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Munich Young Leaders Alumni
Today, the Munich Young Leaders (MYL) Alumni Network has over 300 members from more than 70 different countries. Among them are current and former ministers, members of parliament, senior civil servants, commanders and leading political experts from some of the world's most distinguished institutions.
Each year, the German embassies in selected countries nominate up to three potential candidates who are under 40 years of age and have excellent knowledge and experience in foreign and security policy. The Munich Security Conference (MSC) and the Körber-Stiftung then select the international participants from the proposals received. The German MYL are mainly recruited from the Körber Network Foreign Policy, a group of outstanding young professionals from the German government, the Bundestag and various think tanks and companies. We therefore ask for your understanding that unsolicited applications cannot be considered.

all Munich Young Leaders
Mohamed Abolnaga
Lead, Political Awareness Team, Egyptian Social Democratic Party, Cairo, MYL 2021/22
Kemel Aitzhanov
Managing Director Central Asia, Novardis; Co-founder; Supervisory Board Member, Bridge Group, Saint Petersburg, MYL 2009
Alviina Alametsä, MEP
Member, European Parliament, Brussels, MYL 2021/22
Irakli Alasania
Fmr. Minister of Defence of Georgia; General Director, SODI Investment, Tbilisi, MYL 2010
Abdulaziz Alhies
Researcher, Forum for Arab and International Relations, Doha, MYL 2013
Muna A. Ali
Professor of Political Science and International Relations; Head, Euro-Gulf Research Unit, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, MYL 2011
Leyla Aliyeva
Vice President, Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Baku, MYL 2016
Cyril Almeida
Assistant Editor; Columnist, DAWN Media Group, Islamabad, MYL 2013
Sara Almohamadi
Associate Fellow, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, MYL 2016
Almutasem Alsyoufi
Executive Director, The Day After Association (TDA), Istanbul, MYL 2014
Mohammed Khalid Alyahya
Editor-in-Chief, AlArabiya.net – English, Dubai, MYL 2015
Dmitry Androsov
Member, Federal Political Council, People’s Freedom Party (PARNAS), Moscow, MYL 2017
Taku Aramaki
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan, Athens, MYL 2012
Ali Aslan
International TV Presenter; Journalist, Berlin, MYL 2012
Abas Aslani
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Scientific Research and Middle East Strategic Studies (CMESS), Tehran, MYL 2020
Jurij Aston
Director, Directorate RELEX.1 (Horizontal and Global Affairs), General Secretariat of the Council, EU, Brussels, MYL 2009
Emad Ba Matraf
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Prime Ministry of the Republic of Yemen, Aden, MYL 2021/22
Majed Bamya
Political Coordinator; Legal Advisor, Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the UN, New York City, NY, MYL 2019
Ivan Bartoš, MP
Deputy Prime Minister for Digitization and Minister for Regional Development, Czech Republic; Chairman, Czech Pirate Party, Prague, MYL 2019
Tobias Basuki
Researcher, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, MYL 2014
Elena Beganu
Counter Terrorism Officer; Advisor and Programme Manager, Science for Peace and Security Programme, Emerging Security Challenges Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels, MYL 2019
Nisha Begum-Ali
Principal Analyst, China Foreign Policy, UK Cabinet Office, London, MYL 2021/22
Mantvydas Bekešius
Fmr. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Vilnius; Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania, Chicago, Vilnius, MYL 2017
Paul Belkin
European Affairs Analyst, Congressional Research Service, United States Congress, Washington, DC, MYL 2011
Alexandra Bell
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, MYL 2017
Andrea Berdesinski
Head, Division E21 (UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; Baltic Sea and Arctic Policy), Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2012
Ronen Bergman
Senior Security and Intelligence Correspondent, Yedioth Ahronoth; Staff Writer, The New York Times Magazine, Tel Aviv, MYL 2010
Frédéric Bernard
Head of Cabinet and Sherpa, Cabinet of the President, European Council, Brussels, MYL 2021/22
Benedetta Berti
Head, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels, MYL 2013
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan; Chairman, Pakistan Peoples Party; Islamabad, MYL 2019
Ireneusz Bil
Executive Director, Amicus Europae Foundation of Aleksander Kwasniewski, Warsaw, MYL 2011
Andrew Bishop
Senior Partner and Global Head of Policy Research, Signum Global Advisors, Washington, DC, MYL 2018
Jan Bittner
Head, Division International Affairs, Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia at the Federal Government, Berlin, MYL 2009
