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LMC 2018

Challenges from the South: Firefighting vs Strategy

Democracy, Migration, Terrorism

Speakers

Giuseppe Perrone
Giuseppe Perrone

Ambassador of Italy to Libya

Mustafa Aydın
Mustafa Aydin

Rector of Kadir Has University, President of the International Relations Council of Turkey

Elisabeth Millard
Elisabeth Millard

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

Michael Köhler
Michael Köhler

Director for Neighbourhood South at the Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission

Moderator

Tom Nuttall

Berlin Bureau Chief, The Economist

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