On 10 April 2025, European Values Center for Security Policy welcomed two distinguished leaders to its Global Advisory Board:
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Escalation management consultant. Founder of Friends of Democracy. Former Foreign Minister of Lithuania
Gabrielius Landsbergis served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania between 2020-2024. He has been leading the arguably most significant national policy shift in relationship to China and Taiwan agendas among any European leaders in recent decades.
His previous experience entails serving as Member of the Lithuanian Parliament, Chairman of the Homeland Union Party of Lithuania, Member of the European Parliament and Lithuanian Diplomat.
Justyna Szczudlik
Deputy Head of Research, Head of Asia-Pacific Programme and China analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Poland
Justyna Szczudlik is the Deputy Head of Research, Head of Asia-Pacific Programme and China analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Warsaw (2015), an MA in Chinese Studies from the University of Warsaw (2008) and an MA in Political Science from the University of Wroclaw (2002). She studied Chinese language at the College of Advanced Chinese Training, Beijing Language and Culture University (2005-2006), Beijing and at the National Cheng-chi University in Taipei (2013). Her research focuses on China’s foreign policy, especially China-Central and Eastern Europe relations including China-Poland relations, as well as Cross-Strait relations.
