Committees

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Inquiry

This inquiry will examine the main medium and long-term challenges facing countries in the Middle East and North Africa. It will ask whether there are key countries that the UK should focus its efforts on within the region. The work will explore the balance of engaging with countries who have little respect for human rights and ask whether there is a trade-off between establishing democracy and maintaining political stability.

The inquiry will look at the influence of external state actors, such as Russia, China, Turkey and India, in the region. The Committee will explore the conflict between Israel and Palestine and ask what can be done to engage all parties in seeking a peaceful resolution.

Read the call for evidence for more details about the inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Thursday 16 November 2023.

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Past events

Tuesday 14 May 2024
8:50am Private
9:00am Public
The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Oral evidence 14 May 2024
9:00am
  • The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Minister of State (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth) at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
  • Stephen Hickey
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 26 March 2024
1:30pm Private
2:00pm Public
The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Oral evidence 26 March 2024
2:00pm
  • Will Todman (Deputy Director and Senior fellow at Middle East Program, CSIS)
  • Urban Coningham (Research Analyst and Course Lead at RUSI)
  • Jonathan Wilks
  • Professor Gareth Stansfield (Professor of Middle East Politics and former director of the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies at The University of Exeter)
3:00pm
  • Dr. Radwan Masmoudi (President at Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy)
  • Dr Shana Cohen (Director at Think-Tank for Action on Social Change)
  • Amine Ghoulidi (Visiting Fellow at the Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at Heritage Foundation)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 27 February 2024
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Oral evidence 27 February 2024
2:30pm
  • Gershom Gorenberg
  • Dr Rashid Khalidi (Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University)
  • Colonel (Retired) Miri Eisin (Managing Director at International Institute for Counter-Terrorism)
3:45pm
  • Rt Hon Alistair Burt (former Minister of State for the Middle East at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
  • Dr. Gershon Baskin (Co-Chairman at Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI))
  • Samer Sinijlawi (Founding Chairman at Jerusalem Development Fund)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 30 January 2024
2:15pm Private
3:30pm Public
The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Oral evidence 30 January 2024
3:30pm
  • Tim Eaton (Senior Research Fellow in the MENA programme at Chatham House)
  • Peter Millett
  • Denisse Rudich
2:30pm
  • Farea Al-Muslimi (Research Fellow in the MENA programme at Chatham House)
  • Helen Lackner
  • Dr Elisabeth Kendall
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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