International Advisory Board
The International Advisory Board provides intellectual and strategic guidance to the Centre and consists of the following distinguished members:
![]() | Prof. Dr. Jose E. Alvarez Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, New York University School of Law |
![]() | Mr. André Bergen Board of Directors, NYSE Euronext |
![]() | Dr. H.E. Bernard Bot President Clingendael Institute, Former Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs |
![]() | Ambassador Günter Burghardt Former Head of Delegation European Commission, Washington D.C. |
![]() | Luc Cortebeeck Chairman, Belgian Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (ACV) |
![]() | Prof. Dr. Herman Daems Chairman of the Board of Directors, Fortis Bank |
![]() | Mr. Bert De Graeve CEO, Bekaert |
![]() | Mr. Jan Egeland Former UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief CoordinatorDirector of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs |
![]() | Mr. Gareth Evans Co-Chair International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament |
![]() | Prof. Dr. Mark Eyskens Former Belgian Prime Minister |
![]() | Ambassador Jan Grauls Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium |
![]() | Prof. Dr. Beate Kohler-Koch Former Chair of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration at the University of Mannheim, Distinguised Bremen Professor at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences. |
![]() | Mr. Thomas Leysen Chairman, Umicore / VBO-FEB / Corelio |
![]() | Prof. Dr. Edward Luck Vice President, International Peace Academy, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General for the Responsibility to Protect |
![]() | Mr. Juan Mendez President Emeritus, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and UN Special Rapporteur on Torture |
![]() | Prof. Dr. Woo-Sik Moon Director SNU-KIEP EU Centre, Seoul National University |
![]() | Ambassador Hugo Paemen Former Head of Delegation European Commission, Washington D.C. |
![]() | Miss Yasmin Sooka Executive Director, Foundation for Human Rights |
![]() | Mr. Strobe Talbott President Brookings Institution, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State |
![]() | H.E. Ambassador Frans baron van Daele Chief of Staff of the President of the European Council |
![]() | Prof. Dr. Walter Van Gerven Former Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities |
![]() | Prof. Dr. Youqiang Wang Associate Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University |
![]() | Prof. Dr. Thomas Weiss Presidential Professor of Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies |























