Brief Analysis
As the full-scale war in Ukraine enters its fourth year and hints of the Trump administration's peacemaking plans surface, how do actors in the Middle East and NATO view the situation today? Watch a webcast featuring experts from across Europe and the Middle East to explore he broader geopolitical stakes as the third anniversary of Russia's 2022 invasion approaches.
February 24 marks the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—a crisis that not only put a spotlight on competing visions of the global order, but also exposed deep, multifaceted connections between the Middle East and European theaters. While some regional partners supported the U.S. stance toward the conflict, others opted for awkward neutrality, and U.S. adversaries actively supported Moscow. As the war enters year four and hints of the Trump administration’s peacemaking plans surface, how do actors in the Middle East and NATO view the situation today? How might Washington respond if Iran and other adversaries continue supplying Russia’s war machine? And what is Ukraine doing to shape the regional narrative and counter those helping Moscow?
To discuss these and other questions, The Washington Institute is pleased to host a virtual Policy Forum with Javier Colomina, Yevgeniya Gaber, Riad Kahwaji, and Anna Borshchevskaya, to be moderated by Institute research director Dana Stroul.
Javier Colomina is the NATO secretary-general’s special representative for the southern neighborhood and deputy assistant secretary-general for political affairs and security policy.
Yevgeniya Gaber is a professor of national security studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council in Turkey. Previously, she served as a foreign policy advisor to the prime minister of Ukraine and a diplomat at the Ukrainian embassy in Turkey, among other posts.
Riad Kahwaji is a security and defense analyst based in Dubai and founder of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA). A journalist by training, he is currently the Middle East contributing editor with the Breaking Defense news site and a military affairs advisor with Al-Arabiya.
Anna Borshchevskaya is the Harold Grinspoon Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute’s Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East. Her writings on NATO affairs include the 2021 book Putin’s War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America’s Absence.
The Policy Forum series is made possible through the generosity of the Florence and Robert Kaufman Family.
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