1.0Institutul pentru Inițiative Strategicehttps://www.ipis.md/enMarinahttps://www.ipis.md/en/author/ipismd/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rZrxwwykOX"><a href="https://www.ipis.md/en/team/andrei-popov/">Andrei Popov</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ipis.md/en/team/andrei-popov/embed/#?secret=rZrxwwykOX" width="600" height="338" title="“Andrei Popov” — Institutul pentru Inițiative Strategice" data-secret="rZrxwwykOX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.ipis.md/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/andrei-popov-3.jpg760780Andrei Popov is a diplomat, political analyst and journalist. In 2022 he was appointed as Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Greece. Since 2020, he has held the position of Ambassador–at-large, MFAEI. He is a former Member of Parliament (2009), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (2009-2013), Ambassador of Moldova to Austria, Slovakia and the OSCE in Vienna (2013-2016) and IPIS President (2016 – 2020). Andrei was the author of the weekly TV program “Popular Diplomacy” and co-host of the weekly political talk- show „Botan+Popov”. In 2004-2009, Mr. Popov was Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova and founder of the Transnistrian Dialogues program. From 1997-2004, he was in Moldovan diplomatic service: Embassy of Moldova in Washington (1997-2001) as Second/First Secretary, Foreign Ministry’s General International Security Department (2001- 2004) as Deputy Director/Director. Mr. Popov studied at Geneva Centre for Security Policy (2002-2003), Faculty of International Relations of the Bucharest National School of Political and Administrative Studies (1994-1996) and Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies of the Bucharest University (1990-1994). He is a John Smith and Munich Security Conference Young Leaders Fellow.