Bruno Maçães

[4] His tenure as Secretary of State for European Affairs in Portugal took place during the country's financial crisis.

[6] He was described by Wolfgang Munchau as "reinventing the wheel" after tabling a number of proposals for eurozone reform.

[7] In April 2014, he defended an energy pact between the United States and Europe to face the Russian threat.

He was a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, the Hudson Institute and Renmin University of China in Beijing.

[12] His book The Dawn of Eurasia, published by Penguin in January 2018,[13] argued that the distinction between Europe and Asia had disappeared.