Dariya Pavlova is a foreign service officer at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She holds a master’s degree from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) with major in International Security Studies and a postgraduate diploma in Strategic Studies from the Bulgarian...
Nadezhda Neynsky is a distinguished diplomat and politician with a remarkable career. She served as Bulgaria's Ambassador to Turkey from 2015 to 2021 and, more recently, was a member of the 2022/23 Cohort of the Advance Leadership Initiative at Harvard. Mrs Neynsky served as Deputy Speaker of...
Ivo serves as the China programme officer at the International Energy Agency in Paris, where he advances strategic engagement with China on energy and climate issues. Previously, he held diplomatic roles at the European Union delegations in Mongolia and Russia, focusing on natural resources,...
Dr. Iren Marinova is a Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. Her research focuses on European Union politics and...
Professor Todor Tagarev was Bulgaria's Minister of Defence (2013, June 2023-April 2024), a position he previously held in 2013. Throughout his political career, Todor has served the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence as Director for Defence Planning, as National Armaments Director, and as a member...
Dr. Solomon Passy is the founder and president of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, and previously Bulgaria's Foreign Minister, Chairman of the OSCE and UN Security Council. Conceived in the 1990s as an NGO, the ACB promoted the idea of dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and Bulgaria’s accession in...