Manama Dialogue

The Manama Dialogue is an annual global security and geopolitical conference held annually since 2004^[1] in the Kingdom of Bahrain under the auspices of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Ministry Foreign Affairs in Manama, Bahrain.

The 20th IISS Manama Dialogue took place 6-8 December 2024.

During the November 2023 Manama Dialogue conference the topics ranging from governance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to the Gaza war feature on the agenda; the heads of ministries from around the globe frequently attend, as do business leaders.^[2][3][4][5]

During the December 2024 Manama Dialogue conference the topic of the resurgence of rebel forces in Syria was discussed; in fact, the Assad regime fell while the conference was ongoing.^[6] Anne Neuberger, American deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology told reporters that the Salt Typhoon campaign was a "focused" operation, recording high-level people in politics for espionage purposes.^[7]