Iulian Chifu is an associated professor at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies Bucharest. He is the founder of the Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Center Bucharest. Between 2011-2014 he was the Presidentian Councellor for Strategic Affairs and International Security of the Romanian President. He acted as Advisor for Foreign Policy, Security and Defense of the Vice-President of the Romanian Senate (2006-2011). He was Advisor of the President of the Iasi House of Health Ensurences (1998-2000), researcher and journalist (1991-1998), including correspondent of the BBC World Service, Romanian Service(1991-1995). He specializes in Conflict Analysis, Crisis Decision making and the post-Soviet Space. He is a member of the board of the Center for Energy and Resource Security – EUCERS at King’s College London, UK, a member in the International Advisory committee of the Journal CBRNE-Terrorism-Newsletter, Athens, Greece,
a member of the Coordination Council of the Romanian Transatlantic Committee Casa NATO. He is author and co-author of more than 30 books on conflicts, crisis, post-soviet space and energy security.

Mr. Chifu wrote numerous articles in reviews, journals and newspapers in Romania and abroad. His most important books are: Post Soviet Space: Identity Reloaded (engl/rom), Bucharest, Politeia SNSPA Publishing House, 2005, Russia’s Foreign Policy in Putin’s Era, Curtea Veche Publishing House, Ocasional paper, CPCEW, Bucureşti-Kiev-Chişinău, 2007, Crisis management in Transitional Societies(engl), CRISMART SNDC, Stokholm, 2007, (with Britta Ramberg), Societal Security in the trilateral Region Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova/Securitate societală în regiunea trilateralei România-Ucraina-Republica Moldova, (rom/engl), Curtea Veche Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2008, „The Breakthrough Crisis” of a quick solution in Transnistria, a cognitive intitutional approach of the crisis decisionmaking(engl), Curtea Veche Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2008, Crisis management in Transitional Societies(rom), Rao, Bucharest, 2008, (with Britta Ramberg),  The Russian-Georgian War. A cognitive intitutional approach of the crisis decisionmaking(engl), Curtea Veche Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2009 (with Oazu Nantoi and Oleksandr Sushko), Moldova on the way to democracy and stability(engl, rom), Editura Cartier, 2005, NATO and the New Strategic Concept. Romania’s priorities(engl), Curtea Veche Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2009, , The Security Decision in the Republic of Moldova(rom), Curtea Veche Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2009, The Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis, 2009(engl/ucr), Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kiev 2010, The Russian-Georgian War and the decision makers reactions(rom), Curtea Veche Printing House, 2010,  Energy Security in the Wider Black Sea Region(engl), Curtea Veche Printing House, 2010, the Perception of Russia in Romania, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine(engl), Curtea Veche Printing House, 2010, Strategic Thinking, Institute for Political Sciences and International Relations of the Romanian Academy Printing House, Bucharest, 2013.. He also published the following books together with other co-authors: Iulian Chifu, Oazu Nantoi, Oleksandr Sushko, The perception of Russia in Romania, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine/Percepţia Rusiei în Romania, Republica Moldova şi Ucraina, Curtea Veche Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010. Iulian Chifu, Oana Popescu, Bogdan Nedea, Religion and Conflict radicalisation and violence in the Wider Black Sea Region, Institute for Political Sciences and International Relations of the Romanian Academy Publishing House, Bucharest, 2012.