Remus Pricopie, Rector, SNSPA, Romania
Taru Haapala, Professor and researcher at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Marius Ghincea, Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich and a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute
Rumena Filipova, Founder and Chairperson of the Institute for Global Analytics
Basak Alpan, Associate Professor and a Lecturer in European Politics and Political Sociology at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye
Ali Onur Ozcelik, Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Eskişehir Osmangazi University
David Aprasidze, Professor of political science at Ilia State University
Ruth Ferrero-Turrión, Associate Professor of Political Science at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Donika Emini, Executive Director of the CiviKos Platform
HE Istvan Gyarmaty, President, International Centre for Democratic Transition, Hungary
HE Peter Balazs, Director, Center for European Neighborhood Studies, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Laurynas Kasčiūnas – Chair, Committee on National Security and Defence, The Lithuanian Parliament
Oana LUNGESCU, Distinguished Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Christopher LAYNE, Texas A&M University, The faith of the hegemon. Managing the rise of China
Luminița ODOBESCU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Simona COJOCARU, State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
Oleg SEREBRIAN, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, Republic of Moldova
Jamie SHEA, University of Exeter, Former NATO Spokesperson & Deputy Assistant SecGen
Daniel FIOTT, Head of the Defence and Statecraft Programme, Brussels School of Governance
Alessio MENEGAZZO, CEO and Country Manager, PPC
Judith HUISMANS, Research Leader Defence & Security, RAND Europe
Oleksiy MELNYK, Director, Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes, Razumkov Centre
Wojciech LORENZ, Head of the International Security Program, Polish Institute of International Affairs
Dan DUNGACIU, President, The Black Sea University Foundation
Daniel DĂIANU, Chairman, Romanian Fiscal Council
Velizar SHALAMANOV, Former Member of the Parliament and Former Minister of Defense of Bulgaria
Patti MORRISSEY, Founder and CEO Global Foresight Strategies, Formerly Pentagon, US
Flavia DURACH, Assoc. Prof. SNSPA
Ana Maria COSTEA, Lecturer, SNSPA
Adrian Victor VEVERA, General Director, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics
Nele LEOSK, Ambassador at Large for Digital Affairs, Estonia
Gen. Constantin SPÎNU, Spokesman MAPN
Tomasz SMURA, Director of International Security and Defense Program, Pulaski Foundation
Jean Adrian IACOB, Executive Director, Lockheed Martin, Romania
Adrian DAN, Chief Commercial Officer, NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)
Ovidiu DRANGA, Former Ambassador of Romania to Poland
Bogdan TEODORESCU, Associate Professor, College of Communication and Public Relations, SNSPA
Remus ȘTEFUREAC, CEO and founder of INSCOP Research
Iulia HUIU, SNSPA Center for Civic Participation and Democracy, CEO Great Empowerment consulting
H.E. Kap-Soo RIM, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Romania
Gorana GRGIĆ, Senior Researcher, Swiss and Euro-Atlantic Security, ETH Zürich’s Center for Security Studies (CSS)
Barbora MARONKOVA, NATO Programme Officer for Global Partners Engagements section, Public Diplomacy Division
Jason BRUDER, Georgetown University, The Center for European Policy Analysis
Robert E. HAMILTON, Head of Research, Eurasia Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Luis SIMÓN, Director of the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, VUB, Brussel
Anil SIGDEL, Lecturer, SNSPA
Flavius CABA-MARIA, President Middle East Political and Economic Institute (MEPEI)
Alina BÂRGĂOANU, Professor, SNSPA
Tania LAȚICI, Political Officer to the Manager Director Peace Security and Defence, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Pavel Dimitrov CHACHEV, Machine Learning Expert
Clara VOLINTIRU, Director of the Bucharest Office of the German Marshall Fund
Vasile Secăreş
Founder and Former Rector, SNSPA, former Chief of Staff, Presidency of Romania
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.
Ioan Mircea Pașcu, Former Vice President of the European Parliament, former Minister of Defence of Romania
Iordan Gheorghe Bărbulescu, Ph.D., President of the Senate, SNSPA
Gen. (Ret.) Mihail Ionescu, Former Director of the Institute for Military History and Defence Political Studies, Romania
HE Velizar Shalamanov, Parliament of Bulgaria
Simona Cojocaru, State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
Christopher Layne, Texas A&M University
Jamie SHEA, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, former NATO Spokesperson
H.E. Sorin Ducaru, Director, SatCen
Boyko Noev, Former Minister of Defence, Bulgaria
Prof. Dan Dungaciu, President, The Black Sea University Foundation
Mircea Mindrescu, Chair of the Executive Academic Board (EAB) at the European Security and Defence College (ESDC)
Radu Magdin, PhD, CEO, Smartlink Communications, Romania
Wojciech Lorenz, Head of International Security Programme, PISM, Poland
Liviu Muresan, PhD, Chair EURISC
Lect. Antonia Colibasanu, Geopolitical Futures
John Cappello, Chief of Operations, Balkan Security Network
Liliana Śmiech, President, Warsaw Institute, Poland
Dana Sultanescu, Expert CPD, SNSPA, Romania
Lect. Daniel Buti, SNSPA
Lect. Radu Cucuta, SNSPA, Romania
Acad. Daniel Dăianu, Chairman of the Fiscal Council, Romania
Alex SERBAN, Atlantic Council Romania
Miruna Butnaru Troncota, PhD, Lenturer SNSPA
Dan Sultănescu, Research Director, Center for Civic Participation and Democracy, SNSPA, Romania
Radu CUCUTĂ PhD, Lecturer, SNSPA, Romania
• Dr. Iulia Sabina Joja, Director of the Middle East Institute’s Black Sea program
