Expert
Dr. Jihan Abu Zeid
An Egyptian gender and human-rights specialist whose work focuses on social justice, women’s political participation and inclusive public policy.
European Organisation for Strategic Policy
Region: <span>Middle East</span>
Dialogue or Event
Syria’s Transition: Institutions, Recovery and Regional Guarantees
A closed European Organisation for Strategic Policy dialogue on institutional recovery, minority protection, regional guarantees and the conditions for a credible European engagement strategy.
Publication
Europe’s Energy Security After the 2026 Middle East Supply Shock
Europe has reduced important vulnerabilities, but energy security now depends on managing a more complex set of linked risks.
Publication
A Security and Prosperity Agenda for the 2026 EU-GCC Summit
The next EU-GCC summit should move from a broad catalogue of cooperation to a limited delivery agenda that connects energy and trade with maritime security, investment, regional de-escalation and institutional follow-through.
Publication
Syria’s Transition and Europe’s Strategic Responsibility
European engagement with Syria should be conditional but not passive: support must protect civilians, strengthen legitimate institutions and reward observable inclusion while preserving leverage against renewed coercion, exclusion and transnational militancy.
Publication
An Eastern Mediterranean Compact for Security, Energy and Connectivity
The Eastern Mediterranean needs a project-based compact that separates immediate cooperation on maritime safety, energy and connectivity from disputes that require longer political negotiation, while ensuring that practical gains do not prejudice legal positions.
Publication
Quiet Channels, Credible Outcomes: Building European Track 1.5 and Track 2 Capacity
Informal diplomacy creates public value when it is professionally designed, ethically governed and connected to realistic official decision pathways; convening without transfer mechanisms risks becoming dialogue without consequence.