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Τhe Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) office in Athens organized a conference on “The Eastern Mediterranean in 2020: Possible Scenarios and Policy Recommendations” in Athens on 22-24 October 2015. The conference was organised in cooperation with the EU Institute for Security Studies (EU-ISS) and with the support of NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division. It took place in the context of the EU-wide expert outreach and consultation process for the preparation of the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy.

The experts' workshop aimed to bring together a number of leading thinkers and policy makers from across Europe and beyond to discuss informally and in depth policy recommendations to security problems in the Eastern Mediterranean. The exercise focused on (a) the conflict in Syria (b) the situation in Iraq (including the Kurdish issue, which was also examined as a regional issue) (c) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict (d) the threat of ISIS/jihadist terrorism and (e) population movements, including issues such as mobility, refugee & asylum policies, and organized crime.

A scenario-based publication outlining different possible developments in the region will be published as a result of the workshop.