Hugh Lovatt is a senior policy fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Lovatt has focussed extensively on regional geopolitics and advised European policymakers on the conflicts in Israel-Palestine and Western Sahara. He is also Chairman of the Brussels-based European Middle East Project (EuMEP). Follow him on Twitter/X @h_lovatt and on Blusky at ‪@hlovatt.bsky.social.