(1) In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate!

Abstract

The choice of the conference’s theme, “The Media in a Changing World: Gulf and NATO Visions”, clearly expresses at this time – which is pregnant with the manifestations of tension, the portents of a clash, and the potential for accord – the extent of the need to discuss issues of importance to both the Gulf states and the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in order to achieve a clearer understanding of those complex issues.