On October 7, the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Anita Orban, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security in the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for an off-the-record roundtable discussion. The event took place as part of Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative. The discussion focused on the future of Central European energy security, North-South Corridor gas pipeline project, and the diversification of gas supplies.

Previously, H.E. Orban was the director of Constellation Energy Institute, a think tank facilitating cooperation in the Central Eastern European energy sector. She is the author of the book Power, Energy and the New Russian Imperialism. She earned her PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston in 2007. She holds a Master Degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School and a Master in History from Tufts University.