The Experts for Security and Global Affairs Association (ESGA) is a Romanian think tank designed as an online platform that will bring together researchers, experts, analysts, journalists, civil society representatives both from Romania and from abroad, specializing in the study of political, socio-economic and security the of the ex-soviet space, Euro-Atlantic area, and the Middle East. ESGA is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization and think tank. The goal of the ESGA Association is to create an online platform (network of experts from different fields), bringing together experts, academics, and civil society representatives from Romania, the Euro-Atlantic area, the former Soviet space, and the Middle East.