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The Future of EURO-MENA Relations Conference
The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program (MEP) and Global Europe Program (GEP) are pleased to host The Future of Euro-MENA Conference, the concluding event of The Future of Europe and MENA Relations project. In an increasingly interconnected and multilayered global landscape, the relationship between Europe and the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region continues to evolve, presenting both new opportunities and enduring challenges that also impact US national security interests. This conference brings together distinguished scholars and practitioners from Europe, MENA, and the United States to discuss critical topics, including trade, development, migration, and energy security between the two regions.
The conference will feature a keynote by Ousmane Dione, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, moderated by MEP Director Merissa Khurma. The keynote panel will be followed by two sessions dedicated to discussing the cutting-edge research of the project’s fellows.
The conference will include a light lunch.
Fellows:
- Dr. Asli Elitsoy (University of Copenhagen) will examine how Turkish parliamentarians framed the EU-Turkey Statement of March 2016, focusing on the political discourse around managing irregular migration.
- Dr. Amir Magdy Kamel (Stanford University) explores how EU trade policies intersect with crises in Libya, analyzing the complex role trade plays in conflict resolution.
- Azza Guergues, an independent journalist, will highlight the challenges faced by Refugee-led Organizations (RLOs) in Egypt and Tunisia, offering an on-the-ground perspective on migration management.
- Pier Paolo Raimondi (Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome & Catholic University of Milan) will provide an in-depth analysis of the EU-MENA energy partnership, focusing on the role of cleaner molecules.
- Alissa Pavia (Atlantic Council) will critically assess the EU's recent migration agreements, particularly with Tunisia, considering their effectiveness and ethical implications.
- Dima Toukan (Integrated International, Jordan) will critique the shortcomings of international development assistance in Jordan, emphasizing the lack of accountability and fragmented approaches to fostering democratic reforms.
Moderators
Panelists
Alissa Pavia
Aslı Elitsoy
Azza Guergues
Pier Paolo Raimondi
Amir Magdy Kamel
Dima Toukan
Hosted By
Middle East Program
The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform US foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Read more
Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe” – an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more
Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition
The Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition works to shape conversations and inspire meaningful action to strengthen technology, trade, infrastructure, and energy as part of American economic and global leadership that benefits the nation and the world. Read more
