by Laura Moorlag | May 27, 2026
Vadim Vieru is a human rights lawyer and Programme Director at Promo-LEX, a Moldovan NGO defending human rights and democratic standards. Based in Chișinău, his work focuses on civil and political rights, with particular emphasis on the situation in the breakaway...
by Laura Moorlag | May 27, 2026
Liliana Gutan is a Moldovan diplomat and policy practitioner. Her career – spanning over two decades in international affairs and democratic governance, and culminating in her role as Ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland – has been built on a...
by Laura Moorlag | May 27, 2026
Akylbek Bakytov is a development economist and policy practitioner from the Kyrgyz Republic working at the intersection of energy security and public policy. He currently serves as a Consultant at UNFPA and is a member of the World Energy Council’s Future Energy...
by Laura Moorlag | May 27, 2026
Ismail Karypov is a digital media expert, environmental leader, and founder of #Ecoadam – Central Asia’s leading digital ecological movement. Through #Ecoadam, he spearheads national environmental awareness campaigns and empowers communities to tackle local...
by Laura Moorlag | May 27, 2026
Emin Jabbarov is a security analyst and the Executive Director of Heartland Asia, an analytical-expert centre focused on regional geopolitics. He concurrently serves as a senior lecturer at Narxoz University in Almaty, where he teaches International Security and...