The Iran War and We

Europe Day in the Shadow of the Gulf: Solidarity, Spectatorship and the Loss of Agency

On May 9th, we celebrate Europe Day. The contrast between this official celebration and the grim reality of the ongoing Iran War is palpable. As Europeans, we grapple with a "double-decker" crisis: the emotional weight of a regional war and the existential fear that the transatlantic alliance, which has underpinned European peace for 80 years, is finally fracturing.

How does it feel to be a "bystander" to a war that is directly impacting our energy bills, our security, and our values? We will discuss the discomfort of celebrating "peace" in Brussels while feeling powerless to stop the escalation in Iran.


* Open to everyone | Booking required | Bar open
* This event is part of the Series 'Conversations on Conflict and Peace', hosted monthly at Full Circle Brussels

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ABOUT The Host
hosting the Series is Sandra Djuvara Melone, Ceo of Zancora Consulting, which she founded in 2021, with a strong expertise in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, crisis management, human rights and, not last, gender. With a vast experience on the ground, she has worked across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She knows first hand what living through civil war is like. Sandra is the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Search for Common Ground, Europe, one of the world’s leading international non-governmental organisations working in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, where she's been involved in various roles since 1995. Sandra is a founding member of the European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation (EPCPT), of the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), and of the Child Soldiers Initiative (CSI). Before dedicating her career to conflict transformation, Sandra worked in human rights advocacy with Amnesty International, and in international education.