UK’S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES AFTER BREXIT

Arab Changes in a Changing World

Lina Khatib
Head of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programme at Chatham House

The United Kingdom has been a key player in the Middle East and North Africa for much more than a hundred years. Brexit will fundamentally reshape British foreign policy – what does this mean for its policies in the MENA region? Will it go increasingly alone, become more isolationist or act as a strategic bridge between Europe and the US?
This talk is the last 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