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Transformation of power in the Middle East and implications for UK policy inquiry

Inquiry by the International Relations and Defence Committee, 3 October 2016 to 1 September 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 12 October 2016: Sir Derek Plumbly, former British Ambassador to Egypt and Saudi Arabia and UN Special Co-ordinator for Lebanon.
  • 26 October 2016: Dr Renad Mansour, Asfari Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House Professor Ali Ansari, Professor of Iranian History; Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews
  • 2 November 2016: Mr Neil Crompton, Director, Middle East and North Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mr Nicholas Abbott, Head, Middle East and North Africa, Central Operations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mr Tom Pravda, Head of HMG's Daesh Taskforce and Head of Iraq Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • 9 November 2016: Dr Christopher Davidson, Reader in Middle East Politics, Durham University; Mr Michael Stephens, Research Fellow for the Middle East, RUSI.
  • 23 November 2016: Lord Williams of Baglan, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and UK Special Adviser on the Middle East; Jane Kinninmont, Deputy Head, Middle East and North Africa, Chatham House; Ayham Kamel, Director, Middle East and North Africa, Eurasia Group.
  • 30 November 2016: Mr Henry Wilkinson, Head of Intelligence and Analysis, Risk Advisory Group; Professor Kerry Brown, Director, Lau China Institute, Kings College London.
  • 7 December 2016: Dr Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations; Mr Paul Danahar, Former BBC Middle East Correspondent; Mr Nicolas Pelham, Middle East Affairs Correspondent, the Economist.
  • 14 December 2016: Dr Ahmed Al Hamli, President, TRENDS Research & Advisory; Mr Adrian Chadwick, Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa, British Council; Mr Oliver McTernan, Director, Forward Thinking; Mr Tarik Kafala, Controller, Language Services, BBC World Service; Mr Sam Farah, Head of Arabic Service, BBC World Service; Rt Hon Jack Straw, former Foreign Secretary (2001-06), former shadow Deputy Prime Minister (2010), former MP (1979-2015)
  • 11 January 2017: Ms Rebecca Crozier, Middle East and North Africa Programme Manager; Mr Philip Luther, Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director, Amnesty International; Mr Tim Holmes, Regional Director, Middle East, Oxfam; Professor Umut Özkirimli, Professor of Political Science, Lund University and Senior Fellow, Sabanci University.
  • 18 January 2017: Dr Dmitri Trenin, Director, Moscow Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  • 25 January 2017: Hayder al-Khoei, Research Director for Shia Studies in London; Visiting Fellow, European Council of Foreign Relations; Haid Haid, Associate Fellow, Chatham House
  • 26 January 2017: Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Sir Simon McDonald, permanent Under Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Dr Christian Turner CMG, Acting Political Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • 1 February 2017: Dr Carole Nakhle, Energy Economist, Crystol Energy; Mr Stewart Williams, Vice-President, Wood Mackenzie; Rt Hon Lord Lamont of Lerwick, UK Trade Envoy to Iran.
  • 8 February 2017: Peter Meyer, Chief Executive Officer, Middle East Association; Abdeslam El Idrissi, Director of Trade Services, Arab-British Chamber of Commerce.
  • 22 February 2017: Mr Mark Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies (via videolink).
  • 22 February 2017: Mr Daniel Levy, President, US-Middle East Project; Mr Tom Fletcher CMG, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon (via videolink).
  • 2 March 2017: Tobias Ellwood MP, Minister for Middle East and Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Mr Neil Bush, Head of Arabian Peninsula and Iran Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Mr Michael Howells, Head of Near East Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • 8 March 2017: Mr Rory Stewart OBE MP, Minister of State, Department for International Development; Mr Matthew Wyatt, Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa Department, Department for International Development.
  • 15 March 2017: Dr Jon B Alterman, Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • 15 March 2017: The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade; Mr Jamie Munk, Lawyer, Department for International Trade Legal Advisors