The international expansion of the «Nisyros Dialogues – Bridging the East-Med®» is already underway. Following our latest "Dialogue" in Doha Qatar, as part of the Doha Forum on 6 & 7 of December 2025 we continue on our path with the same vigor that is leading us to our next stop with another high-profile and symbolicl initiative.

On March 3rd 2026, the «Nisyros Dialogues» will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels. They are transported to the heart of European institutional activity, where crucial policies and decisions are made for Europe and its role in the Eastern Mediterranean.

With the title:

the «Nisyros Dialogues» highlight issues that plague the Eastern Mediterranean and Insularity along with urban centers: Energy Transition & Security and Resilience.

The Eastern Mediterranean stands today at the intersection of accelerating geopolitical competition, climate vulnerabilities, and an increasingly urgent energy transition. Global actors are re-engaging in the region, maritime disputes have taken on renewed importance, and Europe’s search for diversified energy sources has placed unprecedented focus on East Med gas, electricity interconnectors, and renewable corridors.

At the same time, rising temperatures, water scarcity, and grid stress place enormous pressure on cities and islands – making energy resilience a central pillar of national security and local wellbeing. Small islands such as Nisyros, and large metropolitan centers alike, now confront the same question: how do we ensure reliable, sustainable, resilient energy systems in times of regional instability?

The specific «Nisyros Dialogues» in the European Parliament will examine this “vortex” through three interrelated «Dialogues»:

(1) Geopolitics,

(2) Energy Transition & Security,

(3) Urban & Island Resilience

In collaboration with MEP Yannis Maniatis, V.P. S&D Party & head of delegation Pasok Party and MEP Dimitrios Tsiordas, EPP Group in the European Parliament and the Permanent Representative of Greece to the European Union, Ambassandor Ioannis Vrailas, we are delighted to announce the new initiative of the «Nisyros Dialogues - Bridging the East Med»®.

On 3 March, the «Nisyros Dialogues»® will take place at the European Parliament with the following theme and title:

 The «Nisyros Dialogues – Bridging the East Med»®, convening at the European Parliament, are bringing together senior policymakers, diplomats, mayors, academics, and energy leaders to address the converging geopolitical, energy, and climate pressures reshaping the Eastern Mediterranean.

The «Nisyros Dialogues»® Narrative Arc:
Geopolitics drives energy risk →
energy risk drives the need for resilience →
resilience becomes the foundation of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Eastern Mediterranean has become a global flashpoint where:

• Geopolitical competition and maritime disputes are intensifying
• Europe’s search for diversified energy supplies is accelerating
• Climate stress, water scarcity, and grid pressure threaten cities and islands alike

From major metropolitan centers to small islands such as Nisyros, the same strategic question emerges:
How can energy systems remain reliable, sustainable and resilient amid regional instability?

 The Three Interlinked Dialogues

I.  Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean
    Security, alliances, maritime zones, great-power competition, and strategic stability.

ΙΙ. Energy Transition & Security
    Europe’s diversification, LNG, renewables, interconnectors, hydrogen, investment under geopolitical risk.

III. Urban & Island Resilience
    Energy resilience in cities and peripheries, climate adaptation, resilient infrastructure, best practices from European   networks.

Key Objectives

• Analyze the region’s shifting geopolitical landscape
• Assess the East Med’s role in Europe’s energy transition and security
• Showcase resilience strategies for cities and islands
• Build cross-sector bridges between policy, diplomacy, cities, and energy systems

 Who Participates

Senior European and regional policymakers, ministers, mayors from Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, alongside leading resilience and climate networks, geopolitical analysts, diplomats, energy experts and academics.

 Expected Outcomes

• Shared understanding of the evolving geopolitical–energy nexus
• Practical recommendations for urban and island energy resilience
• Strengthened European–East Med cooperation
• Identification of pilot resilience and energy transition projects

We look forward to welcoming you to the European Parliament and kindly invite you to register your interest in attending the «Dialogues», as prior registration is required for access to the European Parliament premises.

The Eastern Mediterranean at the Center of the European Strategic Agenda

• The geopolitical dynamics of the Eastern Mediterranean in light of emerging international balances and strategic bargaining.

• The region’s contribution to Europe’s energy diversification and the prospects for connectivity and infrastructure development.

• The interlinkage between the green transition and geopolitical security.

• Urban and island resilience as a factor of strategic stability.

• The need for deeper Euro-Mediterranean institutional cooperation at the level of policy, regulatory authorities and investment mechanisms.

The full Dialogue is available to watch