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Breakfast Session under Chatham House Rule

The Impact of the Axis of Upheaval on Global Power Politics

May 18, 08:30-09:45

“History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.” 

—Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation and Other Countries, 16 January 1984

Speakers

HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal AlSaud

Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Eli Bar-On

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MENA2050

Jana Puglierin

Senior Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations Berlin

Michael Weiss

Editor of The Insider

Moderator

Kimberly Dozier

Global Affairs Analyst at CNN

 The cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea has several names: Axis of Upheaval, Quartet of Chaos, or simply CRINK. Sometimes, their interests align, while at other times, they have conflicting motivations. Regardless, they are all, on their own, powerful countries, able to impact real change in global affairs, but their support to one another can multiply their individual faculties. One way in which they can support each other is by creating simultaneous conflicts across the world. Are we ready for collisions in multiple theatres? How much support are these countries willing to lend one another? How strategic are their interests?