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LMC 2017

Speakers

Knut Abraham

Head of Divison for Bilateral Relations with the States of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus, Federal Chancellery, Germany
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Anders Åslund

Resident Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council
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Václav Bartuška

Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Bergeron James Henry

James Henry Bergeron

Chief Political Advisor, Allied Maritime Command, NATO
Stephen Biegun

Stephen Biegun

Senior Vice President of the Boeing Company, former US Deputy Secretary of State

Carl Bildt

Co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations
Phillip Blond

Phillip Blond

Head of the Respublica Think-Tank
Ian Bond

Ian Bond

Director of Foreign Policy, Centre for European Reform
Reinhard Brandl

Reinhard Brandl

Member of the German Bundestag
Heinrich Brauss

Heinrich Brauss

Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO
Brookes Peter

Peter Brookes

Senior Fellow, National Security Affairs, Heritage Foundation

Gerhard Conrad

Director of the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre

Robert Cooper

Former British Diplomat, Author

Andrey Dmitriev

Head of the Tell the Truth Movement, Belarus
Victor Dolidze

Victor Dolidze

State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration

Jill Dougherty

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

Kimberly Dozier

Global Affairs Analyst at CNN
Etienne de Durand

Etienne de Durand

Deputy for Defence Policy and Strategic Foresight, Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy, Ministry of Defence, France

Konstantin von Eggert

Commentator and Host, TV Dozhd (TV Rain)

Lars Fredén

Former Swedish Ambassador

Victor Zhikai Gao

Director of the China National Association of International Studies
Anthony Gardner

Anthony Gardner

Former US Ambassador to the EU

Masha Gessen

Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Keir Giles

Keir Giles

Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
Rose Gottemoeller

Rose Gottemoeller

Deputy Secretary General, NATO
Thomas Graham

Thomas Graham

Managing Director, Kissinger Associates
Przymyslaw Źurawski vel Grajewski

Przymyslaw Źurawski vel Grajewski

Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Ben Hodges

Former Commander of US Army Europe, FBH Geostrat Consulting GmbH 
Saara Jantunen

Saara Jantunen

Doctor of Military Science, Author
Lindsay Jenkins

Lindsay Jenkins

Journalist and Author

Kersti Kaljulaid

President of Estonia 2016-2021, global advocate of the UN Secretary-General for Every Woman Every Child
Siim Kallas

Siim Kallas

Professor of the University of Tartu, Former Vice- President of the European Commission
Raimundas Karoblis

Raimundas Karoblis

Minister of National Defence, Lithuania
Sarah Kendzior

Sarah Kendzior

Journalist, Political Analyst, Writer
James Kirchick

James Kirchick

Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution

Jana Kobzová

Foreign Policy Advisor, Office of the President of Slovakia

Andrey Kortunov

Director General, Russian International Affairs Council
Hans Kundnani

Hans Kundnani

Head of Europe Programme, Chatham House

François Lafond

Special Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister of European Affairs, Government of Macedonia

Kai-Olaf Lang

Senior Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Kristjan Lepik

Kristjan Lepik

Product Manager at Move Guides Teleport, Estonia
Enrico Letta

Enrico Letta

President of the Jacques Delors Institute, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po, and former Prime Minister of Italy
Alexey Levinson

Alexey Levinson

Head of the Socio-Cultural Research Department at Levada Center

Gideon Lichfield

Correspondent and Editor
Kadri Liik

Kadri Liik

Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Edward Lucas

Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Senior Adviser at CEPA

Jüri Luik

Estonian Ambassador to NATO
Hans-Georg_Maaßen

Hans-Georg Maaßen

President, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany

Damien McGuinness

BBC, Berlin Correspondent

Stefan Meister

Head of Program for Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia; Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia; German Council on Foreign Relations

Sven Mikser

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
Jelena Milic

Jelena Milić

Director and Chairman of the Governing Board at the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies (CEAS)

Vladimir Milov

Founding Chairman and Member of the Board, ‘Democratic Choice’ Movement, Russia
Ognyan Minchev

Ognyan Minchev

Executive Director, Institute for Regional and International Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hemin Hussein Mirkhan

Hemin Hussein Mirkhan

Director of the Centre for Regional and International Studies (CRIS), University of Kurdistan Hewlêr

Iztok Mirošič

Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
Federica Mogherini

Federica Mogherini

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the Commission

Christian Mölling

Research Director, German Council on Foreign Relations
Arkady Moshes

Arkady Moshes

Programme Director, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Mustafa Nayyem

Mustafa Nayyem

Member of Ukrainian Rada, Journalist

Zhanna Nemtsova

Co-Founder of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom and Co-Director of the Boris Nemtsov Academic Centre for the Study of Russia at Charles University
Sauli Niinistö

Sauli Niinistö

President of the Republic of Finland
Arkady Ostrovsky

Arkady Ostrovsky

Russia and Eastern Europe Editor, The Economist
Hakan-Ozoglu

Hakan Özoğlu

Professor of History and Director of Middle Eastern Studies University of Central Florida
Javier Niño Pérez

Javier Niño Pérez

Head of Turkey Division, EEAS
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Taimar Peterkop

Director-General of the Information System Authority, Estonia
Mauro-Petriccione

Mauro Petriccione

Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for Trade, European Commission
Peter Pomeranzev

Peter Pomeranzev

Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, Author, TV producer
Yauheni Preiherman

Yauheni Preiherman

Head of Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative

Ahmed Rashid

Journalist, Writer
Alan Riley

Alan Riley

Visiting Professor at the College of Europe 
Edgars Rinkevics

Edgars Rinkēvičs

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Marietje Schaake

Member of European Parliament, the Netherlands

Christian Schmidt

Member of the Bundestag, Germany
Anke Schmidt-Felzmann

Anke Schmidt-Felzmann

Researcher at the Research Centre of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
Harinder Sekhon

Harinder Sekhon

Distinguished Fellow, CUTS International, Washington D.C. Centre

Peter Semneby

Special Representative

Anton Shekhovtsov

Director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity

James Sherr

Senior Fellow, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the ICDS

Mehmet Şimşek

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Turkey

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Director of the Center on the United States and Europe and Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Transatlantic Relations at Brookings Institution
Dmitry Suslov

Dmitry Suslov

Deputy Director, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University – High School of Economics, Russia
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Indrek Tarand

Member of European Parliament, Estonia

Nathalie Tocci

Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali

Margus Tsahkna

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Andreas Umland

Andreas Umland

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kyiv

Sergey Utkin

Associate Professor for International Politics at the Department of Political Science and Public Management at the University of Southern Denmark

Michael Weiss

Editor of The Insider
Brian Whitmore

Brian Whitmore

Senior Russia Analyst for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty