The Director attends the ECFR's MENA Forum conference "Middle Eastern Geo-Politics and the EU's Global Strategy Review" London, 7-8 January 2016

The Director, Oliver McTernan, was invited to participate in the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) MENA Forum conference on "Middle Eastern Geo-Politics and the EU's Global Strategy Review" on the 7th-8th January.The conference brought together an array of foreign policy experts and practitioners to discuss the changing context in the Middle East and how the European Union should respond. Specific issues explored included: the new geo-politics of the region and the rise of sectarian conflict; preventing the spread of conflict and managing refugee flows; developing new structures of politics, governance, security and economics; and how to begin developing a new regional security architecture.