Dr. Yevgeniya Gaber is a Ukrainian foreign policy expert, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Turkey and the Center in Modern Turkish Studies, Carleton University.
Prior to this, she worked as a foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and deputy director of the Diplomatic Academy at the MFA of Ukraine. She has a diplomatic background from her foreign assignment at the Embassy of Ukraine in Ankara in 2014-2018 and academic experience from Odesa National Mechikov Univeristy (Ukraine) and Carleton University (Canada). Dr. Gaber has published numerous academic articles and policy papers on European security, Ukrainian and Turkish foreign policies, and Russian hybrid warfare in the Black Sea region. She has delivered lectures in diplomatic and defence academies across Europe and is a frequent commentator in media.
The 2BS (To Be Secure) Forum is a leading politico-security forum in Southeast Europe (SEE) that has been shaping national, regional, and international security frameworks since its inception in 2011. As the flagship event of the Atlantic Council of Montenegro, it provides an exceptional and unique platform for prominent political figures, as well as international organizations representatives, academia, security experts, business leaders, renowned global think tanks, NGO experts and innovators to generate ideas and solutions to effectively tackle and overcome the prevailing global challenges pertaining to security and stability.