Finding a New Equilibrium in the Middle East

Traditionally described as “lines in the sand”, the borders delineating sovereign countries in the Middle East have proved remarkably tenacious. With new patterns of international and regional dynamics unravelling, is a new interconnected order reshaping the Middle East? · Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates · Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia · Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain · Mehmet Simsek, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Moderated by · Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, Foreign Affairs, New York Times, USA http://www.weforum.org/