Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation

Laurențiu Pleșca is a scientific researcher and PhD candidate of the Doctoral School of Political Sciences at the University of Bucharest. His main areas of expertise are Russia's geopolitics in the Black Sea, the Eastern Partnership, EU common policies (foreign and security policy, and the Eastern Neighborhood), and the internal and external policies of the ex-Soviet states. Pleșca has a master's degree in international relations and European studies, and a bachelor's degree in political science, from the University of Bucharest.

   Clara Volintiru is Transatlantic Trusts Regional Director, Black Sea