Munich Young Leaders Alumni

Mohamed Abolnaga
Lead, Political Awareness Team, Egyptian Social Democratic Party, Cairo, MYL 2021/22

Kemel Aitzhanov
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Freedom Telecom; Supervisory Board Member, Bridge Group, Astana, MYL 2010

Alviina Alametsä
Fmr. Member, European Parliament, Brussels, MYL 2021/22

Irakli Alasania
General Director, SODI Investment; fmr. Minister of Defence of Georgia, Tbilisi, MYL 2010

Netsanet Tekeda Alemu
Project Coordinator, Political Affairs, Peace and Security, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, MYL 2024

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, 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
Academic Researcher, Faculty of Law, UNiversity of Oxford, Oxford, MYL 2016

Almutasem Alsyoufi
Executive Director, The Day After Association (TDA), Istanbul, MYL 2014

Mohammed Khalid Alyahya
Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Hudson Institute; Fellow, Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, MYL 2015

Dmitry Androsov
Member, Federal Political Council, People’s Freedom Party (PARNAS), Moscow, MYL 2017

Anil K. Antony
National Secretary and National Spokesperson, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); Founder and Director, Pythia Data Pvt Limited, New Delhi, MYL 2023

Taku Aramaki
Senior Coordinator, Personnel Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, MYL 2012

Ali Aslan
International TV Presenter; Moderator; 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 External Relations, Council of the European Union, General Secretariat, Brussels, MYL 2009

Emad Ba Matraf
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, Washington, DC, MYL 2021/22

Yomna El Bakly
UNV Information Analyst, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Malakal, MYL 2023

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 of Regional Development of the Czech Republic; Chairman, Czech Pirate Party, Prague, MYL 2019

Tobias Basuki
Managing Director, Aristoteles Consults, Jakarta, MYL 2014

Elena Beganu
Strategic Partnership Advisor and Programme Manager, Innovation, Cyber and Hybrid Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels, MYL 2019

Nisha Begum-Ali
Head of International, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, London, MYL 2021/22

Mantvydas Bekešius
Fmr. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania; Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Beijing, 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
Deputy Head of Mission, German Minorities and Contacts in the Border Region, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Copenhagen, 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
Chairman, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP); fmr. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Islamabad, MYL 2019

Ireneusz Bil
Chairman of the Board, 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 for 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 and Berlin Director, Alliance for Democracies Foundation, Berlin, MYL 2010

Ivonne Bollow
Senior Vice President Corporate Responsibility & Public Policy, Metro Group, Düsseldorf, MYL 2018

Mbarka Bouaida
President, Association of the Regions of Morocco; President, Regional Council, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Guelmim, MYL 2010

Nasser Bourita
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates 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
Colonel, French Armed Forces, Paris, MYL 2021/22

Alton Buland
Principal Director for Europe and NATO Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, MYL 2023

Johanna Bussemer
Deputy Director, International Department; Head, London Office, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin, MYL 2015

Lei Cao
Deputy Secretary-General, Secretariat of Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries, Beijing, MYL 2012

Rohit Chahal
National General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuvo Morchaa (BJYM), Youth Wing of Bharatiya Janata Party; National Media Panelist, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), New Delhi, MYL 2020

Vincent Chao
Councilor, Taipei City Council, Taipei, MYL 2023

Sawsan Chebli
Member, Advisory Council, Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP); fmr. 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, Embassy of Georgia; Deputy Head of Mission, Georgian Mission to the EU, Brussels, MYL 2020

Agnes Ciuperca
Deputy Head of Division, Parliament and Cabinet, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin, MYL 2011

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin, MYL 2014

Ahmet Berat Çonkar
Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Türkiye, Ankara, MYL 2015

Linda Curika
Baltics and Visegrad Regional Manager, Open Information Partnership, Zinc Network, 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
Fmr. Member; Vice Chair, EPP Parliamentary Group, 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
Freelance Political Advisor; fmr. Member, Országgyűlés (Parliament of Hungary), Budapest, MYL 2020

Laurence Deschamps-Laporte
Director, Montreal Centre for International Studies (Cérium), Université de Montréal, MYL 2021/22

Kathrin Deschauer
Deputy Spokesperson, Press Division, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2023

Marko Djuric
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, Washington, DC, MYL 2013

Reema Dodin
Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Brian Schatz, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, MYL 2012

Julia Döhrn
Advisor, Defence Policy, Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), MYL 2016

Alexey Dolinskiy
Partner, Capstone Connections; Founder and Head of University Relations, Coursalyitcs, Washington, DC, MYL 2014

Maggie Dougherty
Senior Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, DC, MYL 2024

Anna Maria Dowd
Adjunct, International Security and Defense Policy, RAND Corporation; Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC, MYL 2013

Aaron T. Dowd
Managing Director, Mellontikos, Omaha, NE, MYL 2013

Alexander Dubnitzki
Captain (German Navy); Division Head, Plans and Policy Directorate, German Navy Headquarters, Rostock, MYL 2020

Naz Durakoglu
Assistant Secretary, 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
Fmr. 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, MYL 2020

Zyad El Elaimy
Lawyer, El Elaimy Law Office; fmr. Member, Magles en-Nowwab (Parliament of the Arab Republic of Egypt), Cairo, MYL 2013

Salmin Eljawhari
First Secretary, Embassy of the State of Libya, London, MYL 2023

Jessica Elledge
Foreign Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Christopher Murphy, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, MYL 2015

Amy English
Foreign Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Jeanne Shaheen, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, MYL 2023

Aykan Erdemir
Director of International Affairs Research, Anti-Defamation League, Washington, DC, MYL 2013

Dana Erekat
CEO, whyise, Amman, MYL 2014

Dogan Eskinat
Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Ankara, MYL 2019

Nicholas Fang
Executive Director, Security and International Affairs, Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), Singapore, MYL 2014

Nadia Fanton
Fmr. Advisor for African Affairs to the Minister, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Paris, MYL 2024

Sumayah Fatani
Director, Social Impact, National Program for Community Development, Ministry of Interior, Riyadh, MYL 2017

David Federmann
Board Member, Federmann Enterprises, Tel Aviv, MYL 2011

Shiri Fein-Grossman
Director, Strategy & Operations, Israel-Africa Institute, Tel Aviv, MYL 2019

Beate Freuding
Partner, BE-YOND Strategic Consulting, Berlin, MYL 2010

Christian Freuding
Brigadier General (German Army); Head, Policy Planning and Management Staff; Head, Special Staff Ukraine, Federal Minstry of Defence, Berlin, 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 (SWP), Berlin, MYL 2019

Taro Fujii
Deputy Counsellor, National Security Secretariat, Tokyo, MYL 2015

Alexander Gabuev
Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Berlin, MYL 2011

Jasmine M. El Gamal
CEO, Mind/Work Strategies, London, MYL 2013

Claudia Gamon
Fmr. Member; Vice Chair, DEEA, European Parliament, Brussels, MYL 2020

Vincent Garneau
Head, Political Section, Embassy of Canada, Paris, MYL 2020

Matthias Gebauer
Chief Correspondent, DER SPIEGEL, Elmshorn, MYL 2012

Gowhar Geelani
Writer; Columnist, dawn.com; Catch News, Srinagar, MYL 2014

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

Gökce Gökcen, MP
Member, CHP Parliamentary Group, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (Parliament of the Republic of Türkiye); Vice Chair, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Ankara, MYL 2024

James Golby
Director, Global Trade and Supply Chain Policy, HP Inc., Austin, TX, MYL 2017

Christoph Grams
Head, Division for Organisation and Digital Administration, Federal Ministry of Health, Berlin, MYL 2014

Camille Grand
Distinguished Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR); fmr. Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels, MYL 2011

Sebastian Groth
Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Nairobi, MYL 2010

Dmitry Gudkov
Independent Politician; fmr. Member, State Duma (Parliament of the Russian Federation), Moscow, MYL 2016

Sophie Guelff
Head of Russia Department, Foreign Commonwealth, and Development Office, London, MYL 2024

