Following statements made by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on March 6th, 2018, to Al-Ahram Chairman, Head of Egypt’s Press Syndicate, Abdel-Mohsen Salama, and his accompanying delegation, Dr Shaikh Abdulla Al Khalifa, Chairman of Derasat, comments on the importance of promoting Arab think tank strategic thinking and consolidating and diversifying cooperation between think tanks and research institutions.