Olaf Böhnke
Director, Berlin Office, Rasmussen Global; Senior Advisor, Alliance for Democracies, Berlin, MYL 2010
Ivonne Bollow
Global Director, Corporate Public Policy, Metro Group, Düsseldorf, MYL 2018
Mbarka Bouaida
Secretary of State for Marine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, Rabat, MYL 2010
Nasser Bourita
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco, Rabat, MYL 2009
Mathieu Briens
Deputy Head, Cabinet of the Commissioner Josep Borrell Fontelles, European Commission, Brussels, MYL 2016
Erwin Bruder
Chief Executive Officer of an Army Combat Unit, École Miltaire, French Ministry for the Armed Forces, Paris, MYL 2021/22
Johanna Bussemer
Head, Europe Division, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin, MYL 2015
Lei Cao
Counsellor, Political Section, Mission of the People's Republic of China to the EU, Brussels, MYL 2012
Rohit Chahal
National Media Panelist, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); National Media Incharge, BJYM (BJP's Youth Wing), New Delhi, MYL 2020
Sawsan Chebli
State of Berlin Delegate to the Federation; Permanent Secretary of Active Citizenship and International Relations, Senate Chancellery, Berlin, MYL 2009
Elena Chernenko
Special Correspondent, Foreign Desk, Kommersant, Moscow, MYL 2015
Ketevan Chumbadze
Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Georgian Embassy to Belgium; Deputy Head of Mission, Georgian Mission to the EU, Brussels, MYL 2020
Agnes Ciuperca
Advisor, Division 110 (Sustainable Trade Policy, Investment, Sustainability Standards), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin, MYL 2011
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor, Bertelsmann Foundation, Cambridge, MA, MYL 2014
Ahmet Berat Çonkar, MP
Member; Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (Parliament of the Republic of Turkey), Ankara, MYL 2015
Linda Curika
StratCom Advisor to the Minister of the Interior, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia, Riga, MYL 2018
Phumzile Van Damme
Fmr. Member, National Assembly (Parliament of the Republic of South Africa); Misinformation Expert; Freelance Consultant, Oslo, MYL 2021/22
Laura von Daniels
Head, Research Division The Americas, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, MYL 2021/22
Arnaud Danjean, MEP
Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels, MYL 2010
Julia De Clerck-Sachsse
Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Head of Weimar & America Program, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Brussels, MYL 2015
Milica Delevic
Director, Governance and Political Affairs, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London, MYL 2009
Márta Demeter, MP
Member, Országgyűlés (Parliament of Hungary), Budapest, MYL 2020
Laurence Deschamps-Laporte
Visiting Professor, Political Science, Montreal Centre for International Studies (Cérium), Université de Montréal, MYL 2021/22
Marko Djuric
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Serbia; non-resident Ambassador of Serbia to Colombia, Washington, DC, MYL 2013
Reema Dodin
Deputy Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, The White House, Washington, DC, MYL 2012
Julia Döhrn
Personal Advisor, Deputy Chief of the Federal Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence, Berlin, MYL 2016
Alexey Dolinskiy
Partner, Capstone Connections, Moscow, MYL 2014
Anna Maria Dowd
Adjunct, RAND Corporation, MYL 2013
Aaron T. Dowd
Managing Director, Mallontikos, Omaha, NE, MYL 2013
Alexander Dubnitzki
Captain at Sea (German Navy); Head, Personal Office of the Federal President, Office of the Federal President, Berlin, MYL 2020
Naz Durakoglu
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, MYL 2019
Katherine Earle
Professional Staff Member, Europe and Russia, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, MYL 2021/22
Yana Ehm, MP
Member, Camera dei Deputati (Parliament of the Italian Republic), Rome, MYL 2020
Karma Ekmekji
Mediation Advisor, UN Women; Senior Policy Fellow, "Democratizing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda", Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut, Beirut, MYL 2020
Zyad El Elaimy
Fmr. Member, Magles en-Nowwab (Parliament of the Arab Republic of Egypt); Lawyer, El Elaimy Law Office, Cairo, MYL 2013
Jessica Elledge
Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Christopher Murphy, United States Senate, Washington, DC, MYL 2015
Aykan Erdemir
Director of International Affairs Research, Anti-Defamation League, Washington, DC, MYL 2013
Dana Erekat
VP of Impact, whyise, Amman, MYL 2014
Dogan Eskinat
International Media Coordinator, Directorate of Communications, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara, MYL 2019
Nicholas Fang
