Carmen ROMERO, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
Radu CUCUTĂ PhD, Lecturer, SNSPA, Romania
Angel TILVAR, Deputy Head of the Romanian Delegation to the NATO PA
Vlad PERJU PhD, Director of the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Professor of Law at Boston College Law School, USA
Noel FACHI, heater Security Cooperation Program Manager, HQ USAFE-AFAFRICA
Jamie SHEA, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, former NATO Spokesperson
Simona COJOCARU, State Secretary for Defence Policy, Planning and International Relations, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
Dimitrios TRIANTAPHYLLOU, Kadir Has University, Greece
George Vlad NICULESCU
Nicu Popescu, Director, Wider Europe programme, European Council on Foreign Relations
Velizar SHALAMANOV, NATO Communications and Information Organisation
Major Gen. Stayko PROKOPIEV, Director of Defence Staff, Bulgaria
Liviu MUREȘAN, President, EURISC, Romania
Antonia COLIBĂȘANU, SNSPA, Romania
Sergiy GERASYMCHUK, Deputy Executive Director, Regional Initiatives and Neighbourhood Program Director, the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”, Ukraine
Daniel FIOTT, Security and Defence Editor, EUISS, Visiting Professor at the Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels (IES), Belgium
Hanna SHELEST, Editor-in-Chief at Ukraine Analytica (UA); Security Studies Program Director, The Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”, Ukraine
Adrian Severin, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Doru COSTEA, Former Ambassador of Romania to China
Viorel ISTICIOAIA BUDURA, Former Ambassador of Romania to People’s Republic of China
Flavius CABA-MARIA, President of Middle East Political and Economic Institute
Alexandru GEORGESCU, Senior Analyst ICI
Alex SERBAN, Atlantic Council Romania
Olena CARBOU, Executive Director Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels
Liviu MUREȘAN, President, EURISC, Romania
Andreas UMLAND, Non-resident Researcher at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Major Gen. Stayko PROKOPIEV, Director of Defence Staff, Bulgaria
Lt. Col. Sorin-Gheorghe ȘOANĂ, NATO Force Integration Unit Romania
Major Gen. Corneliu POSTU, Director of Defence Staff, Romania
David VAN WEEL, Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO
H.E. Violeta MOTULAITĖ, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Romania
H.E. Ingrid KRESSEL VINCIGUERRA, Ambassador of Estonia to Romania
Elena MÂRZAC, Executive Director of the IDC on NATO in Moldova
Octavia MOISE PhD, SNSPA, Romania
Liliana POPESCU PhD, Vicerector, SNSPA, Romania
Vasile Secăreş
Vasile SECĂREŞ is the Founding Rector of National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) and Professor within the Department of International Relations and European Integration specialized in international relations theory. He chairs the NATO Partnerships Studies Center and is the coordinator of the Bucharest Security Conference. He is also Chairman of the Board of EximBank since 2015 and Chairman of the Board of the Romanian Banking Institute since 2009. He holds a bachelor in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from The University of Bucharest. He was resident fellow at the Institute for East – West Security Studies in New York, USA and the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway. On July 1, 1990, Vasile Secăreş was appointed presidential adviser, Chief of Staff of the Romanian Presidency, with the rank of minister. He served in this position until 1992. He was founding member of the National Salvation Front, then of the Group “A Future for Romania” (GUVR) and other positions in the high administration. Between 1992- 2001 he was Vice President of EximBank. He is also member of an important number of scientific organizations and was awarded the National Order “For Merit” in 2004.
Remus Pricopie, Rector, SNSPA, Romania
Iordan Gheorghe Bărbulescu, Ph.D., President of the Senate, SNSPA
Ioan Mircea Pașcu, Former Vice President of the European Parliament, former Minister of Defence of Romania
H.E. Sorin Ducaru, Director, SatCen
Gen. (Ret.) Mihail Ionescu, Former Director of the Institute for Military History and Defence Political Studies, Romania
Daniel Dăianu, President, Romanian Fiscal Council
Viorel Ardeleanu, Director General, Department for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Boyko Noev, Former Minister of Defence, Bulgaria
Brig Gen (ret) Mircea Mîndrescu, Chair of the Executive Academic Board (EAB) of the European Security and Defense College
Dan Sultănescu, Research Director, Center for Civic Participation and Democracy, SNSPA, Romania
Alina Bârgăoanu, Dean, Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, SNSPA
Péter Balázs, Director, Center for European Enlargement Studies
Radu Magdin, VP, Strategikon, CEO, Smartlink Communications SRL, Romania
