On 13 May 2026, Bucharest hosted the Summit of the Bucharest Nine (B9) and the Nordic countries. Oana-Cosmina Mihalache argues that the reunion’s outcome was indicative of the format’s role in the architecture of European defence cooperation
Oana holds a PhD in Political Science from the National University of Political Science and Public Administration in Bucharest.
She was a Fulbright visiting scholar at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs.
Her research focuses on military intervention, state sovereignty, and the evolution of norms on the use of force and human rights norms.
Oana's academic work has been published in The International Journal of Human Rights and the Croatian International Relations Review, among others.
She has professional experience in the public sector, having worked as a diplomat for the Romanian Embassy to the United States, and as a political advisor at the Romanian Presidential Administration and the Romanian Parliament.
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