Rethinking EU-MENA Engagement

Thu. June 8th, 2023
Carnegie Europe

The lack of a clear strategic vision for engagement with its Southern neighbors has hindered the European Union’s response to emerging crises in the region and prevented the bloc from becoming a more assertive global actor.

To establish sustainable partnerships and build trust, the union needs to consider regional and local perspectives in its decisionmaking and meet its partners on equal footing.

The Carnegie Europe Foundation is delighted to invite you to a public discussion on how the EU can forge an effective policy toward its Southern neighbors. The event, taking place in the framework of the ENGAGE project, will feature remarks by Maria Fantappiè and Emile HokayemJudy Dempsey will moderate.

To submit a question for the event, please use the YouTube chat or tweet us at @Carnegie_Europe.

A light reception will follow the event.

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event speakers

Maria Fantappie

Visiting Scholar, Middle East Center

Maria Fantappie is a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut specializing in state building in the Middle East. Fantappie has written extensively on Iraq’s domestic political development and on the evolution of the Kurdish issue in the Middle East.

Emile Hokayem

International Institute for Strategic Studies

Emile Hokayem is a senior fellow for Middle East Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Judy Dempsey

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, Editor in chief, Strategic Europe

Dempsey is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of Strategic Europe.