Axel Gugel
Deputy Head, China Division, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2019

Alice Guitton
Vice President for Northern and Central Europe, Thales, Paris, MYL 2012

Daniela Haarhuis
Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, MYL 2014

Jan Hamáček
Director, External Relations, Czechoslovak Group; fmr. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior 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); Member, KDP Politburo, Erbil, MYL 2015

Martin Heipertz
Co-Founder, Paralos Partners, Berlin, MYL 2015

Lorenz Hemicker
Managing Editor, Online Services, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Frankfurt am Main, MYL 2015

Christian-Hendrik Heusermann
Chief of Executive Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin, MYL 2024

Ina Heusgen
Head, Division for Global Issues, the United Nations, the Sub-Sahara-Africa and the Sahel; Federal Chancellery, Berlin, MYL 2011

Richard Javad Heydarian
Associate Professor, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila, MYL 2021/22

Mohamed Al Hinai
Economic Policy Advisor, National Program for Investment and Export Development, Muscat, MYL 2020

Emile Hokayem
Director of Regional Security; Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London, MYL 2014

Hanna Hopko
Chairwoman, ANTS Network, Democracy in Action Conference; fmr. Member and Head, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine); Kyiv, MYL 2016

Peer Horstmann
Deputy Head, Division for 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; Senior Mortgage Loan Originator, CrossCountry Mortgage, St. Petersburg, FL, MYL 2009

Hamad Al Ibrahim
Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, MYL 2012

Agnieszka Ignaciuk
Chief Expert, NATO Policy Unit, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw, MYL 2023

Luukas Ilves
Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO) and Undersecretary for Digital Transformation, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Tallinn, MYL 2019

Adisa Imamovic
Reporter, N1 TV Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, MYL 2023

Fariz Ismailzade
Executive Vice Rector, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA), Baku, MYL 2010

Christoph Israng
Senior Advisor, Europe’s Future, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin, MYL 2009

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra
Senior Fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, MYL 2015

Ayaka Iyonaga
First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO, Paris, MYL 2021/22

Happymon Jacob
Founder, Honorary Director, Council for Strategic and Defence Research (CSDR); Associate Professor, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, MYL 2012

Julian Jakob
Head, Division for the Coordination of Federal Government-States and the Conference of Transport Ministers, Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport, Berlin, MYL 2016

Hosna Jalil
Advisory Board Member, GLO.ACT Network, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); fmr. Deputy Minister of Interior for Policy and Strategy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Washington, DC, MYL 2021/22

Dominik P. Jankowski
Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to NATO, Brussels, MYL 2014

Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of France, Port-Vila, MYL 2018

Lolwa Al Jefairi
Islamic Studies Specialist, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, London/Qatar, MYL 2015

Gyde Jensen, MP
Deputy Chairwoman, FDP Parliamentary Group, Deutscher Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), Berlin, MYL 2020

Aleksandra Jerkov
Member of the Executive Committee, Regional Academy for Democratic Development (ADD); fmr. Member, Narodna skupština (Parliament of the Republic of Serbia), 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, The Century Foundation; fmr. Managing Director, Al-Bayan Center, Baghdad, MYL 2017

Noura Al Jizawi
Researcher, MunkSchool, University of Toronto; fmr. Vice President, National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, Toronto, MYL 2017

Derek Johnson
Managing Director, Independent Strategic Research Collaborative, Washington, DC, MYL 2015

Besa Kabashi-Ramaj
Head, Department for National Security and Defense; Member of the Presidency, Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK); CEO, B.K.R. & Associates, Pristina, MYL 2012

Daria Kaleniuk
Executive Director, Anticorruption Action Centre (AntAC), Kyiv, MYL 2019

Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, MP
Deputy Speaker, Saeima (Parliament of the Republic of Latvia), Riga, MYL 2014

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh
President, GKM Global Consulting; fmr. Member, Knesset (Parliament of the State of Israel), Washington, DC, MYL 2020

