Our team

Appointed as Director in July 2016, appointed for a second term in 2021

Russian propaganda researcher. Moderator of the GSSC "Akiračiai" club. Producer, columnist and presenter of the project "Understanding Russia" (main platform - IQ magazine). Host of TV3 political current affairs programme.

Responsible for financial processes, budget planning, accounting, reporting, taxes, financial stability, and strategic financial decisions.

Chief Research Programme Officer, coordinates the GSSC’s research programmes, assigns tasks to EESC analysts and experts, and ensures the quality of analytical reviews and studies.

Senior Project Manager with experience in project proposal writing, project management and working in the NGO sector. Until joining the team at the EESC in 2021, she was an expert in the Open Lithuania Foundation's European Programme.

Ensures the efficiency of the organisation's processes, contributes to the organisation of high-level political events and conferences, and the implementation of national and international projects.

Author of studies and other policy guidance documents, organises high-level events.

Responsible for the organisation of events, contributing to the implementation of international and national projects and the development of analytical content.

Organizes and coordinates events and communications, and ensuring smooth execution.

Responsible for coordinating the institution's administrative processes, managing documentation, ensuring smooth office operations, maintaining communication with clients and suppliers, and providing support to colleagues in daily activities.

Researcher and PhD student at the Institute of Political Science at the Justus Lybig University of Giessen, Germany, researching global governance and the resilience of states in the EU neighbourhood

Associate Professor of Asian Studies and International Politics at Vilnius University

Associate Expert of the China Research Program and PhD student at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

Associate Expert at GSSC, where she studies China's domestic politics and foreign policy, with a focus on Sino-EU relations and its recent developments.

Former Director of the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, Head of the Lithuanian Special Mission in Afghanistan, Head of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Director of Intelligence of the EU Military Staff, Director of the AOTD (Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence)

Associate analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Vilnius Institute of Policy Analysis

Saulius has experience in the energy sector working for the State Energy Regulatory Council. He is currently pursuing his career in a state-owned energy company as a strategic planning analyst. His main areas of interest are national security, energy and warfare.

Anton Achremov focuses on Russia, Belarus and Eastern Partnership countries.

ReThink.CEE Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a former Head of Communications and Development at the European Humanities University

Correspondant Member – Section of Military Law of the Royal Academy of Law of Spain (RAJYL)