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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

Latika Bourke

Writer-at-Large of The Nightly, Expert Associate at the ANU National Security College

Baiba Braže

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

David Cattler

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

Steve Clemons

Editor at Large at The National Interest

Gordon Corera

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

Ann Marie Dailey

Policy Researcher at RAND

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
JJ Green

JJ Green

National Security Correspondent at WTOP Radio

Flemming Splidsboel Hansen

Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies

Shane Harris

Staff Writer at The Atlantic

Hiski Haukkala

Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs

Ben Hodges

Former Commanding General of US Army Europe
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

Michael Kimmage

Director of the Kennan Institute

Jana Kobzová

Co-director of the European Security Programme and Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Elena Lazarou

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

Hanna Liubakova

Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council

Oana Lungescu

Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute

Daniel Markić

Director of the European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre

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

Andrew Michta

Andrew Michta Professor of Strategic Studies at the Hamilton School at the University of Florida

Jonathan Berkshire Miller

Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Phillips O’Brien

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

Anahide Pilibossian

Vice President of Strategy and Development at the Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia

Jana Puglierin

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

Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania
Alan Riley

Alan Riley

Visiting Professor at the College of Europe 

Kaupo Rosin

Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service

Thomas Röwekamp

Chairman of the Defence Committee, Member of the German Bundestag
Boris Rüge

Boris Ruge

NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova

Harinder Sekhon

Distinguished Fellow at CUTS International

Hanna Shelest

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

Pavel Slunkin

Strategic Risks Consultant at iSANS

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

Margus Tsahkna

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Tara Varma

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

Carolina Vendil Pallin

Deputy Research Director of the Swedish Defence Research Agency

Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Chairman at the Centre for Defence Strategies

Katarzyna Zysk

Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies