Speakers of Session #2 include Hamid Karzai, former President of Afghanistan, Ahmed El Sayed El Naggar, Chariman of the Board, 'Al-Ahram' Media Holding, Arthur Denaco, British former Advisor to the Defense Ministry, Hisham Jaber, General Manager of Lebanon's Middle East Center for Studies and Public Relations, and Maxim Suchkov, Russian political analyst.
The topics discussed include conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen, aims of US, EU and NATO in the Middle East, the emergence of ISIL and the prospects of oil market.