Senior Network
Our network brings together political, military, diplomatic, civil society and business leaders from across wider Europe. They hold different political opinions and preferences, but all subscribe to the ELN agenda of dialogue and are ready to contribute to joint development of solutions to the current challenges.
Albania
Austria
Alexander Kmentt
Former Permanent Representative of Austria to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union
Austria
Wolfgang Petritsch
Former EU Special Envoy for Kosovo & Former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Louis Michel
Former European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid; Former Foreign Minister; Former MEP
Belgium
Bulgaria
Solomon Passy
Former Chairman of the United Nations Security Council, Former Bulgarian Foreign Minister
Bulgaria
Todor Tagarev
Former Defence Minister, Director of the "Defence Institute", Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Jan Kavan
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and former President of the UN General Assembly
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Merle Maigre
Executive Vice President, CybExer Technologies; former Director, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Estonia
Finland
Tarja Cronberg
Former Member of the European Parliament, Distinguished Associate Fellow at SIPRI and Member of the Executive Board of the European Leadership Network
Finland
Jaakko Iloniemi
Former Ambassador to the United States, former Ambassador to the CSCE and former Deputy Head of Mission to the United Nations
Finland
Jaakko Laajava
Former Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Security Policy and Facilitator of the WMDFZ in the Middle East
Finland
Teija Tiilikainen
Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
Finland
Raimo Väyrynen
Former President of the Academy of Finland and Former Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Finland
France
Nicole Ameline
Former Member of Parliament and Vice-Chair, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
France
Benoit d’Aboville
Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to NATO, Vice President of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
France
François Heisbourg
Senior fellow (Europe), International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and Special Advisor, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS).
France
Pierre Lellouche
French MP, former Minister of Foreign Trade, former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
France
Bernard Norlain
Former Air Defense Commander and Air Combat Commander of the French Air Force
France
Pierre Vimont
Former Executive Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS)
France
Georgia
Tedo Japaridze
Former Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Georgia, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Vice-Chairman, Anaklia Development Consortium
Georgia
Eka Tkeshelashvili
Head of Programmes at the European Anti-Corruption Initiative to Ukraine; Former Vice Prime Minister of Georgia
Georgia
Germany
Karl-Heinz Brunner
Member of the Bundestag Defence Committee and Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation
Germany
Daniela De Ridder
Member of Parliament and Vice-Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Gernot Erler
Germany's Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia, and the Eastern Partnership Countries
Germany
Silvana Koch-Mehrin
Founder, Women Political Leaders and former Vice-President of the European Parliament
Germany
Klaus Naumann
Former Chief of Staff of the German armed forces, Former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Germany
Nils Schmid
Member of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party and spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
Germany
Karsten Voigt
Former German-American coordinator in the Federal Foreign Office, Former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Germany
Uta Zapf
Former Chairwoman of the German Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Giancarlo Aragona
Former Italian Ambassador Moscow & London; Former General Director of Political Affairs in the Foreign Affairs Ministry; Former Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Italy
Francesco Calogero
Former Secretary-General of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Italy
Vincenzo Camporini
Former Chief of the Joint Defence Staff, Former Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Italy
Marta Dassù
Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senior Advisor for European Affairs, Aspen Institute Italia.
