Octavian MANEA joined the Nine O‘ Clock at the beginning of May 2023. He is interested in the changing character of conflict and the implications of such alterations for the US-led alliance system.

Octavian is also broadly interested in transatlantic relations and security issues. He worked for many years as a journalist, and is currently a contributor at the Romanian weekly 22 and the Small Wars Journal. In addition, Octavian was the managing editor of the Eastern Focus Quarterly in Bucharest and was affiliated with the Romania Energy Center (ROEC). In 2010, Freedom House Romania named him “Journalist of the Year” in the Foreign Policy and European Affairs category.

Octavian Manea was a Fulbright Scholar at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he received an MA in International Relations and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Security Studies. He also holds a BA and an MA in political science and international relations from the University of Bucharest.

Octavian Manea joined the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) – The Brussels School of Governance at the beginning of October 2021.