Executive Director, Security and International Affairs, Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), Singapore, MYL 2014
Sumayah Fatani
Fmr. Specialist, Public Policy, The Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh; MSc Candidate, Social Policy, London School of Economics, MYL 2017
David Federmann
Board Member, Federmann Enterprises, Tel Aviv, MYL 2011
Shiri Fein-Grossman
Director of Government Partnerships, OurCrowd, Jerusalem, MYL 2019
Beate Freuding
Partner, BE-YOND Strategic Consulting, Berlin, MYL 2010
Christian Freuding
Commander, Panzerlehr Brigade 9, Federal Armed Forces, Munster, MYL 2011
Julia Friedlander
CEO, Atlantik-Brücke e.V., Berlin, MYL 2018
Pia Fuhrhop
Associate, Research Division International Security, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin, MYL 2019
Taro Fujii
Deputy Counsellor, National Security Secretariat, Tokyo, MYL 2015
Alexander Gabuev
Senior Fellow; Chair, Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Moscow Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow, MYL 2011
Jasmine M. El Gamal
Senior Manager for Africa, Middle East and Asia, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, London, MYL 2013
Claudia Gamon, MEP
Member, European Parliament, Brussels, MYL 2020
Vincent Garneau
Head, Political Section, Embassy of Canada to France, Paris, MYL 2020
Matthias Gebauer
Chief Correspondent, DER SPIEGEL, Berlin, MYL 2012
Alyona Getmanchuk
Director, New Europe Center, Kyiv, MYL 2010
Fahimeh Ghorbani
Research Fellow, Middle East Programme, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, MYL 2019
Janet Dyah Ekawati Gibson
Co-Founder; Senior Consultant, Srikandi Adhirajasa Nayyotama (SAN) Consulting Group, Jakarta, MYL 2017
Anatoly Glaz
Head, Department of Information and Digital Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minsk, MYL 2011
Myong-Hyun Go
Senior Research Fellow, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul, MYL 2015
James Golby
Senior Fellow, Clements Center for National Security, Center for a New American Security, Austin, TX, MYL 2017
Christoph Grams
Head, Minister's Office, Federal Ministry of Health, Berlin, MYL 2014
Camille Grand
Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels, MYL 2011
Sebastian Groth
Fmr. Head, Policy Planning, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2010
Dmitry Gudkov
Fmr. Member, State Duma (Parliament of the Russian Federation); Independent Politician, Moscow, MYL 2016
Axel Gugel
Desk Officer, Division 200 (USA, Canada,Support of Multilateral Negociations outside EU incl. G7), Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2019
Alice Guitton
Director General, International Relations and Strategy, Ministry of Armed Forces, Paris, MYL 2012
Daniela Haarhuis
Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, MYL 2014
Jan Hamáček
Fmr. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic; fmr. Speaker, Poslanecká sněmovna (Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic), Prague, MYL 2009
Melissa Hanlon
Deputy Director for North and West Europe, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, MYL 2018
Hemin Hawrami, MP
Deputy Speaker, Perlemanê Kurdistanê (Parliament of the Kurdistan Region), Erbil, MYL 2015
Lorenz Hemicker
Political Editor, FAZ.NET, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Frankfurt am Main, MYL 2015
Ina Heusgen
Deputy Head, Parliament and Cabinet Division, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2011
Richard Javad Heydarian
Associate Professor, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila, MYL 2021/22
Mohamed Al Hinai
Economic Policy Advisor, The National Program for Fiscal Balance, Muscat, MYL 2020
Emile Hokayem
Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London, MYL 2014
Hanna Hopko
Fmr. Member, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine); Chairwoman, ANTS Network, Zero Corruption Conference, Kyiv, MYL 2016
Peer Horstmann
Deputy Head, Division 202 (Common Security and Defense Policy of the EU), Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2014
Marko Horvat
Counsellor, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Croatia to the UN, OSCE and International Organisations, Vienna, MYL 2010
Glori Husi
Fmr. Director, Cabinet of the Chair, Democratic Party of Albania; Vice President, Mortgage Lending, Guaranteed Rate Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, MYL 2009
Hamad Al Ibrahim
Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, MYL 2012
Luukas Ilves
Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO) and Undersecretary for Digital Development, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Tallinn, MYL 2019
Fariz Ismailzade
Executive Vice Rector, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA), Baku, MYL 2010
Christoph Israng
Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor, Federal Chancellery, Berlin, MYL 2009
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra
Senior Fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, MYL 2015
Ayaka Iyonaga
Deputy Director, International Nuclear Cooperation Division Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Depatment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, MYL 2021/22
Happymon Jacob
Associate Professor of Disarmament, School of International Studies and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, MYL 2012
Julian Jakob
Head, Division L13 (Coordination Federal Government-States, Conference of Transport Ministers), Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, Berlin, MYL 2016
Hosna Jalil
Fmr. Deputy Minister, Policy and Strategy, Ministry of the Interior of the Islamic Republic Afghanistan; MA Student, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, Washington, DC, MYL 2021/22
Dominik P. Jankowski
Political Adviser; Head, Political Section, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to NATO, Brussels, MYL 2014
Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer
Director, Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM), Ministry of Defense, Paris, MYL 2018
Lolwa Al Jefairi
MPA Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Doha, MYL 2015
Gyde Jensen, MP
Chairwoman, Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, Deutscher Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), Berlin, MYL 2020
Aleksandra Jerkov
Fmr. Member, Narodna skupština (Parliament of the Republic of Serbia); Member of the Executive Committee, Regional Academy for Democratic Development (ADD), Novi Sad, MYL 2020
Dorothea Jestädt
Head, Corporate Communications, Public Affairs and Marketing, Schoen Clinic, Prien am Chiemsee, MYL 2014
Sajad Jiyad
Non-Resident Fellow, TheCentury Foundation; Managing Director, BRIDGE Consultancy, Baghdad, MYL 2017
Noura Al Jizawi
Fmr. Vice President, National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces; Chairperson, Start Point; Research Assistant, MunkSchool, University of Toronto, MYL 2017
Derek Johnson
Managing Partner, Global Zero, Washington, DC, MYL 2015
Besa Kabashi-Ramaj
Founder; CEO, B.K.R. & Associates, Pristina, MYL 2012
Daria Kaleniuk
Executive Director, Anticorruption Action Centre (AntAC), Kyiv, MYL 2019
Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica
Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riga, MYL 2014
Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh
Fmr. Member, Knesset (Parliament of the State of Israel); Senior Shlichah (Emissary), The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), Washington, DC, MYL 2020
Giorgi Kandelaki, MP
Deputy Chairman, European Integration Committee, Sakartvelos P'arlament'i (Parlament of Georgia), Tbilisi, MYL 2012
Michael Kellner, MP
Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action; Federal Government Commissioner for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Berlin, MYL 2009
Ronja Kempin
Senior Fellow, Research Division EU/Europe, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, MYL 2012
Anton V. Khlopkov
Director, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS); Editor-in-Chief, Nuclear Club, Moscow, MYL 2010
Eunbee Kim
Associate Professor, Security Policy Department, Korea National Defense University, Seoul, MYL 2021/22
Christian Klein
Senior Officer, Administration, Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin, MYL 2017
Benjamin Knödler
Deputy Head, Division 420 (Climate policy), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin, MYL 2012
Till Knorn
Deputy Chief of Protocol; Director for Visit Programmes, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2009
Zeynep Köksal Yaykiran
Vice President, PET Holding; President, Köksal Education Foundation (KEV), Ankara, MYL 2012
Yosuke Kon
Section Chief, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, Tokyo, MYL 2013
Konstantin Kosten
Consultant, EUTOP, Berlin, MYL 2016
Ayse Hilal Koytak
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, Kuwait City, MYL 2010
Vladislav Kulminski
Executive Director, Public Administration Reforms, Institute for Strategic Initiatives (IPIS), Chișinău, MYL 2012
Lynn Kuok
Senior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge; Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Asia Pacific Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Singapore, MYL 2013
Laura Kupe
Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. State Department of Defense, Washington, DC, MYL 2021/22
Jeanette Kwek
Head, Strategy Group, Centre for Strategic Futures, Singapore, MYL 2019
Agnieszka Łada
Deputy Director, German Poland Institute, Darmstadt, MYL 2018
Elena Lange-Bratanova
