Bahrain Centre for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat) chairman Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said investing in strategic thought contributes to bringing about the desired positive change by producing new inspirational visions and dynamics that would support peace, freedom and development, and at the same time, confront extremism and terrorism in all their forms.
Addressing the Gulf Research Meeting 2019, organised by the Cambridge University, Dr Shaikh Abdulla said Iran has proved, four decades after its revolution, that it is not a natural state, with its expansion-based and crisis-mongering approach aimed at stirring up conflicts, as well as sponsoring and harbouring terrorism .