Before being elected in 2020, Tomáš was director of Carnegie Europe and a senior fellow, where his research focused on security and defense, transatlantic relations, and Europe’s Eastern neighborhood. Previously , Valášek served as the permanent representative of the Slovak Republic to NATO for nearly four years (2013 -2017). Before that, he was president of the Central European Policy Institute in Bratislava (2012–2013), director of foreign policy and defense at the Centre for European Reform in London (2007–2012), and founder and director of the Brussels office of the World Security Institute (2002–2006). In 2006–2007, he served as acting political director and head of the security and defense policy division at the Slovak Ministry of …

Martin Klus is a Slovak professional political scientist and graduated political theorist. He has obtained postgraduate diploma in Theory of Politics. Prior entering Slovak politics he had worked as university lecturer and political analyst providing political analyses and commentaries to domestic and foreign media. Between the years 2013 and 2014, he has ranked among the most cited Slovak political scientists and sociologists. Since 1999 he has been actively engaged in non-profit sector with the aim to empower civic and student participation in public affairs, but also in educational and urban environment improving activities. He often partakes in political and civic initiatives on the topic of electoral and referendum legislation. …

In the years 2002-2004, he worked as the editor of the foreign affairs department in Denník SME. Since 2004, he has been working at the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic in various positions: in the years 2004-2005 as chief state adviser and researcher at the Institute of Security and Defense Policy, in the years 2006-2010 as general state adviser at the section of defense policy, international relations and legislation, later, in the years 2010-2011, as Director General of the Department of Defense Inspection Inspection Section and in 2012 as Director General of the Defense Policy, International Relations and Legislation Section. In the years 2016 and 2020, he was the director of the Office of the State Secretary, and from 2…

Vladimíra Marcinková - Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and Chair of the Committee on European Affairs She studied law at the Faculty of Law of the Pavel Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. She worked in the office of the President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kisk as the head of the Department of Regional Policy. Since 2020, she has been a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. In 2021, she became chair of the Committee on European Affairs. In addition to foreign policy, he is also actively involved in social and human rights issues.