Cagliari. Former Italian Prime Minister and President of the Italy-Europe Foundation, Massimo D’Alema, will host the Fifth International Meeting of Mediterranean Policies which starts today at the Castle Hall at the Hotel Regina Margherita in Cagliari. The title of the event is: “The new geopolitical scenarios in the Mediterranean. The EU and Italy’s policy in the Middle and Near East”. The war in Syria, the fight against terrorism, the role of Lebanon in the regional context, Tunisia’s prospects of development, relations with the southern Mediterranean and migration will be the focus of reports of other important guests: the former deputy Secretary general of the Arab League, Samir Al Kassir, the Lebanese Minister for Agriculture Ghazi Zaiter, the Chancellor of the University of Carthage Lassaad El Asmi and journalist Ilario Piagnerelli, foreign correspondent of RaiNews24. (9Colonne)