Fatmir Mediu
Former Minister of Defence
Albania
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.
On 26th March 2025, the ELN suspended membership of Russian citizens based in Russia following an official announcement by the Russian authorities that its activities on the territories of the Russian Federation were regarded as undesirable.
Albania
Armenia
Austria
Thomas Hajnoczi
Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
Austria
Alexander Kmentt
Ambassador, Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Austrian Foreign Ministry
Austria
Wolfgang Petritsch
Former EU Special Envoy for Kosovo & Former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
Belgium
Willy Claes
Former Secretary General of NATO, Former Foreign Minister
Belgium
Louis Michel
Former European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid; Former Foreign Minister; Former MEP
Belgium
Johan Vanderplaetse
Senior Vice-president of Schneider Electric
Belgium
Guy Verhofstadt
Former Prime Minister and current MEP
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Marina Kaljurand
Member of the European Parliament and Former Foreign Minister
Estonia
Mart Laar
Former Prime Minister of Estonia
Estonia
Jüri Luik
Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO and former Minister of Defence
Estonia
Merle Maigre
Executive Vice President, CybExer Technologies; former Director, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Estonia
Finland
Jaakko Blomberg
Former Ambassador to Canada and Estonia
Finland
Tarja Cronberg
Former Member of the European Parliament, Distinguished Associate Fellow at SIPRI
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
Juhani Kaskeala
Former Chief of Defence
Finland
Jaakko Laajava
Former Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Security Policy and Facilitator of the WMDFZ in the Middle East
Finland
Elisabeth Rehn
Former Defence Minister
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
Alain Coldefy
Former General Inspector of the French Armed Forces
France
Benoit d’Aboville
Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to NATO, Vice President of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
France
Michel Duclos
Former French Ambassador; Special Adviser to Institut Montaigne
France
François Heisbourg
Senior fellow (Europe), International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and Special Advisor, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS).
France
Pierre Lellouche
Former French MP, former Minister of Foreign Trade, former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
France
Nathalie Loiseau
Chair of the European Parliament Security and Defence committee and MEP
France
Hervé Morin
Former Defence Minister, President of the Normandy Region
France
Bernard Norlain
Former Air Defense Commander and Air Combat Commander of the French Air Force
France
Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
Former French diplomat
France
Alain Richard
Former Defence Minister
France
Hubert Védrine
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
France
Pierre Vimont
Former Executive Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS)
France
Georgia
Valeri Chechelashvili
Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Former Minister of Finance
Georgia
Tedo Japaridze
Former Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Georgia, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Georgia
Eka Tkeshelashvili
Former Head of Programmes at the European Anti-Corruption Initiative to Ukraine; Former Vice Prime Minister of Georgia
Georgia
Germany
Niels Annen
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Germany
Michael Biontino
former Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
Germany
Heinrich Brauss
Former NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning
Germany
Karl-Heinz Brunner
Former Member of the Bundestag Defence Committee and Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation
Germany
Daniela De Ridder
Former Member of Parliament and Vice-Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Gernot Erler
Former Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia, and the Eastern Partnership Countries
Germany
Werner Hoyer
Former President of the European Investment Bank
Germany
Wolfgang Ischinger
President of the Foundation Council, Munich Security Conference Foundation
Germany
Angela Kane
Sam Nunn Distinguished Fellow at NTI and Former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Germany
Katja Keul
Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Member of Parliament
Germany
Roderich Kiesewetter
CDU member of the German Bundestag
Germany
Silvana Koch-Mehrin
Founder, Women Political Leaders and former Vice-President of the European Parliament
Germany
Walter Kolbow
Former Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence
Germany
Klaus Mangold
Director, Mangold Consulting
Germany
David McAllister
MEP, Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Klaus Naumann
Former Chief of Staff of the German armed forces, Former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Germany
Norbert Röttgen
Member of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee (CDU)
Germany
Volker Rühe
Former Defence Minister
Germany
Rudolf Scharping
Former Defence Minister
Germany
Nils Schmid
Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs for the Parliamentary Group of the German Social Democrats
Germany
Ulf Schneider
Founder and President, SCHNEIDER GROUP
Germany
Karsten Voigt
Former German-American coordinator in the Federal Foreign Office, Former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Germany
Klaus Wittmann
Former Bundeswehr general, Senior Fellow Aspen Institute Germany
Germany
Uta Zapf
Former Chairwoman of the German Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Germany
Hungary
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
Margherita Boniver
Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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
Paolo Cotta-Ramusino
Secretary General of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Italy
Massimo D’Alema
Former Prime Minister and former Foreign Minister
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
Piero Fassino
President of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Gianfranco Fini
Former President of the Chamber of Deputies, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
Italy
Francesca Giovannini
Executive Director of the Harvard Belfer Center Initiative on Managing the Atom
Italy
Giorgio La Malfa
Former Minister for European Affairs
Italy
Federica Mogherini
Former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
Italy
Arturo Parisi
Former Defence Minister
Italy
Lia Quartapelle
Member of Parliament
Italy
Carlo Schaerf
Former Professor of Physics at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
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
Nathalie Tocci
Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Italy
Carlo Trezza
Former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Former Chairman of the Missile Technology Control Regime
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Audronius Ažubalis
Former Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lithuania
Linas Linkevicius
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Defence Minister
