The European Union Global Strategy is based on the concept of a rules-based international order focusing on security in the 21st century. 

The seminar, held in collaboration with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Austrian Embassy in Doha, aims to present the European perspective of the order and compare notes on actual developments in the MENA region.

Moderator: 

Dr. Steven M. Wright, Associate Dean of CHSS, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Speakers:

• Dr. Ibrahim Fraihat, Professor, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and Georgetown University in Qatar
• Mr. Alar Olljum, Minister Counsellor responsible for Kuwait and Qatar at the European Union Delegation in Riyadh
• Ms. Christina Kokkinakis, Director for the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) at the Austrian Federal Ministry for European, Foreign Affairs and Integration

Dinner will be served at the HBKU Branding Lounge at Multaqa.