LMF2026
Harun Karčić
Harun Karčić is a Bosnian journalist, analyst, and former executive producer at Al Jazeera Balkans specializing in geopolitics, foreign influence, and security dynamics in the Western Balkans. He has reported extensively on political Islam, radicalization, and great-power competition in Southeast Europe, with his work featured by major international outlets and research institutes.
Harun is also the co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Sarajevo Security Conference and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the New Lines Institute. His forthcoming book, Balkan Muslims and the Middle East (Bloomsbury, 2025), examines the historical and contemporary ties between the two regions.
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Alexandre Prezanti
Legal Advisor on Investigations and Case Building at the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine
Anastasiia Loza
External Communications Manager at the Ukrainian Human Rights Organization Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR)
Anastasiia Marushevska
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the PR Army NGO and Consulting, and Contributing Editor at Ukraїner International
Angelina Kariakina
Co-Founder of the Public Interest Journalism Lab and Editor and Author of The Reckoning Project Films
Christian-Zsolt Varga
German-Hungarian Freelance Journalist Covering Ukraine, Hungary, and Eastern Europe
Dmytro Zolotukhin
Founder of the Institute of Post-Information Society and Expert in Strategic Communications and Information Security
Fiona Greenland
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia
Photo credit - Diana Delyurman
Marian Kushnir
War Correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Creator of the Documentary Give Me Back My Name
Mariya Frey
Senior Executive at Ukrainian Public Media Suspilne Ukraine
Photo credit - Anastasiya Mantach
Meenal Thakur
Solutions Journalism Practitioner, Trainer, and Program Lead at Transitions – a Prague-Based Media Development Organization
Mykhailo Tkach
Investigative Journalist, And Head of the Investigations Department at Ukrainska Pravda
Olesya Yaremchuk
Researcher and Writer Specializing in Intercultural Dialogue Within Borderland Regions
Po-Jui Huang
Associate Researcher and former Policy Analyst at the Taiwan Association for Strategic Simulation (TASS)
Solvita Denisa-Liepniece
Head of the Strategic Communication and Coordination Department at the State Chancellery of Latvia and Assistant Professor at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in Valmiera
Tamar Kintsurashvili
Executive Director and Co-founder of the Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgia
Tetiana Berezhna
Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture of Ukraine
Valya Polishchuk, “Women in Media”
