From Ukraine to the Middle East: How Crisis-Proof is European Foreign Policy?
9:00am - 10:30am EDT
3:00pm - 4:30pm CEST
4:00pm - 5:30pm EEST
About this event
The rapid succession of major security crises in theatres geographically or strategically close to Europe has drawn public attention to the EU’s crisis response capacities. The bar for what should constitute a “geopolitical” European foreign policy has been raised by several conflicts and crises, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, recent escalations in the Middle East involving Israel, Gaza, the Red Sea, and Iran, increasing instability in the Sahel, and tensions in the South China Sea.
Riccardo Alcaro (Research Coordinator and Head of the Global Actors Program, IAI) will present JOINT project’s results. Nathalie Tocci (Director, IAI), Henry Foy (Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times), Lisa Musiol (Head of EU Affairs, International Crisis Group) and Alexandros Yannis (Head of Policy Planning, European External Action Service) will discuss what the EU’s response to these, and other conflicts and crises reveal about the bloc’s ability to influence an increasingly complex and demanding global policy-making environment. The interactive discussion features the key findings of JOINT, an EC-funded research project that has assessed Europe’s response to conflicts and crises across the globe over the past three years.
Event Speakers
Kristina Kausch
Deputy Managing Director & Senior Fellow, GMF SouthKristina Kausch is deputy managing director and senior fellow, GMF South. She is also the German Marshall Fund’s resident representative in Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on Europe’s relations with its neighborho...