Participants of the 164th Bergedorf Round Table (Riyadh)

More than Containment?
Europe’s Policy Options in the Middle East

in Riyadh
13 March 2017

Ambassador Dr. Philipp ACKERMANN, Regional Director, Near and Middle East and North Africa, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Dr. Abdel Aziz Abu Hamad ALUWAISHEG, Assistant Secretary General, Foreign Affairs, The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), Riyadh

Niels ANNEN, MP, Spokesman on Foreign Affairs, Social Democratic Party (SPD) Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag, Berlin

Dr. Khalid bin Mansour AL-AQEEL, Member, Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

HRH Prince Khalid BIN SAUD AL-FAISAL, Advisor, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic, Riyadh

HH Prince Dr. Turki bin Muhammad BIN SAUD AL-KABIR, fmr. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Riyadh

Dr. Abdulkarim bin Hamoud AL-DEKHAYEL, Director General, Institute of Diplomatic Studies (IDS), Riyadh

HRH Prince Turki AL-FAISAL, Chairman of the Board, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh

Élisabeth GUIGOU, MP, President, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Assemblée Nationale, Paris

Ambassador Dieter W. HALLER, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

Frank HARTMANN, Director; Head, Division for Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America, Federal Chancellery

Hoda Abdulrahman AL-HELAISSI, Deputy Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Consultative Assembly of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

Saud KABLI, Media Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riyadh

Dr. Modi bint Abdullah AL-KHALAF, Member, Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

Prof. Dr. Saleh AL-KATHLAN, Professor of Political Science, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh

Stefan KORNELIUS, Foreign Editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), Munich

Nora MÜLLER, Executive Director International Affairs, Körber Foundation, Berlin

Dr. Robin NIBLETT CMG, Director, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London

Omid NOURIPOUR, MP, Spokesman on Foreign Affairs, Alliance '90/The Greens Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag, Berlin

Dr. Thuraya OBAID, fmr. Under-Secretary General, United Nations, Riyadh

Dr. Thomas PAULSEN, Member of the Executive Board, Körber Foundation, Hamburg

Dr. Volker PERTHES, Executive Chairman and Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin; Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy for Syria; Chairperson, Ceasefire Task Force for Syria, United Nations, Geneva

Ambassador Dr. Ali AL-QARNI, Professor, Media and International Relations, Institute of Diplomatic Studies (IDS), Riyadh

Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN, fmr. Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Founder and Chairman, Rasmussen Global, Copenhagen

Dr. Nobert RÖTTGEN, MP, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, German Bundestag, Berlin

Dr. Saud AL-SARHAN, Secretary General, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh

Helga Maria SCHMID, Secretary General, European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels

Dr. Klaus WEHMEIER, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Körber Foundation, Hamburg

Dr. Almut WIELAND-KARIMI, Director, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Berlin

Christian WULFF, fmr. Federal President of Germany; President, Euro-Mediterranean-Arab Association (EMA), Hamburg