These past months have been incredibly busy, and the to-do list just keeps growing—more deadlines, more tasks, and never quite enough time to catch up.Unsurprisingly, I’ve fallen behind on promoting some of my recent work. Over the next few weeks, I’ll try to remedy this by providing an insight into what has been keeping me so busy, ranging from speaking engagements and media appearances...

O echipă de experți români din mai multe domenii (relații internaționale, cybersecurity, inteligență artificială, comunicare) împreună cu echipa celor de la Osavul, un software de detectare a amenințărilor informatice bazat pe inteligență artificială, au investigat posibilitatea unei interferențe străine în mediul online care a amplificat mesajele și campania electorală a...

Discut cu invitații mei – Ionela Maria Ciolan, cercetătoare Martens Centre (Bruxelles) si Răzvan Munteanu, expert relații internaționale – despre impactul referendumului din Republica Moldova asupra drumului european, asupra dinamicii politice interne: turul doi al alegerilor prezidențiale și alegerile parlamentare din anul...

The #ProfessionalFellowsProgram of the U.S. Department of State is, for me, a gift that keeps on giving. This program was my first fellowship in the United States and left an important mark on my professional path. All the skills and lessons learned during my 6-weeks, in the US, in the spring of 2015, were valuable for my human rights activism and are still relevant today in my policy work....

Honoured for contributing to the European Defence Agency‘s study on Defence Industrial Strategies with an analysis of the Romanian Defence Industrial Policy and Romanian perspectives towards strategic autonomy and various European initiatives such as the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the European Defence Fund (EDF), and the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD). The...

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of attending the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum, as part of GLOBSEC’s Young Leaders program, which brought together 25 young voices from 3 continents. This year’s theme -„Building Resilience in a Divided World”- provided a platform to discuss the Russian war on Ukraine and its significance on the European security, regional and global...

Delighted to contribute to European Policy Centre’s first round-up with an analysis of the hits and misses of the Strategic Compass for the #BlackSea security.Highly recommend reading the whole piece. It brings some interesting ideas and insightful perspectives on the newly launched #StrategicCompassFind the link below ⬇️ EPCRoundup...

Join me for a European Policy Centre online Policy Dialogue on the nexus between women, security, and peace. War affects women and men differently. Gender-based violence increases during and after conflicts, and in most cases, women’s participation in peacebuilding and conflict resolution processes is limited. The distinguished speakers will address the consequences of war on women’s...

#FirstTimeOnTV Mă onorează invitația domnului Gabriel Giurgiu de a participa la emisiunea „Europa mea” de la TVR1, în compania domnului Teodor Baconschi, fost ministru de externe, şi a profesorului Cristian Pârvulescu. Ediția acestei săptămâni a fost despre războiul din Ucraina, iar în intervenția mea, am vorbit despre reacțiile Uniunii Europene şi NATO la invazia...

Happy to see that my policy recommendations on the need to include more women and a gender-responsive approach to EU’s humanitarian and emergency assistance made it to EURACTIV’s „Health Brief: Leave no one behind” (see the brief here https://rb.gy/6car3o)I truly hope that some EU policymakers read my piece and apply some of the policy recommendations mentioned there. The...