Ambassador Sorin Ducaru served as Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges from 2013 to 2017. He was responsible for providing support to the North-Atlantic Council and for advising the Secretary General on the evolution of emerging security challenges, their potential impact on NATO’s security, the development of relevant policies and action plans; directing the Emerging Security Challenges Division of the NATO International Staff and coordinating NATO’s Science for Peace and Security Programme.
Prior to his appointment as ASG, Ambassador Ducaru served as Romania’s Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council, from September 2006 to September 2013. From November 2011, Ambassador Ducaru was the Dean of the North Atlantic Counci..see more

Alexander Moens is a professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada and a Senior Fellow in Canadian-American Relations at the Fraser Institute. Moens is the author of The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush: Values, Strategy, Loyalty (2004), and Foreign Policy Under Carter (1990) as well as editor or co-editor of Disconcerted Europe: The Search for a New Security Architecture (1994), NATO and European Security: Alliance Politics from the Cold War’s End to the Age of Terrorism (2003), and Immigration Policy and the Terrorist Threat in Canada and the United States (2008).
Moens has published in numerous journals and newspapers. Most recent publications include: “Obama’s Foreign Policy: Change Without Conviction,” in Nikolaos Tzi..see more

Kerry Longhurst is Senior Researcher at the College of Europe, Natolin. She has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in Strategic Studies from the University of Wales. Prior to coming to Natolin, Kerry held an Advanced Marie Curie Fellowship at Ifri in Paris and was also Senior Lecturer at the European Research Institute at the University of Birmingham. Kerry has published widely on European Neighbourhood issues as well as other topics in European Security.
Her publications include: 'Forging a new Ostpolitik: An Assessment of the European Union's Eastern Partnership' (2010) Studia i Analizy (Collegium Civitas). Published in Polish and English; ‘Beyond Enlargement - The European Union and its New Eastern Neighbours’ in..see more

James H. Mackey is Head of the Office of Euro-Atlantic and Global Partnership in the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division at NATO Headquarters. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing NATO’s relationship with partner countries in Western Europe, the Western Balkans, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, the Asia Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. Before assuming this position in 2011, Mr. Mackey served for seven years as an officer in the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division at NATO, where he was responsible for NATO’s bilateral relations with a number of partner countries, including Georgia, Serbia, Moldova, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kyrgyzstan. In 2010, he was detailed to the Private Office of the Secretary General to conduc..see more

Mr. Radu Magdin – analyst and consultant – leads Smartlink, a strategic communications and public affairs consultancy whose clients include the World Economic Forum, World Bank, Allegro Group, SCL Elections, and Yahoo. Mr. Radu worked previously as a Policy Manager at Google in Brussels; as a Communications Manager at EURACTIV Media; as a Press Officer for the Romanian Social-Democrat Delegation at the European Parliament; as an Editor on EU Affairs at AGERPRES, the Romanian National News Agency; and as a Diplomat at the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is passionate about political communication, is part of NATO Emerging Leaders Group since 2014 and is featuring in Forbes Romania trendsetters rankings for 2014.

Ms. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is a Mauritian biodiversity scientist who serves as President of Mauritius. She is currently the Managing Director of CIDP Research & Innovation where she devotes her time to research the medical and nutritive implications of indigenous plants of Mauritius. Previously, she was a Professor with a personal chair in Organic Chemistry at the University of Mauritius and where she has served successively as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Pro–Vice Chancellor. She has also worked at the Mauritius Research Council as Manager for Research. She served as the Chairperson the International Council for Scientific Union – Regional Office for Africa (2011–2014). Furthermore, she is a strong supporter of education development and youth engagement on the..see more

Samuel Doveri Vesterbye is Managing Director with a specialty in Turkey and the Middle East. He oversees ENC research projects and events, including Academic Council Members and regional research coordination. He has worked with EU projects related to foreign affairs and research on Turkey since 2012 through partnerships and cooperation with the European Parliament, business associations, the European External Action Service and various international think tanks. Prior to that he was a journalist in Turkey and Belgium covering Foreign Affairs, Energy and the Middle East. He graduated in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Security Studies with a focus on inter-regional trade and security from the University of St Andrews. He is fluent in English, Italian, Danish, French an..see more

Antonia Colibasanu is Partner - Regional Director for Eurasia and International Marketing at the US geopolitical analysis company Stratfor. She joined Stratfor in 2006 as a regional consultant, before joining the company's research department. Ms. Colibasanu is also an associate lecturer at the University of Bucharest, Romania having a research focus on geopolitical risk assessment, competitive intelligence and world economy. Antonia Colibasanu has a PhD in International Business and Economics from the Romanian Academy of Economic Studies and is an alumna of the Georgetown University's International Institute for Political and Economic Studies. She's also the founder of Books for Peace, an organization promoting peace through education and serves on the academic board o..see more

Stefan Gänzle is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand (Norway). Prior to coming to Kristiansand, he worked as a Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute in Bonn from 2008-2009, and was an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and a Research Fellow at the University of Jena, the European University Institute (EUI) as well as a researcher-in-residence at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). His interests include the European Union, global governance, and regionalism in world politics.
He is the author of Die Europäische Union alsaußenpolitischerAkteur: EineFallstudie am Beispiel der EU-Politikgegenüber den bal..see more

Laura-Maria Crăciunean is an Independent Expert in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OHCHR)
and an Associate Professor PhD, at "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania, Faculty of Law, where she teaches courses on Public International Law International Humanitarian Law and Diplomatic Law. Her research interests include economic, social and cultural rights, cultural diversity and human rights and minorities protection.
She authored and co-authored several books: Public International Law (co-authored; 2008, 2014); Handbook of Diplomatic and Consular Law (2011); The International Protection of Cultural Rights (2011); The International Protection of Cultural Diversity: "the United in Diversity" Model? (2013); International Humanita..see more

Silviu Eugen Rogobete currently returned to the position of Professor at West University of Timisoara, following a seven-years posting as Consul General of Romania in South Africa. Between 2011-2013 he was also the Dean of the Consular Corps. Dr. Rogobete joined the Diplomatic Corps of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 2006. During this time he completed a course on Contemporary Approaches to Global Security. Prior to that Dr. Rogobete was an Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Politics of the Faculty of Political Science, Philosophy and Communication at the West University of Timisoara, where he taught courses on Foundations and the Practice of Human Rights, Philosophical and Political Anthropology, Religion and Politics. Currently Dr. Rog..see more