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LMC 2026

Speakers

As of March 2026, updated constantly.

Minna Ålander

Analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

Omar Ashour

Professor of Security & Military Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and the University of Exeter

David Cattler

Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security

Gordon Corera

Security Analyst for the BBC and Host of the Rest is Classified podcast

Jill Dougherty

Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and CNN on-air Contributor

Kimberly Dozier

Global Affairs Analyst at CNN

Heloise Fayet

Research Fellow and the Head of the Deterrence & Proliferation Program at the French Institute of International Relations

Ingo Gerhartz

Commander of NATO Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum

Hiski Haukkala

Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Balázs Jarábik

Balázs Jarábik

Founder of Minority Report

Kaja Kallas

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

Alar Karis

President of Estonia

Jennifer Kavanagh

Director and a Senior Fellow of Military Analysis at Defense Priorities

Elena Lazarou

Director General at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

Oana Lungescu

Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute

Alessandro Marrone

Head of the Defence, Security and Space Programme at Istituto Affari Internazionali

Carlo Masala

Chair for International Politics at Bundeswehr University Munich

Jade McGlynn

Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London

Sergei Medvedev

Professor at Charles University

Phillips O’Brien

Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews

Jana Puglierin

Senior Policy Fellow and Head of European Council on Foreign Relations Berlin Office

Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania

Kaupo Rosin

Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service
Boris Rüge

Boris Ruge

NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova

Hanna Shelest

Director of Security Studies and Global Outreach Programmes at the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”

Ian Storey

Principal Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Bruno Tertrais

Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research

Ilke Toygür

Director of the Global Policy Center & Professor at IE University

Tara Varma

Managing Director of Strategic Foresight and Director of German Marshall Fond’s Paris office

Katarzyna Zysk

Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies