Andrew A. Michta
Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security in Washington, DC.
Andrew A. Michta is recognized as a leading voice in transatlantic security and defense policy. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, he was the former dean of the College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. He holds a PhD in international relations from Johns Hopkins University and is an expert in international security, NATO, and European politics, with a particular focus on Central Europe and the Baltic states.

Throughout his career, he has held key academic and research positions, including professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College and senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund and the Center for European Policy Analysis. He has also been affiliated with Harvard University’s Center for European Studies and Stanford’s Hoover Institution.

Michta has written extensively on European security and NATO, with notable works such as The Limits of Alliance: The United States, NATO and the EU in North and Central Europe and The Future of NATO: Regional Defense and Global Security. His research and policy contributions focus on transatlantic relations, defense strategy, and security challenges in post-communist Europe. He’s fluent in Polish and Russian, and proficient in German and French.

Manuel R. Torres Soriano
Professor of Political Science and Administration. University Pablo de Olavide of Seville

Torres Soriano has directed programs such as the Diploma in Jihadist Terrorism Analysis and the Master’s in Political Communication and Electoral Campaign Management. He teaches in several postgraduate programs on cybersecurity and terrorism.

A member of advisory boards like the European Counter-Terrorism Centre and the Real Instituto Elcano, Torres Soriano has conducted research at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and Harvard. With a PhD in political science from the University of Granada, his research focuses on political violence, jihadist terrorism, and cybersecurity. He is the author of several books, including “Al Andalus 2.0. La ciber-yihad contra España”, and has received the Premio Defensa de Investigación and the Medalla de Bronce al Mérito Policial from the Mossos d’Esquadra Generalitat Police.