As we move to the second quarter of 21st century global security and diplomacy is not
just defined by traditional dimensions of the past. Beyond the geopolitical framing of the
19th and 20th century, the Westphalian state is being challenged by issues that transcend
the hard-shell of state borders. Immigration, terrorism, pandemics are just some of the
challenges we have, and we are witnessing over the last decade. It’s also becoming
increasingly clear that there is a congruence of issues that are at times moving policy
experts and practitioners in different dimensions, as we have just witnessed at the COP28
meeting in Dubai. This year during the first week of January 8-13, at the George E. Danis
Seminar we will examine The Nexus of Water, Climate and Energy in the sensitive and
central region of the Eastern Mediterranean.
