
YGLN Membership
Consisting of more than 40 nationalities, the YGLN continues to provide a secure forum for future leaders to build trust and dialogue on the most pressing security challenges facing wider Europe and North America.
Membership
Executive Committee


Julia Berghofer
Senior Policy Fellow and Project Manager for the YGLN

Yehor Brailian
Analyst, Detector media

Samuel Driver
PhD Candidate in Slavic Studies at Brown University

Nikita Gryazin
Policy Fellow

Verena Jackson
Lawyer & Researcher at University of the Armed Forces of Germany (UniBw)
Sinikka Parviainen
Senior Economist, Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies

Alice Saltini
Former ELN Policy Fellow and Non-Resident Expert on AI at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
Members

Daniel Ajudeonu
Leadership Team Member, International Student/Young Pugwash

Almuntaser Albalawi
Researcher, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Kateryna Anisova
Director of Intelligence Department, London Politica

Nataliya Askerova
Communication Coordinator at European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET)

Evie Aspinall
Director, British Foreign Policy Group

Jeanette Axelsson
Policy Analyst at the U.S. Embassy in Sweden

Vera Axyonova
Marie Curie REWIRE Fellow at the University of Vienna

Roman Baiduk
Independent Researcher

Anton Barbashin
Co-founder & Editorial Director at Riddle Russia
Sophia Besch
Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform, London

Anton Boltachka
Scientific Assistant, ETH Zurich

Sebastian Brixey-Williams
Co-Director of BASIC

Benjamin Brockt
Head of Protocol, Paris Peace Forum
David Cadier
Researcher, Center for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po, Paris

Mathieu Champy
European Citizen Juror, European Capital Of Democracy

Fuad Chiragov
Head of Department at the Center of Analysis of International Relations

Victoria Chumenko
Research Assistant at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Siena Cicarelli
Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS)

Amaury Crucy
Analyst at European External Action Service (EEAS)

Federica Dall’Arche
Senior Research Associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)

Anuradha Damale
Policy Fellow and Programme Manager, BASIC

Celia Davies
Manager, Moonshot; & Founder, Omanos Analytics

Nikita Degtyarev
Research and Engagement Assistant at Open Nuclear Network (ONN)

Agathe Demarais
Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR

Alexandra Dienes
Senior Researcher, FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe

Juliette Faure
Research Associate at CERI-Sciences Po

Héloïse Fayet
Research Fellow at the Security Studies Centre of IFRI

Florence Ferrando
Consultant at Forward Global

Alexandra Filippenko
Independent Researcher

Andrew Fitzgerald
Trainee at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Liana Fix
Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Carolyn Forstein
Scholar in Residence at Lawyers Without Borders

Thomas Frear
Political Scientist

Andrew Futter
Professor in International Politics at the University of Leicester

Alexander Gabuev
Director of the Carnegie Russia-Eurasia Center in Berlin

Oleksandra Garshyna
Project Officer, Gender Section, OSCE

Valeriia Gergiieva
Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) at the University of Hamburg

Alexander Graef
Researcher, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (Hamburg)

Gabriella Gricius
Ph.D. Candidate at Colorado State University's Political Science Department & Research Fellow with the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN)

Harry Halem
Senior Research Fellow, Policy Exchange

Valeriia Hesse
Fellow at the Odesa Centre for Nonproliferation

Roger Hilton
Defence and Security Fellow at GLOBSEC
Adam Hitchcock
Owner, Great Lakes Global Holdings

Maximilian Hoell
Postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Global Security Research
Artur Honich
Analyst, Defence & Security Research Group, RAND Europe

Matthew Jabłoński
Coordinator, NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Morgan Jacobs
Program Associate, Kennan Institute

Lyric Jain
Founder and CEO of Logically

Urban Jakša
Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute

Tinatin Japaridze
Eurasia Analyst at the Eurasia Group

Patricia Jaworek
Senior Programme Officer, Global Nuclear Policy Programme, NTI

Raquel Jorge-Ricart
Fulbright Fellow, Elliott School of International Affairs and member of the YGLN

Jemile Kelderman
Director of Operations at USRF

Ekaterina Khaletskaya
Co-Founder of Impact Hub Moscow

Aleksandra Khramova
Head of Strategic Communications and Partnerships at the Ukrainian Education Hub in Greece

Beka Kiria
Founder and Director, Gagra Institute

Fulya Kocukoğlu
Program Director, Global Relations Forum

Mona Koehler-Schindler
Staff Officer on Climate Security at NATO HQ

Mariia Koroleva
Consultant at the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Christina Krawec
Founder & Consultant, Earthnote LLC

Sarah Kunis
Country Director for Korea in the Office of the Secretary for Defense in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

Henrik Larsen
Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy (IPD)
Magda Leichtová
Research and Programme Manager at the University Consortium

Amélie Lohmann
Senior Coordination & Outreach Officer at the EU Delegation to the UN

Ananya Agustin Malhotra
Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Alexandria J. Maloney
Board Member at Black Professionals in International Affairs; President of The World is Watching BLM

Maïlys Mangin
Postdoctoral researcher at the Centre interdisciplinaire d’études sur les enjeux stratégiques (CIENS)