Giorgi Kandelaki
Project Manager, Soviet Past Research Lab (Sovlab); fmr. Member, Sakartvelos P’arlament’i (Parliament of Georgia), Tbilisi, MYL 2012

Daisuke Kawai
Project Assistant Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, MYL 2024

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, Division for the Visitors’ Service, German Bundestag, Berlin, MYL 2017

Benjamin Knödler
Head, Division for the Cooperation with the Private Sector, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin, MYL 2012

Till Knorn
Chief of Protocol, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2009

Linas Kojala
Director and CEO, Eastern Europe Studies Center, Vilnius, MYL 2023

Zeynep Köksal Yaykiran
Vice President, PET Holding; President, Köksal Education Foundation (KEV), Ankara, MYL 2012

Julie Kolsdorf
Co-Head of Project, Partnership for Strengthening Cybersecurity, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Berlin, MYL 2023

Yosuke Kon
Director, Institute for Creating a Society with Dreams and Pride, Tokyo, MYL 2013

Konstantin Kosten
Desk Officer, Division for Health Economics, Digitalisation and Medical Technology, Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, Berlin, MYL 2016

Ayse Hilal Koytak
Director General for Information Technologies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; fmr. Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye to the State of Kuwait, Ankara, MYL 2010

Vladislav Kulminski
Executive Director, Public Administration Reforms, Institute for Strategic Initiatives (IPIS), Chișinău, MYL 2012

Lynn Kuok
Lee Kuan Yew Chair, Center for Asia Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, MYL 2013

Laura Kupe
Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, MYL 2021/22

Jeanette Kwek
Head, Strategy Group, Centre for Strategic Futures, Singapore, MYL 2019

Ivy Kwek
Research Fellow, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS), Penang, MYL 2023

Agnieszka Łada
Deputy Director, German Poland Institute, Darmstadt, MYL 2018

Elena Lange-Bratanova
Head, Divison for Basic Policy, Integration and Societal Cohesion, Minister of State Reem Alabali-Radovan, Federal Chancellery, Berlin, MYL 2017

Jessica J. Lee
Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, MYL 2014

Kadri Liik
Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Berlin, MYL 2009

Joel Linnainmäki
Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki, MYL 2024

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
Director for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2010

Holly Lynch
Fmr. Member; Opposition Deputy Chief Whip, Labour Party, House of Commons, London, MYL 2023

Hafsa Maalim
Political Officer, The Commonwealth Secretariat, London, MYL 2023

Merle Maigre
Senior Expert for Cyber Security, e-Governance Academy, Tallinn, MYL 2016

Alan Mak, MP
Member, Conservative and Unionist Party, House of Commons, London, MYL 2019

Toe Naing Mann
Key Advisor, Commission for Assessment for Legal Affairs and Special Issues, Pyithu Hluttaw (Parliament of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar), Naypyidaw, MYL 2013

Kholoud Mansour
Independent Consultant and Researcher on MENA and Syria, Malmö, MYL 2013

Aiman Mansour
Vice President; Head of Business Development, Mitrelli, Herzliya, MYL 2015

Bojan Marichikj
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Republic of North Macedonia, Secretariat for European Affairs, Skopje, MYL 2020

Hayfa Matar
Partner, Flint Global, 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
Founder and CEO, Futurelect, Johannesburg; fmr. Member, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, MYL 2016

Barbara Meincke
Cluster Coordinator Sustainable Economic Development and Governance , Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Vientiane, MYL 2010

Eduardo Mello
Assistant Professor of Politics and International Studies, Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, MYL 2024

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 for Veterans’ Affairs, Cabinet Office, Government of the United Kingdom, London, MYL 2018

George Messiha
Fmr. Member, Magles en-Nowwab (Parliament of the Arab Republic of Egypt), Cairo, MYL 2014

Markus Meyer
Colonel (German Army); Head, Office of Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Hitschler, Berlin, MYL 2011

Lu Miao
Co-Founder and Executive Secretary General, Center for China and Globalisation (CCG), Beijing, MYL 2020

Ana Miguel dos Santos
Fmr. Member, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), European Parliament, Brussels, MYL 2021/22

