George Scutaru is one of the founders and the CEO of the New Strategy Center, the leading Romanian think tank in security and foreign affairs field, founded in July 2015.
He started his professional career in journalism, as an editor of a press agency, then as a press correspondent to Moscow, before he became the director general of a press monitoring and consultancy agency.
Between 2004 – 2014 he was member of the Romanian Parliament, in Chamber of Deputies. In that period he successively held the positions of Secretary (2004-2008) and Vice-Chairman (2008-2014) of the Committee on Defense and National Security. Between 2014 – 2015 he was national security advisor to the Romanian President.
George graduated the History Faculty (University of Bucharest) and holds a master’s degree in International Relations. He also graduated the National Defense College and the National Intelligence College, as well as attended training courses and programs at the NATO College of Rome, the G.C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the US State Department.
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