May 27, Amb. Rafi Barak, Director General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel visited SIIS, and had discussions with Prof. Li Weijian, Director of Center for West Asia-Africa Studies, Prof. Zhao Gancheng, Executive Director of Institute for International Strategic Studies and Prof. Wu Chunsi, Executive Director of Center for American Studies and a few SIIS fellows on the issue of the recent development in Middle East and North Africa.