IMEC at One Year: India-Middle East Leads, Europe Needs to Recommit

September 10, 2024 Topic: Security Region: Europe Tags: IMECIndiaSaudi ArabiaFree TradeItalyConnectivity

IMEC at One Year: India-Middle East Leads, Europe Needs to Recommit

One year into the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, progress in the India-Middle East segment is strong, while Europe, led by Italy, must ramp up efforts to unlock the initiative’s full potential.

Giulio Terzi is a senator of the Republic of Italy. He is a former Foreign Minister of Italy. Prior to that, he was Italy’s ambassador to the United Nations and Washington, DC.

Francesco Talò is the former Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Italy. Prior to that, he was Italy’s Permanent Representative to NATO and Ambassador to Israel.

Mukesh Aghi is the President and CEO of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum.

Carlos Roa is a Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute and an Associate Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy. He is the former executive editor of The National Interest and remains a contributing editor.

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