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When IMEC Meets the Three Seas

The architecture of global connectivity is being redrawn, as states look for alternative routes to new markets. Connectivity is now shaped as a web of arteries spanning varying geographies rather than by isolated trade corridors. Against this backdrop, a convergence between the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) – though conceived independently – presents an obvious and immensely promising opportunity. The shores of the Mediterranean, for centuries the cradle of commerce, are once again crucial for transforming fragmented regional projects into a coherent intercontinental system. However, operationalising this vision demands confronting hard realities – navigating through diverse domestic political systems, contradictory national interests and cumbersome geographic roadblocks. This panel explores what a new logistics spine that traverses multiple seas requires in terms of political will, how it can evolve from conceptual synergy to reality, and what political incentives, infrastructural innovations and institutional designs will be required to make regional frameworks function as an effective multi-modal transcontinental corridor. What potential can the intercontinental linkage of corridors unlock for geographies along the way? Can it provide economic dynamism, supply chain resilience and shipping efficiency across the countries involved in a fraught global economy? What governance mechanism can align differing forms of financing, technical standards, and implementation timelines without creating bureaucratic paralysis? How can new routes be designed to foster inclusive regional development, so that smaller economies and landlocked countries gain meaningful access to trade, investment, and connectivity? What redundancy and diversification strategies should be embedded into corridor design to withstand geopolitical shocks, energy disruptions, or climate impacts without collapsing entire supply chains? Speakers: Władysław Bartoszewski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland Francesco Maria Talò, Italian Special Envoy for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, Italy Romana Vlahutin, Special Envoy Strategic Connectivity and Three Seas Initiative, Government of the Republic of Croatia; Distinguished Fellow for Geostrategy, German Marshall Fund, Croatia Kaush Arha, President, Free & Open Indo-Pacific Forum, United States of America Malgorzata Bonikowska, President, Centre for International Relations, Poland Sanjay Sudhir, Former Indian Ambassador to United Arab Emirates, India Tara Varma, Managing Director, Strategic Foresight, German Marshall Fund, France Moderator: Stefania Benaglia, EU Foreign Policy Advisor, Belgium