Italy
Giampaolo Di Paola
Former Minister of Defence of Italy; Former Chairman of NATO Military Committee
Italy
Gianfranco Fini
Former President of the Chamber of Deputies, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
Italy
Federica Mogherini
Former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
Italy
Stefano Silvestri
Former Under Secretary of State for Defence, Former President of the Italian International Affairs Institute
Italy
Stefano Stefanini
Former Permanent Representative to NATO, Former Diplomatic Advisor to the President of Italy
Italy
Carlo Trezza
Former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Former Chairman of the Missile Technology Control Regime
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Fatmir Besimi
Former Defence Minister, Former Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs
Macedonia
Netherlands
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Former Defence Minister and Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Netherlands
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Former Minister of Economic Affairs
Netherlands
Marietje Schaake
International Director of Policy, Stanford Cyber Policy Center, former Member of the European Parliament
Netherlands
Norway
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Prime Minister of Norway, Former Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Norway
Poland
Adam Kobieracki
Former Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center and former NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations
Poland
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Former Defence Minister and Chair, Executive Council, Euro-Atlantic Association (Poland)
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Ioan Mircea Paşcu
Vice-President of the European Parliament and Vice Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Romania
Russian Federation
Alexey Arbatov
Head of the Center for International Security at Institute of World Economy and International Relations
Russian Federation
Sergey Batsanov
Director of the Geneva Office of Pugwash Conferences, Former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
Russian Federation
Evgeny Buzhinskiy
Lieutenant-General (Retired), Chairman of the Executive Board of PIR Center
Russian Federation
Anatoly Diakov
Director, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Russian Federation
Vladimir Dvorkin
Lead scientist at the Center of the International Safety of the Institute of Economic and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Alexander Dynkin
President of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation
Vladimir Lukin
Russian Federation Council Member, Former Ambassador to the United States, Former Human Rights Commissioner of Russia
Russian Federation
Fyodor Lukyanov
Editor in Chief of the journal Russia in Global Affairs; Chairman of Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
Russian Federation
Dmitry Polikanov
Chairman of the Trialogue Club and member of the Expert Council of the Russian Government
Russian Federation
Sergey Rogov
Director of the Institute for the US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Science (ISKRAN)
Russian Federation
Vyacheslav Trubnikov
Former First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
Russian Federation
Igor Yurgens
Chairman of the Management Board of the Institute for Contemporary Development
Russian Federation
Serbia
Slovakia
Miroslav Lajčák
EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and Western Balkans; Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Slovakia
Spain
Javier Solana
Former NATO Secretary General, Former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and former Foreign Minister of Spain
Spain
Sweden
Rolf Ekéus
Former Ambassador to the United States, former High Commissioner on national minorities in Europe
Sweden
Gunnar Hökmark
Chairman, Stockholm Free World Forum and former Vice Chairman, European People's Party and Member of the European Parliament
Sweden
Henrik Salander
Former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Secretary-General of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
Sweden
Turkey
Osman Faruk Loğoğlu
Former Turkish Ambassador to the United States and former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Turkey
Özdem Sanberk
Former Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Former Under Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Turkey
Ahmet Üzümcü
Former Director-General of the OPCW, Former Permanent Representative of Turkey to NATO
Turkey
Ukraine
Anatoliy Grytsenko
Former Defence Minister; Former Chairman of the National Security and Defence Committee in the Ukrainain Parliament
Ukraine
Borys Tarasyuk
Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (1998-2000, 2005-2007)
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Joyce Anelay
Chair of the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee, Former Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
United Kingdom
Catherine Ashton
Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
United Kingdom
Des Browne
Chair of the ELN, Vice Chairman of the NTI, Convener of the TLG and former UK Defence Secretary
United Kingdom
Alistair Burt
Former Minister of State at the Department for International Development and Minister of State at Foreign and Commonwealth Office
United Kingdom
Menzies Campbell
Honorary President of the ELN; Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats
United Kingdom
David Hannay
Former Ambassador of the UK to the EEC, Former Ambassador of the UK to the UN
United Kingdom
John McColl
Former Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (Deputy SACEUR)
United Kingdom
Tom McKane
Former Director General for Strategy and Security Policy, Ministry of Defence
United Kingdom
David Ramsbotham
Retired General Army, Former Adjutant General, Former ADC General to HM the Queen
United Kingdom
George Robertson
Former NATO Secretary General, Former Secretary of State for Defence
United Kingdom
David Triesman
Former Foreign Office Minister and Chairman of the Football Association
United Kingdom
Shirley Williams
Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, Former Adviser on Nuclear Proliferation to the Prime Minister
United Kingdom