
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