Deputy Head, Task Force Ukraine, Directorate General M, Federal Ministry of Interior, Building and Community, Berlin, MYL 2017
Jessica J. Lee
Senior Research Fellow, East Asia Program, Quincy Institute for Reponsible Statecraft, Washington, DC, MYL 2014
Wentao Li
Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Institute of African Studies, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Beijing, MYL 2021/22
Kadri Liik
Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Berlin, MYL 2009
Oliver Linz
Senior Policy Advisor, Security and Defence Policy, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Deutscher Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), Berlin, MYL 2013
Joseph Chinyong Liow
Tan Kah Kee Chair in Comparative and International Politics, Research Advisor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, MYL 2012
Matthias Lüttenberg
Head, Division 212 (Middle, Southeastern and Eastern Europe; Southern Caucasus, Central Asia), Federal Chancellery, Berlin, MYL 2010
Merle Maigre
Senior Expert for Cyber Security, e-Governance Academy, Tallinn, MYL 2016
Alan Mak, MP
Member, House of Commons; Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, UK Government, London, MYL 2019
Toe Naing Mann
Key Advisor, Commission for Assessment for Legal Affairs and Special Issues, Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House, Parliament of Myanmar), Naypyidaw, MYL 2013
Aiman Mansour
Vice President; Head of Business Development, Mitrelli, Herzliya, MYL 2015
Kholoud Mansour
Independent Consultant and Researcher on MENA and Syria, Lund, MYL 2013
Bojan Marichikj
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Secretariat for European Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia, Skopje, MYL 2020
Hayfa Matar
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Bahrain, London, MYL 2010
Ottilia Anna Maunganidze
Head of Special Projects, Office of the Executive Director, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria, MYL 2017
Lindiwe Mazibuko
Co-Founder and CEO, Futurelect, Johannesburg; Fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, MYL 2016
Barbara Meincke
Head of Division, Human Resources and Career-Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Frankfurt am Main, MYL 2010
Dzianis Melyantsou
Belarus' Foreign Policy Programme Coordinator, Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative, Minsk, MYL 2012
Alan Mendoza
Executive Director, The Henry Jackson Society, London, MYL 2011
Johnny Mercer, MP
Minister of State (Minister for Veterans’ Affairs), Cabinet Office, London, MYL 2018
George Messiha
Fmr. Member, Magles en-Nowwab (Parliament of the Arab Republic of Egypt), Cairo, MYL 2014
Markus Meyer
Colonel; Head, NATO Department, German Military Representative at NATO, Brussels, MYL 2011
Lu Miao
Co-Founder, Secretary-General and Vice President, Center for China and Globalisation, Beijing, MYL 2020
Ana Miguel dos Santos, MP
Member, Assembleia da República (Parliament of the Republic of Portugal), Lisbon, MYL 2021/22
Sven Mikser, MEP
Fmr. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Estonian Republic; Member, European Parliament, Brussels, MYL 2010
Efrat Minivitzki Thein
Director, Department of Foreign Relations and International Organizations, National Security Council, The Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, MYL 2018
Miroslav Mizera
Senior Strategic Communication Coordinator, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, MYL 2020
Imen Ben Mohamed, MP
Member, Majlis Nuwwāb ash-Sha‘b (Parliament of the Republic of Tunisia), Tunis, MYL 2018
Tahereh Mohammadi
Research Fellow, South and West Asia Studies, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, MYL 2018
Siemtje Möller, MP
Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin, MYL 2019
Rym Momtaz
Consultant Research Fellow for European Foreign Policy and Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Paris, MYL 2018
Olga Mostinskaya
Councillor, Municipal Council, Moscow, MYL 2019
Shafqat Munir
Research Fellow and Head, Bangladesh Centre for Terrorism Research, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS); Non-Resident Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, Dhaka, MYL 2017
Manuel Muñiz Villa
Provost, IE University; Dean, IE School of Global and Public Affairs, Madrid, MYL 2017
Fuad Muradov, MP
Chairman, State Committee on Affairs with Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Milli Majlis (Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan), Baku, MYL 2015
Dominik Mutter
Head, Division 211 (Security Policy; Nonproliferation and Arms Control; Bilateral Relations with the USA, Canada, North, West and South Europe as well as Turkey), Federal Chancellery, Berlin, MYL 2011
Samer Naber
Director, European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amman, MYL 2012
