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, in Bucharest, then as a press correspondent to Moscow, before he became the general director of a press monitoring and consultancy agency in Romania. Between 2004 and 2014 he was a member of the Parliament of Romania, the 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 and 2015 he was national security advisor to the President of Romania. On behalf of the President, Scutaru coordinated the entire negotiation process for the national agreement, assumed in 2015 by all Romanian political parties from the Parliament, for a 2% of the GDP financing of the defense sector, which triggered an extensive modernization process of the Romanian Armed Forces and enhanced the interoperability with NATO and the US.
George graduated from the Faculty of History (University of Bucharest) and holds a
master’s degree in International Relations. He also graduated from the National
Defense College and the National Intelligence College in Bucharest, and also attended training courses and programs at the NATO College in Rome, the G.C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the US Department of State.
Area of expertise: Russia, security challenges in the Black Sea region. He is author of
several studies dedicated to Russia’s strategy in the Black Sea region, Russian hybrid
warfare and aspects related to energy security in the wider Black Sea region.
Programming Partner: New Strategy Center
