Comprehensive Cooperation in Persian Gulf: Mechanisms for Development and Regional Stability
The Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) is going to organize the 20th International Conference on the Persian Gulf titled “Comprehensive Cooperation in Persian Gulf: Mechanisms for Development and Regional Stability”, on November 22-23, 2010 in Bandar Abbas, IRAN.
Every year many researchers from around the world share their views on different topics related to the region in the Persian Gulf conferences. Bandar Abbas is the main Iranian port on the Persian Gulf coas, near the Strait of Hormoz and some free economic and trades zones like Kish Island.
Comprehensive Cooperation in Persian Gulf: Mechanisms for Development and Regional Stability
22-23 November 2010 / Bandar Abbas / IRAN
First Session: Regional Integration Mechanisms
- 1. The Concepts and Mechanisms of Regional Integration
- 2. How to Counter Disintegrity Factors in the Region?
- 3. Potentials and Capabilities for Economic, financial and Custom cooperations in the Region
- 4. The Role of Tourism in Expansion of Integration, Peace and Security in the Region
Second Session: Tackling the World Economic Crisis in the Region
- 1. Ways and means to tackle the Economic Crisis in the Region (short term and long term solutions)
- 2. Establishment of Economic and Trade Cooperation Organization as a Stabilizing Mechanism
- 3. Oil & Gas in the Persian Gulf: Interplay with World Econamic Crisis
- 4. Ramifications of the Imposed Sanctions against Iran on Regional Economic Trends
Third Session: Stabilization in the Persian Gulf: The Means and Factors
- 1. The Stability and Instability Factors in the Region? How to deal with?
- 2. How to counter the Instability Factors In the Region? (Zionist Regime, Extra - Regional Powers, NATO Emergence in the Persian Gulf, Huge Arms Sales, etc)
- 3. Regional Security Cooperation Organization as a Stabilizing Mechanism.
- 4. The Interaction of Regional and Internationational Security and Stability in the Persian Gulf: Assessing the Role of Actors
Fourth Session: Clean Energy Resources: Maintaing a Safe Environment in the Persian Gulf
- 1. The Role of Clean Energy Resources in Regional Development
- 2. Revitalising ROPME as a Regional Enviromental Mechanism
3. The Ground for Cooperation in Enviromental Protection of the Persian Gulf and Oman sea
All those interested in participation in and presentation of a paper at the Conference are cordially invited to e-mail (persiangulf20(AT)ipis.ir) a one-page abstract of the paper in one of the Conference languages (English, Arabic or Persian). The paper, directly related to one of the major topics of the Conference, should be original and not presented or published previously. The abstract should be prepared in MSWord, A4 format, and should be sent in, along with the author’s brief CV, not later than November 11, 2010. The full text of the papers (to be prepared in MS Word format), should not exceed 10 double-space pages and should be submitted before November 11, 2010.
