22. April 2024

Former ambassador Dr. Hans Dieter Heumann in focus online on the Middle East conflict Former ambassador Dr. Hans Dieter Heumann in focus online on the Middle East conflict

Russia's war against Ukraine, uncertainties in Washington, dealing with China and the situation in the Middle East are four geopolitical challenges to which Europe must find an answer. According to former Ambassador Hans-Dieter Heumann, former President of the Federal Academy for Security Policy and current CASSIS Fellow, this is the only way it can become a geopolitical factor.

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Two developments would give the EU a chance. One is the declining influence of the USA in the region and the other is the emergence of a regional order in the Middle East, which "provides better starting points for a European Middle East policy". According to the CASSIS Fellow, the EU must rethink its current Iran policy.

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