THE NEW EU GLOBAL STRATEGY AND EU POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Arab Changes in a Changing World

Natalie Tocci, Deputy Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali, Editor of The International Spectator and Special Adviser to EU HRVP Federica Mogherini, in charge of outreaching to think tanks and coordination of work on a new European Security Strategy

In October 2016 the European Council adopted conclusions on implementing the EU global strategy. The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, at our doorstep, is key to Europe’s security in many aspects. The EU needs to respond to old and new conflicts and help address the root causes of resentment.
This talk is the first in a series of four which examine scenarios for interaction with the Middle East and North Africa in the light of external changes: a radically new US administration; Russia’s increasingly proactive role in the Middle East; UK’s exit from the European Union; the EU’s new Global Strategy.

Moderation: Gudrun Harrer, Senior Editor, Der Standard; Lecturer on Modern History and Politics of the Middle East, University of Vienna and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

Further dates will be:
March 23, Russia’s big Comeback in the Middle East, Nina Khrushcheva, New York/Wien
April 4, The Trump administration and the Middle East, Ellen Laipson, Washington
April 27, UK’s Middle East Policies after Brexit, Lina Khatib, London