Al-Sharif Nasser Bin Nasser
Managing Director, Middle East Scientific Institute for Security, Amman, MYL 2011
Nargis Nehan
Fmr. Minister of Mines and Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Kabul, MYL 2016
Grace Natalie Louisa Ng
Chairperson, Indonesian Solidarity Party, Jakarta, MYL 2020
Parke Thomas Nicholson
Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC, MYL 2016
Colin Nippert
First Secretary, Political Section, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, DC, MYL 2020
Ippeita Nishida
Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), Tokyo, MYL 2014
Anjoum Noorani
First Secretary; Prosperity Counsellor, Energy and Climate Programmes, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mexico City, MYL 2012
Lana Nusseibeh
Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation of the United Arab Emirates to the UN, New York City, NY, MYL 2011
Delphine O
Ambassador-at-large; Secretary General, UN Forum for Generation Equality, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Paris, MYL 2019
Serap Ocak
Head, Syrian and Lebanon Team, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2015
Carlos Oliver Cruz
Senior Policy and Liaison Officer, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Athens, MYL 2016
Vitaly Orekhov
First Secretary, Department of Press and Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Moscow, MYL 2021/22
Lesya Orobets
Fmr. Member; Secretary, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine), Kyiv, MYL 2013
Olaf Osica
Project Director, Foreign Markets Project, PTWP SA Group, Katowice, MYL 2009
Yulia Osmolovska
Chairwoman of the Board, Transatlantic Dialogue Center, Kyiv, MYL 2009
Marius Osswald
Private Secretary, State Secretary Andreas Michaelis, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2021/22
Igal Ostanovsky-Katz
Director, Strategic Planning, Ministry of Defence, Tel Aviv, MYL 2014
Mohammed Al Otaiba
Fmr. Editor-in-Chief, The National; Founder, Syndication Bureau, Abu Dhabi, MYL 2015
Ann-Kristin Otto
Desk Officer, Division 232 (Military Aspects of Security Policy), Federal Chancellery, Berlin, MYL 2013
Nikolai Ovsyanko
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus, Quito, MYL 2018
Fulya Özerkan
Journalist, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Ankara, MYL 2014
Min-Jung Paik
Associate Researcher, Center for Security and Strategy, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, Seoul, MYL 2018
Shruti Pandalai
Associate Fellow, Centre for Military Affairs, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, MYL 2019
Jinho Park
Chief of Staff, Office of Representative Baek Seungjoo, National Defense Committee, Daehanminguk Gukhoe (Parliament of the Republic of Korea), Seoul, MYL 2017
Denys Pashchenko
Key Expert, EU Project Pravo Justice, Kyiv, MYL 2012
Gergana Passy
President, PanEuropa Bulgaria, Sofia, MYL 2009
Şafak Pavey
Senior Advisor, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva, MYL 2016
Christian Pernhorst
Head, Legal and Consular Section, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Paris, MYL 2011
Hartmut Philippe
Advisor, Foreign Affairs Secretariat, Deutscher Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), Berlin, MYL 2010
Manu S Pillai
Fmr. Chief of Staff to Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Chair, Standing Committee for External Affairs, Parliament of India; Historian and Author, London, MYL 2017
Kati Piri, MP
Member, Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, Amsterdam, MYL 2017
Katarzyna Pisarska
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Warsaw, MYL 2021/22
Andrei Popov
Director, Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Chișinău, MYL 2011
Sergejs Potapkins
Parliamentary Fraction Advisor, Social Democratic Party "Concord", Saeima (Parliament of the Republic of Latvia), Riga, MYL 2015
Pamela Preusche
Head of Division, EUKOR (European Correspondent Basic Issues and Coordination of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP incl. CSDP); Coordination of PSC and Foreign Relations Counsellors (COREU Management), Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2009
Ruslan Pukhov
Director, Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST); Member, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Moscow, MYL 2013
Fahim Al Qasimi
Executive Chairman, Department of Government Relations, Government of Sharjah, Sharjah, MYL 2019
Lia Quartapelle, MP
Member, Camera dei Deputati (Parliament of the Italian Republic), Rome, MYL 2021/22
Péter Rada
Vice Rector, Budapest Metropolitan University; Founding President, Corvinus Society for Foreign Affairs and Culture, Budapest, MYL 2013
Roya Rahmani
Vice Chair, Delphos International; fmr. Ambassador, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Washington, DC, MYL 2014
