Fiker Institute was honored to welcome HE Dr Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President and UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, for a tour of the Library and a briefing on the think tank’s latest research outcomes and programming direction. Fiker Institute is grateful to His Excellency for his continuous support.
Fiker Institute was honored to welcome H.E. Martina Strong, the US Ambassador to the UAE, at Fiker Institute for a tour of our library and a wide-ranging discussion on our research programs, book collections, and policy priorities as a think tank.
Fiker Institute was honored to welcome Her Highness Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. We are grateful for Her Highness’ support of our work as we continue to build our research programs and policy priorities, and her inspiring words of encouragement.
Fiker Institute was honored to welcome the Ambassador of Spain, HE Iñigo de Palacio, to the Library for a wide-ranging discussion on global developments, and a tour of our collections.
Last week, Fiker Institute convened a ‘Diplomacy Over Breakfast’ discussion in partnership with the Consul-General of France, HE Nathalie Kennedy, alongside the Australian, Dutch, German, Canadian, and American consulates. We discussed our work as a think tank and the Library as a convener of policy discussions & global debates, in addition to the role of […]
Fiker Institute & the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal AlSaud Center for American Studies at the American University in Cairo held a Policy Roundtable on the upcoming 2024 US elections & the potential implications on the Middle East. With less than five months till the US chooses its next President, the closed session gathered academics, fellows, […]
Fiker Institute co-chaired its second Ambassadors’ Roundtable in partnership with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the UK’s leading defense and security think tank. The Roundtable focused on strengthening multilateral institutions, and included the participation of the following Ambassadors: – HE Olav Myklebust, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to the UAE– HE Antoine Delcourt, […]
Dr. Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute, inaugurated the second volume of Fiker Institute’s Public Lecture Series, “Ideology, Identity, & Foreign Policy.” She discussed navigating global governance in a divided world, and how regional conflicts and power struggles influence the effectiveness of existing multilateral frameworks and mechanisms.
Fiker Institute and Dubai Culture co-hosted a research dialogue session titled “On Contemporary Art in the Gulf: Archives, Movements, & Exchanges,” which brought together Professor Salwa Mikdadi, Noor Al Suwaidi, and Maryam Al Falasi, and was chaired by Munira Al Sayegh. The multi-year knowledge partnership between Dubai Culture and Fiker Institute works to bring Emirati […]
On the evening of 24th April, Fiker Institute and OPUS announced the launch of their partnership at Fiker Institute’s Library. The gathering welcomed regional and global business leaders to the occasion. OPUS Board Member, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York, addressed guests alongside Oliver Christian, British Consul General to Dubai and HM Trade Commissioner […]
On April 20, 2024, Fiker Institute and MABNAI, a Dubai-based non-governmental educational platform that documents, analyzes, engages, and discusses the fast growth of built cities in the Gulf and the wider Middle East region, hosted a research symposium titled “Escaping Uniformity: Arab Architects & Modernist Movements” that took place at Fiker Institute’s Library. The symposium […]
