Carlos Roa is a Director at Continental Strategy, a premier Washington D.C. government relations firm.He is also an Associate Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, Director for Strategy at the Janus Forum, and a Contributing Editor at The National Interest. He was formerly the Executive Editor of that publication.In addition, Carlos holds two board seats. He is Secretary General 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. Likewise, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Lumiblu, a Hungarian pharmaceutical startup focused on high-impact nootropic health supplements.His past affiliations include the Danube Institute in Hungary, the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) in Serbia, and the Delta Phi Epsilon Foundation for Foreign Service Education.His research focuses primarily on geoeconomics, history, and the effects of technology on institutions and societal development.His writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal, 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, The Astana Times, Limes, The American Conservative, Modern Age, The American Mind, Asia Times, El Nuevo Herald, The Hungarian Conservative, Magyar Nemzet, Mandiner, Politika, and other publications.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 at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.