A person with genuine drive for reforms and mature expert in security and defense sector, as well as on economic issues, Anatolii has contributed a lot into transformation processes in Ukraine since late 1990ies. His vast portfolio of legislative proposals and participation in joint working groups, where expert community consulted the governmental authorities of Ukraine, range from issues of the Military Doctrine of Ukraine and the Concept on National Security of Ukraine to energy security and reforms of governance at national and regional levels. Anatolii was a co-author and expert group leader on 17 legislative proposals on security and defense, local governance, European integration, tax…

A career diplomat with 20 years of working in and for the governmental structures in Ukraine, Iuliia has spent most of her professional time dealing with issues of security and defense at European level and contributed with a range of strategic initiatives of Ukraine’s cooperation with the EU as a whole and the UK in particular. From 1999 to 2011 she worked on security and defense dialogue between Ukraine and the EU at the EU Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, where she held positions from a diplomatic attaché to a councilor. Iuliia chaired the work of the strategy planning unit of…

An author of numerous publications on security issues (including energy) and international relations, which have been published in Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Germany, the UK, Turkey, the Netherlands, Finland etc., Mykhailo takes active role in advising the governmental structures of Ukraine on various security issues. Being a respectable member of the think-tank community, Mykhailo has his own practical experience of working within the governmental structures of Ukraine. In 1990ies he worked at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and in 2000ies held senior executive positions in oil and gas sector of Ukraine. As an expert on economic security was a member of the Ukrainian…

As Ukrainian political analyst, military journalist and expert on Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Russia, Mykola is well known in media and academia circles both in Ukraine, Europe and the USA. In 2018-2020 Mykola worked as reporter and political analyst for “The Voice of America” Broadcasting Bureau. In 2017-2018 he was a research scholar at Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) with the focus on Russian disinformation activities in Ukraine, U.S. and Europe. While working in capacity of an U.S. – Ukrainian political analyst and military journalist in Donbas (2014-2017) he focused on battlefield experience of Ukraine, as well as on Russian military campaign and disinformation. In 2011…

Maryna is a career diplomat with 22 years of experience in the diplomatic service of Ukraine. In period of 1995-1999 Maryna held administrative positions in structural units of the Central Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. In 1999-2001 she was involved in the official opening of the Diplomatic Mission of Ukraine in the Netherlands (the Embassy of Ukraine, The Hague). Later she worked as an assistant secretary to the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Benelux countries, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to NATO. In 2003-2005 Maryna worked at…