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

Inquiry by the Foreign Affairs Committee, 31 July 2023 to 29 May 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

Evidence sessions

4 December 2023: John Bolton, United Nations
5 December 2023: Professor Anoush Ehteshami, School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham; Professor Simon Mabon, Politics, Philosophy and Religion Department, University of Lancaster; Professor Christopher Phillips, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
5 December 2023: John Casson, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office; Jay Mens, Policy Exchange
23 January 2024: Ali Ansari, School of History, St Andrew’s University; Behnam Ben Taleblu, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
23 January 2024: The Rt Hon Jack Straw, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
30 January 2024: Tim Eaton, Chatham House; Peter Millett; Denisse Rudich
30 January 2024: Farea Al-Muslimi, Chatham House; Helen Lackner; Dr Elisabeth Kendall
27 February 2024: Alistair Burt, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; Dr. Gershon Baskin, Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI); Samer Sinijlawi, Jerusalem Development Fund
27 February 2024: Gershom Gorenberg; Dr Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University; Colonel (Retired) Miri Eisin, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism
26 March 2024: Dr. Radwan Masmoudi, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy; Dr Shana Cohen, Think-Tank for Action on Social Change; Amine Ghoulidi, Heritage Foundation
26 March 2024: Will Todman, Middle East Program, CSIS; Urban Coningham, RUSI; Jonathan Wilks; Professor Gareth Stansfield, The University of Exeter
16 April 2024: Baroness Ashton of Upholland, European Commission; Sir Mark Lyall Grant; Mike Singh, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
16 April 2024: witnesses not listed
14 May 2024: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; Stephen Hickey