MEPS Forum at the American University of Kurdistan strives to build a consensus driven regional order by enabling dialogue and providing a platform for decision-makers to address the Middle East’s most pressing challenges.
MEPS Forum is a leading regional forum for examining and addressing instability and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa. It provides a venue for diplomatic initiatives, civil-society and non-government organizations to address the region’s most pressing political, security and socio-economic challenges.
The American University of Kurdistan (AUK) provides a platform for actionable policy recommendations, rigorous debate and critical thinking, in addition to developing a space for inclusive dialogue between regional and international stakeholders, pursuant to the goal of securing a durable and lasting settlement to instability and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa. Each year, MEPS Forum, working with the MEPS Initiative, brings together an inclusive group of high-level decision makers, scholars, analysts and policy-makers to develop policy-relevant analysis that can address some of the most pressing challenges facing the region.
The American University of Kurdistan (AUK) has been a critical venue for official and non-official initiatives, intellectually rigorous debates and policy analysis designed to address a wide range political, economic and socio-economic challenges in Iraq and the Middle East. MEPS Forum draws on the convening capabilities, the intellectual resources and spirit of AUK scholars and students.
In 2019, we assembled more than 150 high-profile decision-makers, scholars, experts and thought-leaders from around the world, including heads of state, ministers, leading personalities of international and non-governmental organizations, high-ranking representatives of industry, media, academia, and civil society, to engage in an intensive debate. MEPS Forum hosts workshops on the sidelines of the main forum as part of our belief in rigorous debate and actionable policy analysis that can illuminate pathways for regional stability
MEPS FORUM 2019 PATHWAYS TO CONSENSUS: IRAQ’S FUTURE IN A TURBULENT REGION Speakers