Kanica Rakhra
Consultant, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, MYL 2021/22
Jovan Ratkovic
Senior Advisor, Agora Strategy Group, Brussels, MYL 2010
Oleksiy Riabchyn
Advisor, Energy and EU Green Deal, Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration; Advisor to the CEO, Naftogaz of Ukraine, Kyiv, MYL 2018
Philipp Rotmann
Associate Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin, MYL 2018
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington, DC, MYL 2020
Maksim Ryzhenkov
First Deputy Head, Presidential Administration of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, MYL 2010
Fawaz Meshal Al- Sabah
Assistant Undersecretary, Info and Security, National Security Bureau, Kuwait City, MYL 2009
Styopa Safaryan
Founder and Director, The Armenian Institute of International and Security Affairs (AIISA), Yerevan, MYL 2011
Cale Salih
Political Affairs Officer, United Nations, New York City, NY, MYL 2016
Vigen Sargsyan
Fmr. Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia; Vice President of Business Development, Infopay, Boston, MA, MYL 2009
Ali Sarikaya, MP
Member, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (Parliament of Turkey), Ankara, MYL 2009
Marietje Schaake
International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, MYL 2013
Jamila Schäfer, MP
Member, Deutscher Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), Berlin, MYL 2021/22
Michael Schattenmann
Head, Communications, Strategy & Marketing, Heraeus Holding GmbH, Hanau, MYL 2013
Olexander Scherba
Ambassador, Embassy of Ukraine, Vienna, MYL 2011
Caroline Schmutte
Head, Europe Office, Wellcome Trust, Berlin, MYL 2016
Georg Schulze Zumkley
Head, Section for Economic Affairs and Science, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Madrid, MYL 2012
Rolf Schwarz
Senior Advisor, Development Cooperation Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, MYL 2014
Christoph Schwegmann
Senior Defence Advisor, Policy Planning Staff, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2009
Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß
Head, EU/CSDP Division, Security and Defence Policy Department, Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin, MYL 2010
Radmila Šekerinska
Fmr. Minister of Defence of the Republic of North Macedonia, Skopje, MYL 2011
Oleksiy Semeniy
Director, Institute for Global Transformations, Kyiv, MYL 2016
Merve Seren
Assistant Professor, International Relations, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, MYL 2017
Dahlia Shaham Brender
Independent Consultant, Herzliya, MYL 2012
Yamei Shen
Associate Research Fellow, Department for American Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing, MYL 2015
Jaiveer Shergill
Supreme Court Lawyer; Spokesperson, Indian National Congress, New Delhi, MYL 2018
Katsiaryna Shmatsina
Fellow, Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS), Vilnius, MYL 2021/22
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh
Legal Advisor, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC); Vice President, Institute for 21st Century Questions (21CQ); Managing Editor, Global Brief Magazine, The Hague, MYL 2017
Rebecca Shrimpton
Director, The Sidney Dialogue, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Sydney, MYL 2015
Artur Sîrbu
Desk Officer, Africa Unit, Development Cooperation and Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland, Dublin, MYL 2018
Alexander Skiba
Deputy Head, Former Federal President Joachim Gauck's Office, Berlin, MYL 2013
Amanda Sloat
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe, National Security Council, The White House, Washington, DC, MYL 2010
Wawrzyniec Smoczynski
Director, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, MYL 2010
Hanbyeol Sohn
Associate Professor, Department of Military Strategy, Korea National Defense University, Seoul, MYL 2019
Olga Sõtnik
Fmr. Member, Riigikogu (Parliament of the Republic of Estonia); Adviser, Ministry of Culture, Tallinn, MYL 2015
Thomas Speckmann
Head, Corporate Communication, Westenergie AG, Essen, MYL 2014
Maximilian Spinner
Deputy Head, Division E23 (Southern Europe), Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2018
Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Kyiv, MYL 2021/22
Victoria Stegniy
First Secretary, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, MYL 2020
Léa Steinacker
Co-Founder; Chief Operations Officer, ada Learning, Düsseldorf, MYL 2015
Marik A. String
Deputy Assisant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military-Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, MYL 2013
Melody Sucharewicz
Consultant for Political Communication, Tel Aviv, MYL 2009
Dmitry Suslov
Deputy Director, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, MYL 2009
