Davos Annual Meeting 2010 - Rethinking the Balance of Power in the Middle East

http://www.weforum.org 28.01.2010
Classical rivalries, demographic trends and investment patterns point to a changing balance of power in the Middle East.

What are near and longer term implications of a different power equation in the region?

In partnership with the World Economic Forum, Al Arabiya hosts this debate focusing on the shifting power equation in the Middle East.

Khalid Abdulla-Janahi, Honorary Chairman, Vision 3, United Arab Emirates; Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Middle East
Samir Al Rifai, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
Anwar M. Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
William Hague, Shadow Foreign Secretary, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
Amre Moussa, Secretary-General, League of Arab States, Cairo; Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Middle East

Moderated by
Rima Maktabi, Senior Anchor, Al Arabiya, United Arab Emirates

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• Amre Moussa
• Samir Al Rifai

[milkasplaylist]

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[dman030]

i do a radio show in english in a foreign county....so i can tell you from experience that it isn't easy for someone to do media / interviews in their non-native language....and that is what you are hearing and interpreting as being incompetent. try doing a show in your non-native language and see how you do.

beside that....this middle east thing has been going on for 50 years now, starting to think they just like being in the media. its time to end it...getting ridiculous.

[gadionson1]

expect it .. heheh

[gadionson1]

nice ...

[Delta4ms]

Dictatorship needs to be overthrown no matter which power backs the Dictator. Free, fair and honest elections are what we need. All peoples including all minorities need to be respected and treated the same.

[palestine4eever]

as long as there are dictators those supported from some western countries to protect their interests in region there will not be any change.

[misarah01]

looking at the way our politicians talk and discuss, no wonder why there hasn't been results for the past few decades. Musa keeps talking and interrupting others and that Bahraini guy is like making fun of everything. Some are better like Refaie and Fayadh. Altogether, you guys suck and we need new people, people with common-sense and people who understand themselves and the world around them. More importantly, we people need to believe on real peace, not only on papers but also on the ground.

[misarah01]

she's cute but definitely not that good at moderating the discussion.

[egyfan147]

@catveezle But your P.M Netenyahu still allow the building of settlements

Plus, We dont hate the jews and we distinguish between zionists and jews.

Could you tell me when is the real part that urges the muslims in Qur'an to kill human bieng who ever he /she is.

As long as they dont find us , we will not attack, moreover,have n't you heard ever about ur soldier's war crimes against children and women

Remember Sadat when he came to your place to inform you about his good intentions of peace.

[WorldGlobal2010]

All i got to say is, forget about the womens language problems the main problem in the middle east is the corrupted leaders that have been funded and put in place by the so called westernised demotratic governsments in fact you say to most people in the arabs if they wanted a change in gov their answer wud be a straight yes

[martini4948]

Many Thanks