A region in flux, the Mediterranean of today—and tomorrow—faces an array of security challenges. Demographic shifts, evolving political and security contexts, economic uncertainty, and climate change have created massive migration flows and regional instability which have strained resources in southern Europe. These and other drivers of change have highlighted the increased importance of developing a transatlantic security strategy for the region.

Join us for an assessment of the range of possible futures for the Mediterranean, and a lively discussion about the challenges, but also significant potential, for the basin as a center of transatlantic and global affairs.

Mediterranean Futures 2030:Toward a Transatlantic Security Strategy

Keynote remarks by:
Ambassador Alexander Vershbow
Distinguished Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council
Former Deputy Secretary General 
NATO

A conversation with:
H.E. Armando Varricchio
Ambassador
Embassy of Italy 

Amanda Sloat
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Southern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean Affairs
US Department of State 

Magnus Nordenman
Director, Transatlantic Security Initiative, and Deputy Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council 

Lisa Aronsson
Visiting Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council    

A special presentation by:
Jasmine El-Gamal
Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International
Security 
Atlantic Council

Moderated by:
Aaron Stein
Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council

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Atlantic Council
1030 15th Street NW, 12th Floor (West Tower Elevator)
Washington, DC

This event is open to press and on the record.

On Twitter? Follow @ACScowcroft and use #MedFutures

Atlantic Council
1030 15th Street NW, 12th Floor (West Tower Elevator)
Washington, DC

This event is open to press and on the record.

VISITING THE COUNCIL: Metro and parking info