Laurențiu Pleșca

Program Officer
Bucharest Office
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation
Staff,
GMF Expert
English
Italian
Romanian
Russian
My Areas of Expertise:
Domestic Politics and Society Elections Foreign Policy
Black Sea Central and Eastern Europe European Union

Laurențiu Pleșca is a Bucharest-based program officer and a political analyst and researcher focusing on EU enlargement, European security, Russian influence in the Black Sea region, Moldova, hybrid threats, and countering disinformation. He co-manages a project on electoral integrity in the Eastern Partnership region. 

Pleșca’s commentary has appeared on France24, Deutsche Welle, BBC, Radio France Internationale, TVP (Polish television), El Pais, Radio Free Europe, and other international and regional outlets. He holds a PhD from the University of Bucharest’s Doctoral School of Political Science, where he also earned a master's degree in international relations and European studies, and a bachelor’s degree.

Media Mentions

An unidentified drone exploded near a major trans-Balkan gas pipeline
DW News
Transnistria, a stumbling block on Moldova's path to the EU
El Pais
“Chișinău’s Bolojan” or “Moldova’s Milei”: Moldova’s new prime minister is an ambitious pro-EU reformer
RFI Romania
Dismantling Transnistria’s Self-Declared Statehood: Structural Decay as Strategic Opportunity
Small Wars Journal
Russian drone crashes into Romanian apartment block - NATO's eastern flank under scrutiny
DW News
Romania’s pro-EU coalition collapse 'does not alter the country's foreign policy', analyst says
France 24
Russia's Sergei Shoigu says safety of Russians in Transnistria under threat, TASS reports
France24
Chisinau resumes negotiations with Transnistria. Russia is outraged at being excluded
RFI - Romanian
Fears are growing in Romania over allowing the U.S. to use its military bases in its war against Iran
El Pais

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