Europe in a complex and contested world

Perspectives from the US, China, Russia and Iran

The EU struggles to adjust to a world of increasing competition and complexity. Its resolve to achieve greater foreign policy autonomy has created expectations and concerns both in allies like the US and countries with different foreign policy outlooks such as China, Russia and Iran. A high level panel of senior international experts will discuss the EU’s role in today’s world and how key international players perceive it in the opening public event of JOINT [3], an EU-funded project on EU foreign & security policy.