Nicolae Ciuca, Prime Minister of Romania
Iulian Chifu, Security and Strategic Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Romania
Nicoleta Pauliuc, President, Committee for Defence, Public Order and National Security, Romanian Senate
Gen James Jones, Atlantic Council
Ovidiu Raetchi, President of the Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre
Suat Kınıklıoğlu, former MP Turkish parliament and deputy chairman of external affairs
Dominik P. Jankowski, Political Adviser and Head of the Political Section at the Polish Permanent Representation at NATO
Dr. Başak Alpan – Associate Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey)
Dr. Giorgi Gvalia – Professor, Ilia State University, Tbilisi (Georgia)
Dr. Afrim Hoti – Professor, University of Prishtina (Kosovo)
Dr. Ali Onur Özçelik – Associate Professor, Eskisehir Osmangazi University (Turkey)
Mircea Mindrescu, Chair of the Executive Academic Board (EAB) at the European Security and Defence College (ESDC)
Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation
Mihai Gribincea, Former Ambassador of Moldova to NATO
George Niculescu, PhD, Head of Research, The European Geopolitical Forum
Bret Schafer (USA, Alliance for Securing Democracy)
Miruna Butnaru Troncota, PhD, Lenturer SNSPA
Simona Cojocaru, State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
• Dr. Iulia Sabina Joja, Director of the Middle East Institute’s Black Sea program
Acad. Daniel Dăianu, Chairman of the Fiscal Council, Romania
Luminita Runcan, Deputy CEO Banca Transilvania
Florin Dănescu, Executive President of the Romanian Association of Banks
Ivanna Kuz, Center for European Policy Analysis
Major Jonathan E. Shaw, Chief, U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Regional Cooperative Engagement Office-Black Sea
Vladimir Ionaș, Avangarde Socio-Behavioural Studies Group
Dr. Angela Grămadă, Experts for Security and Global Affairs
Prof. dr. Florin Georgescu, First Deputy Governor, National Bank of Romania
Jamie SHEA, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, former NATO Spokesperson
Alex SERBAN, Atlantic Council Romania
Octavia MOISE PhD, 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
Gen. (Ret.) Mihail Ionescu, Former Director of the Institute for Military History and Defence Political Studies, Romania
