CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie chairs the 2022 CMEC Party Conference Event on the impact on the Middle East of Russia's illegal war against Ukraine - with special guests and Middle East experts Lt. Gen. Sir Simon Mayall, Baria Alamuddin, the celebrated author and columnist, and Dr Ziya Meral, Director for Research and Programmes and Head of Strategic Studies at the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research as well as Senior Associate Fellow of Rusi.