Following Pope Francis’ historic and widely acclaimed visit to the United Arab Emirates last week, the Brussels-based policy research centre, The Bussola Institute, assembled a diverse group of senior clerics, theologians and religious experts for a ‘Majlis’ – an open discussion – to consider the issues of tolerance, interfaith understanding, mutual respect and countering extremism. […]

The background to this seminar was as follows: As regional security architecture in the Arabian Gulf is at the heart of the current discussions of post-Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) arrangements, it is rarely seen that the region at stake is not only around the Arabian Gulf. The strategic space in which the GCC […]

On Tuesday 9th October 2018, the Bussola Institute launched a research paper entitled “Post-Oil Economies: Opportunities and Threats” at a Round-Table event involving representatives of a number of leading Brussels Think Tanks, universities and other institutions. The Bussola Institute is an independent, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Brussels, established to foster and enhance relations between […]

The Bussola Institute, an independent non-governmental Brussels-based research institute, held a series of events in Dublin last week on the theme of Tolerance, Diversity and Inclusion. The Bussola Institute promotes multicultural relations between the Arab Gulf States and the European Union on political, social, economic, security and cultural issues that affect policy making in Europe […]

by Mohammed Baharoon on Khaleej Times on May 13, 2018