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Maja Markovčić Kostelac has been the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) since January 2019. Starting as a maritime lawyer, she has since gained wide experience in the maritime field, in both the public and private sectors. Before joining EMSA, Maja Markovčić Kostelac was State Secretary for Croatia’s Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure. In this role, she led the Croatian delegation in a range of international forums at the United Nations, the International Maritime Organisation and the International Labour Organisation. She has also served as Director of the Croatian Shipowners’ Association (Mare Nostrum).

Francisco Seixas da Costa is Chairman of the Club of Lisbon. He is non-executive director of Jerónimo Martins and Mota-Engil. He was Secretary of State for European Affairs, served as Ambassador to the UN, OSCE, UNESCO, Brazil and France and was Executive Director of the North-South Centre.

Sinan Ülgen is Director of the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) in Istanbul and founder and managing partner of Istanbul Economics. He served as a diplomat and worked with the Defence College in Rome and with the World Economic Forum. His research and opinion pieces have been published by a number of international Think Tanks and newspapers.

Rosa Balfour is director of Carnegie Europe. She has researched and published widely for academia, think tanks, and the international press on issues relating to European politics and international relations. Balfour was director of the Europe in the World program at the European Policy Centre in Brussels and has worked as a researcher in Rome and London.

Elena Lazarou is Acting Head of External Policies Unit of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), Brussels. She is a Chatham House Associate Fellow and was Head of Getúlio Vargas Center of International Relations, Researcher at the University of Cambridge and at the Hellenic Center for European Studies. She published extensively in English, Portuguese and Greek.

Maria Raquel Freire is Professor of International Relations of the University of Coimbra. She is member of the Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities of the Foundation for Science and Technology. Her research focus is on peace studies, foreign policy, international security, EU, and the post-Soviet space. She published extensively on these topics.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Visiting Senior Fellow at Khazanah Research Institute. He held several high positions at the UN, having served as Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development. In 2007, he was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. He authored and edited several books, papers and articles.

Yoko Iwama is Director of the Strategic Studies Program of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Her research focus is on the origins and the evolution of nuclear-sharing and nuclear-consultation system in NATO. Yoko was Special Assistant of the Japanese Embassy in Germany.

Richard Higgott is Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy of the Brussels School of Governance. He worked at the Universities of Warwick and Manchester in the UK and in several universities in Australia, where he was Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.

Luis Tomé is Head of the Department of International Relations of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. His research focus is on International Relations, Geopolitics and Security Studies mostly in the Euro-Atlantic, Eurasia and Asia-Pacific. He authored and co-authored more than a dozen books and several pieces published in academic journals.

Dhesigen Naidoo is Head of the African Climate Risk and Human Security Programme of the Institute of Security Studies in Johannesburg. He is a member of the Presidential Climate Change Commission, President of the global NGO Human Right 2 Water and founding member of Water Policy Group. He held senior governmental and Universities’ positions.

Hilal Khashan is a Professor of Political Science at the American University of Beirut and a regular contributor to Geopolitical Futures. He is a renowned expert on Middle Eastern regional security, with emphasis on the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf countries. Khashan authored six books and more than 150 articles in several international journals.

Jorge Arbache is Vice President for Private Sector of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF). Jorge held governmental positions and has over 30 years of experience in banks, international organizations, private sector and academia. He is Professor of Economics at the University of Brasilia (on leave).

Ana Santos Pinto is Professor of Political Studies of the NOVA Lisbon University and a Researcher on Mediterranean and Middle East issues at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations. Ana participated in several research projects, having an extensive list of publications. She was a former Portuguese Secretary of State of Defence.

VijayaLatha Reddy is Co-Chair of the Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace (The Hague). She was Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs of India with overall charge of bilateral and regional relations with Asia and Deputy National Security Adviser. She served as a diplomat in Lisbon, Washington D.C., Kathmandu, Brasilia, Durban, Vienna and Bangkok.

Tosh Minohara is Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at Kobe University. He has taught various subjects besides international relations per se, such as national security issues, foreign policy, diplomacy and history. Tosh published several books and articles and is a frequent commentator on Japanese and international press.

Robert Sutter is Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University. Previously he served in several research posts at the US Congress, Senate and Federal Government. He has published extensively with a major focus on contemporary East Asian and Pacific countries and their relations with the United States.

Sandra Fernandes is Professor of International Relations of the University of Minho. She is 2005 Jaques Delors prize for her research on the European Union and Russia. Sandra is member of the Executive Board of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP). She has published extensively and is a guest lecturer in postgraduate studies in several Universities.

Helena Carreiras is Portuguese Minister for National Defence. She was Head of the National Defence Institute and Associate Professor with tenure at ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute. Helena was visiting Professor at Berkley University in California and Georgetown University. She authored or organised 14 books, 48 chapters and 27 articles in specialist reviews.