Lithuania
Renatas Norkus
Diplomat and former Ambassador
Lithuania
Vygaudas Ušackas
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation and Afghanistan
Lithuania
Netherlands
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Former NATO Secretary General, Former Foreign Affairs Minister
Netherlands
Klaas de Vries
Former Minister for Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations
Netherlands
Angelien Eijsink
Former PvdA spokesperson for Defence; Chair of the Netherlands Industries for Defence and Security (NIDV)
Netherlands
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Former Defence Minister and Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Netherlands
Jan Hoekema
Chairman of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, NL
Netherlands
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Former Minister of Economic Affairs
Netherlands
Bert Koenders
Former Foreign Minister
Netherlands
Sabine Mengelberg
Assistant Professor of International Security Studies at the Netherlands Defence Academy
Netherlands
Marietje Schaake
International Director of Policy, Stanford Cyber Policy Center, former Member of the European Parliament
Netherlands
Hans van den Broek
Former Foreign Minister
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Espen Barth Eide
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Minister of Defence
Norway
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer
Associate Professor at the University of Oslo
Norway
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Prime Minister of Norway, Former Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Norway
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Former Prime Minister
Norway
Poland
Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Former Prime Minister, Former Foreign Minister
Poland
Adam Daniel Rotfeld
Former Foreign Minister
Poland
Sławomir Dębski
Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs
Poland
Bogdan Klich
Minority Leader of the Polish Senate, Former Minister of Defence
Poland
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Former Defence Minister and Chair, Executive Council, Euro-Atlantic Association (Poland)
Poland
Radosław Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Defence
Poland
Russian Federation
Serbia
Spain
Jorge Domecq
Former Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency
Spain
Arancha Gonzalez
Dean of Paris School of International Affairs, SciencePo, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Spain
Ana Palacio
Former Foreign Minister
Spain
Narcís Serra
Former Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister
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
Hans Blix
Former Foreign Minister and Director-General Emeritus of the IAEA
Sweden
Ingvar Carlsson
Former Prime Minister
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
Diana Janse
State Secretary to Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
Sweden
Anna Jardfelt
Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, Geneva
Sweden
Henrik Salander
Former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Secretary-General of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
Sweden
Turkey
Zeynep Alemdar
Director of the Foreign Policy Programme at the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) at The New Institute.
Turkey
Mustafa Aydin
President of the International Relations Council of Turkey
Turkey
Hikmet Çetin
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkey
Turkey
Ünal Çeviköz
Former Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Turkey
Vahit Erdem
Former Head of the Turkish Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Turkey
Osman Faruk Loğoğlu
Former Turkish Ambassador to the United States and former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Turkey
Tacan Ildem
NATO former Assistant Secretary General and former Permanent Representative of Turkey to NATO and the OSCE
Turkey
Mustafa Kibaroglu
Chair of the International Relations Department, Okan University
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
Oleksandr Chalyi
Former First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ukraine
Anatoliy Grytsenko
Former Defence Minister; Former Chairman of the National Security and Defence Committee in the Ukrainian Parliament
Ukraine
Serhiy Leshchenko
Advisor to President Zelensky's Chief of Staff, Journalist and former Member of Parliament
Ukraine
Mustafa Nayyem
Former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament
Ukraine
Volodymyr Ogrysko
Former Foreign Minister
Ukraine
Borys Tarasyuk
Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (1998-2000, 2005-2007)
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Bob Ainsworth
Former Defence Secretary
United Kingdom
Michael Ancram
Former Chairman of the Conservative Party
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
James Arbuthnot
Former Chair of the Parliamentary Defence Select Committee
United Kingdom
Catherine Ashton
Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
United Kingdom
Michael Bates
Member of the House of Lords
United Kingdom
Margaret Beckett
Former Foreign Secretary
United Kingdom
Tony Brenton
Former UK Ambassador to Russia
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
Charles Clarke
Former Home Secretary
United Kingdom
Alfred Dubs
Member of the House of Lords
United Kingdom
Nicholas Fairfax
Member of the House of Lords
United Kingdom
Stephen Gethins
Former Member of the House of Commons
United Kingdom
Charles Guthrie
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
United Kingdom
David Hannay
Former Ambassador of the UK to the EEC, Former Ambassador of the UK to the UN
United Kingdom
Nick Harvey
Former Minister of State for the Armed Forces
United Kingdom
Douglas Hurd
Former Foreign Secretary
United Kingdom
Ian Kearns
Co-Founder & former Director
United Kingdom
John Kerr
Former British Ambassador to the United States and the EU
United Kingdom
Tom King
Former Defence Secretary
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
Madeleine Moon
Former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Politician
United Kingdom
Pauline Neville-Jones
Conservative Peer; former Minister for Security and Counter Terrorism
United Kingdom
David Owen
Former Foreign Secretary
United Kingdom
Martin Rees
UK Astronomer Royal
United Kingdom
David Richards
Former Chief of the Defence Staff
United Kingdom
Peter Ricketts
Former Ambassador to France, former National Security Adviser
United Kingdom
Malcolm Rifkind
Former Foreign Secretary, Former Defence Secretary
United Kingdom
George Robertson
Former NATO Secretary General, Former Secretary of State for Defence
United Kingdom
Nicholas Soames
Member of the House of Lords
United Kingdom
John Stanley
Former Chairman of the Committees on Arms Export Controls
United Kingdom
Alison Suttie
Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords
United Kingdom
Elizabeth Symons
Former Minister of State for the Middle East
United Kingdom
David Triesman
Former Foreign Office Minister and Chairman of the Football Association
United Kingdom
Tom Tugendhat
Minister of State for Security
United Kingdom
William Wallace
Member of the House of Lords, Former Lord in Waiting
United Kingdom
Alan West
First Sea Lord and Commander in Chief of the Royal Navy
United Kingdom