The WSF International Advisory Council is a group of distinguished foreign policy and security leaders, formed to give advice and support to the Warsaw Security Forum. The Council’s role is threefold: a) to advise on the strategic direction of the Warsaw Security Forum’s development; b) to extend the Warsaw Security Forum’s outreach and relevance to the Transatlantic security debate; c) to provide advice and diverse perspectives on developments in Council members’ own regions, along with candid insights into how Poland and its policies are received abroad.
Catherine Ashton
Global Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center, former EU High Representative, Vice President of the European Commission (2009-2014), United Kingdom
Gen. (R) Mark Carleton Smith
Chief of the General Staff (2018-2022), the United Kingdom
LTG (R) Ben Hodges
Pershing Chair, CEPA Partner, Berlin Global Advisors; Commanding general US Army Europe (2014 – 2017), USA
Hanna Hopko
Chairwoman, Democracy in Action: Zero Corruption Conference & Member of Parliament, Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2014-2019), Ukraine
Linas Linkevičius
Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012 – 2020), Lithuania
General (R) David H. Petraeus
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (2010-2011), Commander of US Central Command (2008-2010), USA