Perpetual war does not have to be Israel’s fate in the region
Summary of the regional panel moderated by Dr. Roee Kibrik at Mitvim’s 8th Annual Conference on Regional Foreign Policy, held at the Yitzhak Rabin Center, November 2025 | In partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Israel.
- by Mohammed Abdul Rahman Baharoon ,
- Tuesday, 18th November, 2025
Dr. Roee Kibrik, Director of Research at Mitvim, moderated an exceptional regional panel bringing together experts and policymakers from Jordan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Kibrik opened the discussion by noting that Israel is at a critical juncture: Arab states succeeded in uniting to help end the fighting in Gaza, yet the path from here toward real stability and a structured diplomatic process remains unclear...
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Mohammed Abdul Rahman Baharoon
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Areas of Expertise
- Geo-strategy
- Reputation and soft power
- Public Policy and International Relations
Education
- Master’s degree in English Literature from Texas Tech University in 1995
- English Major from Kuwait University in 1987
Bio
He perused a career in media as a reporter for “Al Arabi” Magazine, Al Ittihad newspaper, and then Editor for Gulf Defense Magazine before starting as director of research at both and focusing on the interplay between Geostrategy and policymaking in governance, stability, capacity building, and future-proofing.
Mohammed has also worked as Deputy Director of Watani (UAE’s first initiative on National Identity) and is also a founding member of the board of “Bussola Institute” a think tank in Brussels that focuses on the changing and emerging aspects of the partnership between the EU and the GCC member states.
As part of his interest in the emerging geostrategic space of the Arabian Peninsula, Mohammed looks at Iran as part of the development of the area as a major trade artery. This development implies developing a sustainable relationship with its regional neighborhood on the Arabian Gulf, The Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, or the Mediterranean. Iran is a major component of that space and becoming more adaptable to the modernization process will allow it to become part of the future development of the region.