Sven Mikser, MEP
Vice Chair, Delegation for Relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S&D Parliamentary Group, European Parliament; fmr. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, Brussels, MYL 2010

Efrat Minivitzki Thein
Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative, Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs, Atlantic Council, Tel Aviv

Miroslav Mizera
Senior Strategic Communication Coordinator, Ministry of the Interior, Bratislava, MYL 2020

Imen Ben Mohamed
Fmr. Member, Majlis Nuwwāb ash-Sha‘b (Parliament of the Republic of Tunisia), Geneva, 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
Editor-in-Chief, Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe, Brussels, MYL 2018

Olga Mostinskaya
Councillor, Municipal Council, Moscow, MYL 2019

Shafqat Munir
Senior 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
Chairman, State Committee on Affairs with Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan; fmr. Member, Milli Majlis (Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan), Baku, MYL 2015

Sevgil Musaieva
Chief Editor, Ukrainska Pravda, Kyiv, MYL 2024

Dominik Mutter
Director, Division for Security Policy, North America, United Kingdom, EFTA and Arctic Policy, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2011

Samer Naber
Ambassador, Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Singapore, MYL 2012

Al-Sharif Nasser Bin Nasser
Founder and CEO, Ambit Advisory, Amman, MYL 2011

Nargis Nehan
Head of the Policy Unit, Office of the President, Women’s Regional Network; fmr. Minister of Mines and Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Denver, MYL 2016

Abdulrahman Al Neyadi
Director, European Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abu Dhabi, MYL 2024

Grace Natalie Louisa Ng
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Indonesian Solidarity Party, Jakarta, MYL 2020

Parke Thomas Nicholson
Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC., MYL 2016

Colin Nippert
Deputy Head, USA, Canada, G7 Foreign Ministers Track Division, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2020

Ippeita Nishida
Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), Tokyo, MYL 2014

Qiyang Niu
Project Manager, Northeast Asia Regional Office, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Beijing, MYL 2024

Anjoum Noorani
Consul-General, British Consulate-General, Rio de Janeiro, MYL 2012

Hanna Notte
Director, Eurasia Nonproliferation Program, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies; Senior Associate (non-resident), Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Berlin, MYL 2024

Lana Nusseibeh
Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, 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, Political Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, London, MYL 2015

Carlos Oliver Cruz
Chief of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Cairo, 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, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine), Kyiv, MYL 2013

Gustavo Orozco
Advisor, Mayor’s Office, Cali, MYL 2024

Olaf Osica
Director, Strategy and Analysis Office, Capital City of Warsaw; Chairperson of the Advisory Board, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Warsaw, MYL 2009

Iuliia Osmolovska
Executive Director, GLOBSEC; Chairwoman of the Board, Transatlantic Dialogue Center, Kyiv, MYL 2009

Marius Osswald
Head, Political Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, New Delhi, MYL 2021/22

Igal Ostanovsky-Katz
Director, MENA Policy and Strategic Planning, Ministry of Defence, Tel Aviv, MYL 2014

Mohammed Al Otaiba
Founder, Syndication Bureau; fmr. Editor-in-Chief, The National, Abu Dhabi, MYL 2015

Ann-Kristin Otto
Desk Officer, Military Aspects of Security Policy Division, Federal Chancellery, Berlin, MYL 2013

Nikolai Ovsyanko
Fmr. Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus to Colombia, Bogotá, MYL 2018

Fulya Özerkan
Journalist, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Ankara, MYL 2014

Min-Jung Paik
Associate Research Fellow, Center for Security and Strategy, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, Seoul, MYL 2018

Shruti Pandalai
Associate Fellow, Centre for Military Affairs, Manohar Parrikar 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

Roberto Patiño
Founder and Director, Mi Convive/Institute 2100, Caracas, MYL 2024

Şafak Pavey
Senior Advisor, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva, MYL 2016

Nereo Peñalver
Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to the Pacific, European External Action Service, Suva , MYL 2023

Christian Pernhorst
Head, Division for the Control of arms’ exports, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2011

