Kubbig

In our new Track II initiative we will present, discuss, and disseminate Cooperative Ideas jointly developed at two International Expert Conferences in Frankfurt and Berlin (see issue No. 1 of this New Publication Series at academicpeaceorchestra.com). The aim is to help establish promising focal points around which especially the relevant regional actors in the disarmament & non-proliferation area can rally. They may ultimately lead to constructive and sustainable dialogue mechanisms which are so rare – and so needed – in the Middle East/Gulf. The Two Expert Panels in Vienna are our starting point with a Third Panel envisaged for the Second NPT PrepCom in Geneva as a follow-up event. They are presented in this POLICY FORUM No. 2.