The Ratiu Democracy Centre in Turda, Romania, will host on 6-7 September 2025 the Ratiu Dialogues on Democracy 2025, a conference series convening leading policymakers, scholars, and journalists to explore the evolving landscape of European and
Transatlantic security.
Organized by the Ratiu Forum in partnership with the LSE IDEAS, this two-day
event will include panels, keynote speeches, and discussions addressing strategic, geopolitical, and defense challenges.
The speakers list includes top experts such as Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland, Mircea Geoană, former NATO Deputy Secretary General and Professor Alexander Evans from the London School of Economics. The opening remarks will feature H.E. Giles Portman, British Ambassador to Romania, among other speakers.
In a year of heightened global volatility, the Dialogues will examine critical questions through six major panels, focused on global alliance restructuring, European defense priorities, Ukraine’s future, NATO’s strategic evolution, cognitive warfare, and the intersection of history with modern power politics.
Professor Alexander Evans from LSE IDEAS says: “The Ratiu Dialogues this year could not be more timely and the discussions will speak to Europe’s future in a challenging era.”
Nicolae Ratiu, Chairman of the Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation says: “The principal world leaders of today unfortunately give us no real assurance of peace nor security. What to expect, what options do we have?”
The panels will feature experts from NATO, the London School of Economics, the US Naval War College, The New York Times, Financial Times, Chatham House, University College London, The Associated Press, University of Warsaw, University of Bucharest, Jagiellonian University, University of Belgrade, and University of Iceland, alongside former ambassadors, military experts, and policy advisors from across Europe and North America.
The Dialogues provide a unique platform for dialogue across government, academia, and civil society, offering historical insight, scholarly expertise, and strategic analysis on the critical questions currently shaping Europe’s security and governance.
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