Hartmut Philippe
Head, Division for Fundamental EU Issues, Economic and Monetary Union Issues, Deutscher Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), Berlin, MYL 2010

Manu S Pillai
Historian and Author; fmr. Chief of Staff to Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP, London, MYL 2017

Kati Piri, MP
Member, PvdA Parliamentary Group, Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (Parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), Amsterdam, MYL 2017

Katarzyna Pisarska
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Warsaw, MYL 2021/22

Andrej Popov
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Moldova, Athens, MYL 2011

Sergejs Potapkins
Researcher, Latvian Institue of International Affairs (LIIA); fmr. Member, Saeima (Parliament of the Republic of Latvia), Riga, MYL 2015

Emma Louise Powell, MP
Shadow Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Democratic Alliance (DA); Member, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, MYL 2024

Pamela Preusche
Head, Political Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Madrid, 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; Co-Founder and Chairperson, Seafood Souq, Dubai Sharjah, MYL 2019

Lia Quartapelle, MP
Vice President, Foreign Affairs Committee, Camera dei Deputati (Parliament of the Italian Republic), Rome, MYL 2021/22

Péter Rada
Vice Rector for International Affairs, Budapest Metropolitan University; Founding President, Corvinus Society for Foreign Affairs and Culture, Budapest, MYL 2013

Roya Rahmani
Vice Chair, Delphos International; Senior Advisor, South Asia Center, Atlantic Council; fmr. Ambassador, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States, Washington, DC, MYL 2014

Kushaal Raj
Pacific Policy Director, Conservation International, Suva, MYL 2024

Kanica Rakhra
Assistant Professor, Kautilya School of Public Policy, Hyderabad, MYL 2021/22

Jovan Ratkovic
Senior Advisor, Agora Strategy Group, Brussels; Member of the Presidency and International Secretary, Social Democratic Party (SDS), Belgrade, 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

Olga Roșca
Foreign Policy and Stratcom Advisor, Presidential Administration, Chișinău, MYL 2024

Mélanie Rosselet
Counselor for Strategic Affairs and Continental Europe, Cabinet of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Paris, MYL 2023

Philipp Rotmann
Associate Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI), Berlin, MYL 2018

Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia, 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
Fmr. Assistant Undersecretary, Information and Security, National Security Bureau, Kuwait City, MYL 2009

Diana Amer Sabha
Senior Policy Analyst, The Royal Hashemite Court, Amman, MYL 2023

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
Chief Business Officer, Infopay; fmr. Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia, Boston, MA, MYL 2009

Ali Sarikaya
Fmr. Member, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (Parliament of the Republic of Türkiye), Ankara, MYL 2009

Marietje Schaake
Special Adviser, Office of European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager; International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, MYL 2013

Jamila Schäfer, MP
Member, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Parliamentary Group, Deutscher Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), Berlin, MYL 2021/22

Michael Schattenmann
Senior Director, Group Communications & Public Relations, Hager Group, Blieskastel, MYL 2013

Olexander Scherba
Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kyiv, MYL 2011

Caroline Schmutte
Fmr. Managing Director, Berlin Global Dialogue, European School of Management and Technology, Berlin, MYL 2016

Jacob Schrot
Chief of Staff, Executive and Policy Planning Staff to the Chairman, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Deutscher Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), Berlin, MYL 2023

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 Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, MYL 2014

Christoph Schwegmann
Senior Defence Advisor, Policy Planning Staff, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2009

Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß
Managing Director, CSDP and Crisis Response, European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels, MYL 2010

Radmila Šekerinska
Vice-President, Party of European Socialists; 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 Yeşiltaş
Associate Professor, International Relations, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, 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
National Spokesperson, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); Supreme Court Lawyer, New Delhi, MYL 2018

Katsiaryna Shmatsina
PhD Fellow, Virginia Tech, Washington, DC, MYL 2021/22

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh
Chef de Cabinet, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC); Vice President, Institute for 21^st Century Questions (21CQ), The Hague, MYL 2017

