Carlos Roa is a Visiting Fellow and Director of the Keystone Initiative at the Danube Institute. He is also an Associate Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, and a Contributing Editor at The National Interest. He was formerly the Executive Editor of that publication.Cocurrnetly, Mr. Roa holds a number of board seats. These include:- Secretary of the Board of Advisors of the Trieste Summit Association, which aims to promote the role of Trieste and its port as a privileged access point for trade between Europe and the Indo-Pacific, taking advantage of its geographical and historical importance for the economies of Eastern and Central Europe.
- Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Delta Phi Epsilon Foundation for Foreign Service Education, which promotes the virtues of foreign service and to help educate the next generation of American global statesmen.
- Member of the Board of Directors of Lumiblu, a Hungarian pharmaceutical startup focused on high-impact nootropic health supplements.
- Member of the Board of Directors of Ecohodo, an Indian startup focused on using advanced technologies (AI-enabled DMRV software) to accurately measure and reduce carbon emissions. The firm also produces and sells carbon credits.
Previously, he was Associate Editor of Horizons: Journal of International Relations and Sustainable Development and an analyst at the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development.His research focuses primarily on geoeconomics, history, and the effects of technology on institutions and societal development.His writing has been published in Newsweek, The Miami Herald, The Dallas Express, RealClearPolitics, Brussels Signal, Yahoo News, The Spectator, The National Interest, The American Interest, Quadrant, Horizons: Journal of International Relations and Sustainable Development, Baku Dialogues, Caucasus Strategic Perspectives Journal, Limes, The American Conservative, Modern Age, The American Mind, Asia Times, El Nuevo Herald, The Hungarian Conservative, Magyar Nemzet, Mandiner, Politika, and other publications.Likewise, he has participated in a variety of international fora, including the Raisina Dialogue, the Budapest Global Dialogue, the Baku Global Forum, and so on.He studied international politics with a concentration in security studies security at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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