On 25 April 2018, Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies and the EuroMediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) hosted a public event in Jerusalem on New Dynamics and Opportunities for Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean, to introduce a new joint policy study on the topic. The event featured Prof. Panayotis Tsakonas (ELIAMEP, Greece), Gabriel Mitchell (Mitvim), and Dr. Muriel Asseburg (SWP, Germany), Amb. Ron Adam (Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and Valeria Talbot (ISPI, Italy), and was moderated by Dr. Nimrod Goren (Mitvim). The presentations focused on the need for collective security schemes in the eastern Mediterranean, the implications of natural gas discoveries, and the regional effects of the war in Syria.
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