Rebecca Shrimpton
Director, Defence Strategy and National Security, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Sydney, MYL 2015

Artur Sîrbu
Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Ireland, Lyon, MYL 2018

Alexander Skiba
Deputy Head, Former Federal President Joachim Gauck’s Office, Berlin, MYL 2013

Sara Skyttedal
Fmr. Member; Chairwoman, Delegation for Relations with Iraq, European Parliament, Brussels, MYL 2023

Amanda Sloat
Fmr. Senior Director for Europe, National Security Council, The White House, Washington, DC, MYL 2010

Wawrzyniec Smoczynski
Rector’s Plenipotentiary, 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
Government Liaison Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); fmr. Member, Riigikogu (Parliament of the Republic of Estonia), Tallinn, MYL 2015

Thomas Speckmann
Head of Corporate Communications, Westenergie AG, Essen, MYL 2014

Maximilian Spinner
Deputy Head, Southern Europe Division, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, MYL 2018

Moran Stav
Division Director, Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Jerusalem, MYL 2024

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
Special Counsel, WilmerHale, Washington, DC, MYL 2013

Melody Sucharewicz
Consultant for Political Communication, Tel Aviv, MYL 2009

Dimitry 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
Presidential Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt, New Partnership for Africa’s Development Agency (NEPAD); fmr. Ambassador, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Uganda, Midrand, MYL 2012

Tomasz Szatkowski
Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to NATO, Brussels, MYL 2019

Hiromi Takase
Fmr. Member, Sangiin (Parliament of Japan), Tokyo, MYL 2020

Kiwako Tanaka
Associate Professor, Department of International Social Sciences, Toyo Eiwa University; fmr. Expert, 1540 Committee Group of Experts, United Nations, Kanagawa, MYL 2016

Nawaf Wasfi Tell
Ambassador, Embassy of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; fmr.Minister of State for Follow-up and Government Coordination, Bern, 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, U. S. Senate, Washington, DC, MYL 2020

Markus Thomi
Senior Advisor, Office of the U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, MYL 2020

Şafak Timur Otru
Journalist, The New York Times, Istanbul, MYL 2019

Stefan Tinca
Ambassador, Embassy of Romania, Ankara, MYL 2009

Eka Tkeshelashvili
Senior Director, Anti-Corruption Practice Lead, Dexis Consulting Group; fmr. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Arlington, VA, MYL 2013

Adel Al Toraifi
Managing Director, Castlereagh Associates; fmr. Minister of Culture and Information of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, London, MYL 2014

Anton Tsvetov
Associate Director for Policy, The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, London, 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
Chief Operating Officer, Management, Vijona Africa, Abuja, MYL 2019

Ineza Umuhoza Grace
Founder and CEO, Environment and Climate Change, The Green Protector, Kigali, MYL 2023

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 and Director, Kubernein Initiative, Mumbai, MYL 2011

Mark V. Vlasic
Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Law & Public Policy, Georgetown University; Executive Producer, BLOOD & TREASURE, 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
COO, 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
Counselor, Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Spain ; fmr. Member, Riksdag (Parliament of the Kingdom of Sweden), Madrid, MYL 2017

Martin Wilk
Desk Officer, Senate Chancellery, The Governing Mayor of Berlin, Berlin, MYL 2016

Yael Wissner-Levy
Vice President, Communications, Lemonade, Tel Aviv, MYL 2016

Kelvin Wong
Head, Market Research and Intelligence, ST Engineering, 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 Hessamedin Yassini
Research Fellow, European Studies Department, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, MYL 2015

Merkeb Yimesel
Fmr. Minister Counsellor II, Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic 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
First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, MYL 2014

Svitlana Zalishchuk
Advisor to the CEO, Naftogaz Group; fmr. Member, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine), Kyiv, MYL 2017

Mykhailo Zhernakov
Head of the Board, DEJURE Foundation, Kyiv, MYL 2023

Sotoudeh Zibakalam
Researcher, Department of European Studies, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, MYL 2017

Xizhou Zhou
Executive Vice President, Wood Mackenzie, Washington, DC, 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