Conference Reports

This section provides a record of dialogues and roundtables on major policy challenges of our time. Through these discussions, political leaders, diplomats, senior officials, academics, business leaders, scientists, and civil society representatives have exchanged perspectives on issues of global significance. As a result, the reports offer valuable insights into the ideas and policy approaches that emerged from these exchanges.

The reports cover a broad range of issues central to international affairs. In particular, they address peace and conflict, water diplomacy, regional cooperation, environmental security, emerging technologies, governance, and global order. While many reports focus on South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, they also examine wider international trends and the growing interdependence of global challenges.

Taken together, these publications synthesise the principal themes, areas of convergence, and policy recommendations arising from expert deliberations. In doing so, they provide an account of how complex issues have been understood at different points in time. Moreover, the Conference Reports document dialogues across disciplines, sectors, and regions, thereby illustrating how such exchanges have contributed to the development of practical policy responses.

For researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and students, the collection serves as a valuable resource. Not only do the reports demonstrate how sustained engagement can generate new perspectives among diverse stakeholders, but they also identify opportunities for cooperation. Furthermore, they support informed decision-making in areas where conventional approaches have often proved insufficient.

Ultimately, these publications reflect the evolution of Strategic Foresight Group’s work over time. At the same time, they demonstrate the organisation’s continuing commitment to informed dialogue, independent analysis, and constructive international engagement. Beyond serving as a record of past deliberations, the Conference Reports help readers understand the ideas, partnerships, and policy initiatives that have shaped the organisation’s contribution to international peace, security, and cooperation.

Blue Peace in the Middle East: Media Conference, March, 2013

In a rare and large meeting of minds, media leaders across the Middle East came together with parliamentarians, government officials, former ministers and water experts in Istanbul with a call for action to transform the Blue Peace framework into a reality of trans-boundary water cooperation in the region. The conference was co hosted by Turkish Review, a leading magazine in Turkey and Strategic Foresight Group.

The Blue Peace Roundtable At Westminster, November, 2012

A High Level International Roundtable of Parliamentarians and Policy Makers on The Blue Peace was held at the House of Lords, UK Parliament, London, on 30 November, 2012.

Blue Peace for the Nile, Zurich Workshop, February, 2012

An international workshop on future of the Nile was co-hosted by Strategic Foresight Group and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in cooperation with Political Directorate of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs at Zurich Marriott Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland, on 23-24 February 2012.

Singapore Suggestions, December, 2010

Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) and the S Rajaratnam School for International Studies (RSIS) organized the Third International Workshop on Benefits of Cooperation in the Himalayan River Basins in Singapore on 2-3 December 2010. The Centre for Non- Traditional Security Studies was the co-host, on behalf of RSIS at the Nanyang Technology University of Singapore.

The Sanliurfa Opportunity, September, 2010

An international workshop on regional cooperation for sustainable water management held at Sanliurfa, Turkey on 26-27 September, 2010 recommended the establishment of a cooperation council. The workshop was hosted by the Strategic Foresight Group and co hosted by AK Party of Turkey and the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI).

High Level Plenary – WANA Forum, May, 2010

Strategic Foresight Group hosted a High Level Plenary on Our Common Future: Water, Environment and Energy Community at WANA Forum on May 17, 2010 in Amman, Jordan.

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