The New Strategy Center participated on Wednesday, October 16, in a session organized by NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Division, the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) proram NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) at the Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I”. NSC experts were invited to present the results of an SPS project organized in early 2024, dedicated to the protection of critical energy infrastructure in the Black Sea area.

Sergiu Mitrescu, Director of Programs, and Col. (ret.) Mihai Știr, Associate Expert of the New Strategy Center, presented the findings of the project conducted in collaboration with World Experience Georgia. The project, titled “TTX: Defending Offshore Energy Infrastructure in the Black Sea”, which involved the organization of a TTX exercise dedicated to the protection of maritime critical infrastructure in the context of today’s hybrid threats. The participation was at international level, with NATO and partner states and several Romanian institutions were involved in the exercise.