Kamal Tarabey
A Lebanese journalist and former Monte Carlo Doualiya editor-in-chief with decades of experience in international broadcasting and Middle East affairs.
European Organisation
European OrganisationA Lebanese journalist and former Monte Carlo Doualiya editor-in-chief with decades of experience in international broadcasting and Middle East affairs.
A former Bavarian Minister for Economic Affairs with long-standing experience in economic policy, transport, infrastructure and public-sector leadership.
A strategic-policy researcher and institutional convenor focused on Europe–Arab relations, political economy, security affairs and discreet diplomatic engagement.
A German communications strategist and former Federal Government Spokesperson with senior experience in public affairs, media and crisis communication.
A former German ambassador and senior diplomat with extensive experience in European foreign policy, security affairs and international crisis diplomacy.
A closed European Organisation for Strategic Policy dialogue on institutional recovery, minority protection, regional guarantees and the conditions for a credible European engagement strategy.
A ceasefire can interrupt violence; only a layered system combining Ukrainian defence capacity, persistent monitoring, pre-agreed support and long-term European commitment can reduce the risk of renewed aggression.
The 2026 supply shock demonstrates that energy resilience cannot be managed commodity by commodity: Europe needs joint stress tests, flexible demand, infrastructure repair capacity and producer-consumer diplomacy across gas, power, shipping and fertiliser systems.
Europe enters 2027 with more instruments but less strategic time: success will depend on connecting defence, economic security, technology, energy and diplomacy into a coherent practice of governing interdependence.
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.