A Conversation with Mircea Geoana, Deputy Secretary General, NATO

Published: March 6, 2023, 3:34 p.m.

In this questions and answers session at the IIEA, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoan\u0103 discusses how the Alliance has responded to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, what the conflict means for NATO and how the war has fundamentally affected the international order.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nMircea Geoan\u0103 became NATO Deputy Secretary General in October 2019, after a distinguished domestic and international career. Mr Geoan\u0103 is the first Deputy Secretary General from Romania, and the first from any of the countries that joined the Alliance after the end of the Cold War. Mr Geoan\u0103 has served as a diplomat and a politician in Romania as minister of Foreign Affairs (2000-2004). He holds a PhD from the Economic Studies Academy of Bucharest. In 2000, he was made a Commander of the National Order, The Star of Romania.He has also been awarded the French Legion d\u2019Honneur and the Italian Stella della Solidarieta.