The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) held a roundtable discussion with Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) in Turkey, on July 7, 2021 (online meeting).

The participants were: Ms. Tomiko ICHIKAWA, Director General, JIIA, Ms. Naoko FUNATSU, Research Fellow, JIIA, Dr. Shinji YAMAGUCHI, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies, and Dr. Masaki Kakizaki, Associate Professor, Temple University, from Japan; and Prof. Ahmet UYSAL, Director, ORSAM, Dr. Ismail Numan TELCI, Vice Director, ORSAM, Dr. Recep YORULMAZ, Director of Economic Studies, ORSAM, Dr. Gokhan ERELI, Expert of Gulf Studies, ORSAM, and Prof. Murat ASLAN, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University from Turkey.