Javier Solana

Javier Solana is the president of ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics (Barcelona-Madrid). Previously, Solana served as the European Union’s high representative for the common foreign and security policy and secretary general of the Council of the European Union. Before serving the Council, Solana was secretary general of NATO where he negotiated the NATO-Russia Founding Act and presided over the establishment of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. He is also a distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy at Brookings Institution, and chairman of the Aspen Institute España.

Solana is a Fisher Family Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Solana was in residence with the Future of Diplomacy Project in March, 2013.