Ksenia Svetlova
Researcher, Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, Ramat Gan, MYL 2017
Ashraf Swelam
Ambassador, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Kampala, MYL 2012
Tomasz Szatkowski
Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to NATO, Brussels, MYL 2019
Hiromi Takase, MP
Member, Sangiin (Parliament of Japan), Tokyo, MYL 2020
Kiwako Tanaka
Expert, 1540 Committee Group of Experts, United Nations, New York City, NY, MYL 2016
Nawaf Wasfi Tell
Minister of State for Follow-up and Government Coordination, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Amman, MYL 2009
Amadou Thiam
Fmr. Minister of Institutional Reform and Civil Society Relations of the Republic of Mali, Bamako, MYL 2020
Hannah Thoburn
Professional Staff Member, Europe and Eurasia, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Washington, DC, MYL 2020
Markus Thomi
Special Assistant for Europa and Russia, Office of the Deputy Secetary, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, MYL 2020
Şafak Timur Otru
Journalist, The New York Times, Istanbul, MYL 2019
Stefan Tinca
Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest, MYL 2009
Eka Tkeshelashvili
Fmr. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia; Chief of Party, Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) Program, Kyiv; President, Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies; Tbilisi, MYL 2013
Adel Al Toraifi
Fmr. Minister of Culture and Information of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Chairman, Castlereagh Associates, London, MYL 2014
Anton Tsvetov
Fmr. Deputy Head, Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Economic Development, Moscow, MYL 2016
Małgorzata Twardowska
Deputy Director for Operations Service, Conflict Prevention Centre, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna, MYL 2016
Uzoamaka Ugochukwu
Country Lead, Precision Agriculture for Development, Abuja, MYL 2019
Sebastian Veit
Senior Vice President, Governmental Relations, Uniper SE, Düsseldorf, MYL 2017
Roberto Velasco Álvarez
Undersecretary for North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City, MYL 2020
Ambika Vishwanath
Co-Founder; Director, Kubernein Initiative, Mumbai, MYL 2011
Mark V. Vlasic
Senior Fellow; Adjunct Professor of Law, Science & Global Security, Georgetown University; Executive Producer, BLOOD & TREASURE; Principal, Madison Law & Strategy Group PLLC, Washington, DC, MYL 2014
Feodor Voitolovsky
Acting Director, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN), Moscow, MYL 2018
Mustakim Waid
Strategic Partnerships Advisor, Office for Strategic Partnerships, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Rome, MYL 2018
Maximilian von Waldenfels
CFO, Caspar Health, Goreha GmbH, Berlin, MYL 2011
Joshua Walker
President and CEO, Japan Society, New York City, NY, MYL 2015
Dong Wang
Executive Director, Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding (iGCU), Peking University, Beijing, MYL 2016
Maria Weimer
Fmr. Member, Riksdag (Parliament of Sweden), Stockholm, MYL 2017
Martin Wilk
Senate Chancellery, The Governing Mayor of Berlin, Berlin, MYL 2016
Yael Wissner-Levy
Vice President, Communications, Lemonade, Tel Aviv, MYL 2016
Kelvin Wong
Defence Technology Reporter, IHS Jane’s International Defence Review, Singapore, MYL 2014
Catherine Wong
Team Leader, Climate and Security Risks, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York City, NY, MYL 2021/22
Ting Xu
Co-Founder; Director of Advisory, Aetos Strategy & Advisory, Hong Kong, MYL 2015
Hamed Yaghoubifar
Research Fellow, West Asian Studies Center, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, MYL 2016
Seyed Hessameddin Yassini
Research Fellow, European Studies Department, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, MYL 2015
Merkeb Yimesel
Minister Counsellor II, Embassy of Ethiopia to the Benelux and Baltic Countries and Mission to the EU, Brussels, MYL 2017
Xue (Tiffany) Yuan
Editor, International Desk, Caijing Magazine, Beijing, MYL 2017
Alexander Zaborovskiy
Advisor to the Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, DC, MYL 2016
Mahdi Zadehali
Second Secretary, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Beijing, MYL 2014
Svitlana Zalishchuk
Foreign Policy Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine; Advisor to the CEO, Naftogaz Group, Kyiv, MYL 2017
Xizhou Zhou
Managing Director; Global Head, Power & Renewables, IHS Markit, Beijing, MYL 2019
Igor Zhovkva
Deputy Head, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, MYL 2015
Yali Zhu
Fmr. Deputy Director, Department of European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, MYL 2014
Sotoudeh Zibakalam
Researcher, Department of European Studies, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, MYL 2017