
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

Anna Jardfelt
Ambassador to Kenya, Former Ambassador to the EU's Political and Security Committee
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