Seminar organized by IE Center for European Studies analyzes Europe's strategic challenges in the Sahel region

On October 2, IE University’s Segovia Campus hosted the seminar New Challenges for European Defense: Strategic Priorities for the Sahel, which brought together experts in security, international law, and European geopolitics. The event was moderated by Marie-José Garot, Director of the IE Center for European Studies and Professor at IE Law School, and featured Ángel Losada, former Ambassador of Spain to Iran and former European Union Special Representative for the Sahel, along with Professor François Delerue, also from IE Law School.

This seminar marked the opening of the program From War to Enlargement: Challenges for the Future of the European Union, organized by the IE Center for European Studies and sponsored by the 'Let's Talk About Europe' program, under the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation's State Secretariat for the European Union.

During the session, participants analyzed the current challenges facing European defense, with a special focus on the Sahel region, an area of growing strategic importance for the EU. The speakers addressed the geopolitical and security priorities in the Sahel, a vast region in Africa that stretches south of the Sahara Desert and north of the continent’s more fertile areas.

The experts gathered at the Segovia campus emphasized the need to strengthen international cooperation to ensure stability and security in this part of Africa.

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