Riham Mansour
Senior Underwriter, UK Export Finance

Iren Marinova
PhD Candidate in Political Science at Colorado State University

Tetiana Melnyk
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant at the European Parliament
Ivana Milatovic
Political and Press Affairs Officer at the OSCE Mission to Serbia

Chris Miller
Assistant Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Tasnim Motala
Defense counsel at the Military Commissions Defense Organization

Françeska Muço
Secretary General, Albanian Young Professionals Network

Eleonora Neri
Research Assistant at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament (AMC) at the Uppsala University

Hovhannes Nikoghosyan
Lecturer in Political Science and International Affairs, American University of Armenia

Kristiana Nitisa
Engagement and Research Assistant at Open Nuclear Network

Johannes Nordin
Junior Research Fellow at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP)

Juraj Nosal
Associate Project Officer, OSCE Secretariat

Habibe Özdal
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Okan University, Turkey

Zachary Paikin
Deputy Director of the Better Order Project and Research Fellow in the Grand Strategy Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Pavlina Pavlova
Fellow at New America

Dariya Pavlova
Foreign Service Officer at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria

Kseniia Pirnavskaia
Research Consultant at the Open Nuclear Network (ONN)

Vadim Pistrinciuc
Former Member of Parliament; Founder, Institute for Strategic Initiatives of Moldova

Diana Potjomkina
PhD researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent University & United Nations University – CRIS

Yauheni Preiherman
Director of the Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations

Omri Preiss
Co-founder and Managing Director of Alliance4Europe

Andrian Prokip
Energy Expert, Institute for Social and Economic Research

Agnė Rakštytė
Country director for the Baltics region, Our Common Home
Leon Ratz
Program Officer Materials Risk Management Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Washington, D.C.

Samuel Rebo
Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard National Security Journal

Britta Redwood
Acting Assistant Professor, New York University School of Law

Eva-Nour Repussard
Policy Fellow at BASIC

Bradley Reynolds
Doctoral researcher, University of Helsinki

Anna Roessing
PhD researcher at the University of Bath

Henry Rõigas
Principal Threat Analyst, Nortal; Non-Resident Fellow, International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)
Bartosz Rydliński
Project Manager and Expert, "Amicus Europe" Foundation, Warsaw

Farzan Sabet
Researcher in the Middle East WMD-Free Zone Project at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

Holger Fabian Sahl
Strategic Analyst, European Border and Coast Guard Agency

Daniel Saka Mbumba
Sanctions compliance project manager at BNP Paribas in Paris

Gent Salihu
Senior Rule of Law Advisor, Dexis Consulting Group

Olamide Samuel
Special Envoy of the Executive Secretary of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE)

Suren Sargsyan
Founder of the Armenian Center for American Studies

Sophie Schäffer
Chief of Staff and Policy Advisor, German Bundestag

Max Schalz
PhD student, RWTH Aachen University

Névine Schepers
Co-Team Head of the Swiss and Euro-Atlantic Security Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich

Anke Schmidt-Felzmann
IT and information security, Cygate/Telia

Oleksiy Semeniy
Director of Institute for Global Transformations (IGT)

Maria Shagina
CEES Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Zurich

Oleg Shakirov
Researcher and PhD student at Johns Hopkins SAIS

Daniel Shapiro
PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania and YGLN executive committee

Zaur Shiriyev
Non-Resident Scholar at the Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Center

Francesco Siccardi
Senior Program Manager, Carnegie Europe

Marco Siddi
Montalcini Assistant Professor at the University of Cagliari

Simabatu Mayele Sims Nono
Executive Director, Centre for Research and Information on Disarmament and Security (CRIDS)

Arseny Sivitsky
Political and Security Analyst, Founder and CEO of Sarmat AnalytiX (Hong Kong)

Oleksandr Slyvchuk
Coordinator of the Spain and Latin America Cooperation Program, Transatlantic Dialogue Center

Betty Suh
Research Fellow at the German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Anna Switzer
Associate Director, Russia and Eurasia at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Oleksiy Tatarenko
Energy Transition Program PMO, Strategy Department, Shell Ukraine

Kévin Thiévon
Political Advisor, French Ministry of Armed Forces

Nadia Tjahja
Project Researcher at the United Nations University – Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies

Aliisa Tornberg
International Affairs Adviser and Member of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Finland.

Ksenija Trajkovska
Senior OSINT & CBRN Analyst at Fenix Insight
Thomas Ulbrich
Policy Officer, IAEA and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Unit, German Federal Foreign Office

Maria Usacheva
Professional freelancer in Russia and all over the world

Lili Vessereau
Master's student, Teaching Fellow and Research Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School

Maren Vieluf
Desk Officer, German Federal Foreign Office

Stéfanie von Hlatky
Canada Research Chair on Gender, Security and the Armed Forces

Ivana Vuchkova
Programme Coordinator at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Skopje Office

Ivo Walinga
Research Fellow, Asia House
Andrei Yeliseyeu
Research Director at the Eurasian States in Transition research center (EAST Center), Belarus / Poland

Lena Zakaryan
Head of ESG and Sustainability, Converse Bank

Natalia Zhurina
Research and Education Officer, OPANAL

Benno Zogg
Head of Strategy and International Affairs in Security Policy at the Swiss Federal Department of Defence
