The 11th Vilnius
Foreign and Security Policy Conference
Under the Patronage of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda
November 20–21, 2025
About the Conference
The 11th Annual "Chief of Diplomacy" Stasys Lozoraitis Vilnius Foreign and Security Policy Conference — an end-of-year flagship event dedicated to reviewing major foreign and security policy developments, assessing their impact, and addressing challenges ahead will be held in Vilnius this year. The conference convenes Lithuanian policymakers, experts, and distinguished international guests to foster strategic dialogue, promote cooperation, and exchange ideas.
Since 2015, the conference has grown from a local expert event to an international conference bringing together not only Lithuanian but also foreign experts, academics and decision-makers.
Speakers
His Excellency Gitanas Nausėda
President of the Republic of Lithuania
Kęstutis Budrys
Minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Christian Danielsson
State Secretary to the Minister for EU Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy
Andrius Kubilius
European Commissioner for Defence and Space
Xavier Chatel
Advisor for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament to the French Presidency
Andriy Zagorodnyuk
Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies
Anna Wieslander
Director, Northern Europe, Atlantic Council
Ben Schreer
Executive Director for Europe, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Dominik Presl
Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs
Doug Mastriano
Pennsylvania State Senator; Chair, Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee
Dovilė Šakalienė
Member of the Lithuanian Parliament
Du Hyeogn Cha
Vice President, Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Emilija Pundziūtė-Gallois
Associate Professor of Political Science, Vytautas Magnus University
Franz-Stefan Gady
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Hiroyuki Akita
Commentator on Foreign Affairs and International Security, Nikkei
Jakob Hallgren
Director, Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Jana Puglierin
Head of Berlin Office and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Ilan Berman
Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council
Kristi Raik
Director, The International Centre for Defence and Security
Laurynas Kasčiūnas
Member of the Lithuanian Parliament
Margarita Šešelgytė
Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University
Michael Kofman
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment
Oliver Moody
Berlin Correspondent, The Times
Peter Andrysiak
Senior Counselor specializing in European Defence, Palantir Technologies
Philippe Étienne
President of “Mission Libération”, former French Ambassador to the United States
Rikard Jozwiak
Europe Editor, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Robert Hamilton
President, Delphi Global Research Center
Robert Vass
Founder and CEO, GLOBSEC
Ruth Harris
Defence and Security Research Group Director, RAND Europe
Sylvie Kauffmann
Editor, Le Monde
Steven Erlanger
Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for Europe, The New York Times
Tacan İldem
Former Turkish Ambassador and NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
Tomoyuki Yoshida
Chief Executive Director, Japan Institute of International Affairs
Tymofiy Mylovanov
President, Kyiv School of Economics
Victoria Coates
Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, Heritage Foundation
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