Radu Magdin, PhD

Radu Magdin, CEO at Smartlink Communications, is a global analyst, consultant, trainer and think tanker. He worked as an honorary advisor to the Romanian Prime Minister (2014-2015) and advised the Moldovan PM (2016-2017) on various strategic issues, from political strategy and communications to reforms implementation and external affairs. Radu is a NATO Emerging Leader with the Atlantic Council of the US (2014), a Forbes Romania Trendsetter (2014), and a Warsaw Security Leader (2015). Magdin, who has a Ph.D. in Resilience to Russian Information Operations, is a widely quoted analyst by global media; he has taught, since 2019, with Romania’s SNSPA, “Global Competition and Strategic Communications” respectively "Global Communication Campaigns", courses with a special focus on great power competition and its impact on global players and communications. Radu is coauthor of the Naumann Foundation's 2021 "Playbook on Liberal Leadership and Strategic Communications in the Covid-19 Era" and will be publishing, in 2024, his first book, "Global Europe and Global Romania as Crisis Solutions".

Radu Magdin is an Executive Council member at the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on LinkedIn.

C-Suite Insider

Five defining questions for Davos 2026

Radu Magdin, PhDC-Suite Insider

Davos has always been more than a conference for the global elite. It is where global anxiety crystallizes into agenda. It is where ambition either becomes architecture or evaporates into rhetoric. As the world enters 2026, one reality is unavoidable, because the era of ESG storytelling has quietly expired. In...

Special Reports

What Megacities São Paulo, Ho Chi Minh City, and Cairo Have in Common

Radu Magdin, PhDSpecial Reports

Why three very different cities are emerging as the operating systems of the Global South. At first glance, São Paulo, Ho Chi Minh City, and Cairo appear to have little in common. They sit on different continents, speak different languages, and are shaped by distinct political and cultural histories. Yet...

C-Suite Insider

2026 Conflict Management: A New Playbook on the Art and Practice of Business Wars

Radu Magdin, PhDC-Suite Insider

While governments, analysts, and media outlets devote increasing energy to preparing for a hypothetical World War III or managing what is often described as a Cold War 2.0, a different form of conflict is already well underway. It is quieter, less dramatic, but far more pervasive. By 2026, the most...

Special Reports

Why the World Can Only Invest In — and Not Ignore — Vietnam

Radu Magdin, PhDSpecial Reports

In an era marked by geopolitical fragmentation and shifting economic alliances, Vietnam stands out as a rare case of clarity, momentum, and strategic relevance. While many emerging markets oscillate between promise and volatility, Vietnam continues to move in one direction: forward. From policymakers in Washington, Brussels, Tokyo, and Seoul to...

Executive Roundtable

Training to Thrive: The New Playbook for Globally Ambitious Family Businesses

Radu Magdin, PhDExecutive Roundtable

In an age of polycrisis and permacrisis, family businesses face their greatest stress test in decades. Supply chains, geopolitics, technology, climate, and demography now move in overlapping cycles of disruption. The reassuring rhythm of generational continuity no longer guarantees resilience or relevance. Yet amid uncertainty, family businesses retain three enduring advantages: trust,...

Executive Agenda

Global Agrifood for Good: How Brazil, China and Romania Feed Strategy into the World’s Future

Radu Magdin, PhDExecutive Agenda

In the age of semiconductors and space races, it is easy to forget that power still grows from the soil. Food — and the systems that process, transport, and brand it — remains one of the most enduring sources of national leverage. As climate disruption and conflict redraw supply chains,...

Executive Agenda

Romania’s Comparative Advantages as a Hub for Ukrainian Reconstruction

Radu Magdin, PhDExecutive Agenda

Rebuilding Ukraine will be one of the largest and most complex undertakings of economic engineering this decade. The scale is vast, with estimates of reconstruction and recovery needs running into the hundreds of billions of USD, and the task will require not just capital but logistics, regulatory alignment, industrial capacity,...

Executive Agenda

Africa’s Leap: How Data-Driven Networks Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Organizations

Radu Magdin, PhDExecutive Agenda

Across boardrooms from Bucharest, Cape Town to São Paulo, a new energy is transforming how organizations operate, compete, and empower their people. The last few years have seen African and South American companies leap at the chance to harness advanced analytics and digital tools, not by copying legacy models, but...

Boardroom Advisory

HOW LATIN AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS CAN ESCAPE THE TOCQUEVILLE PARADOX

Radu Magdin, PhDBoardroom Advisory

WHY FAMILY BUSINESS: Family businesses have arguably long been the backbone of Latin American economies. From agribusinesses in Argentina to manufacturing dynasties in Mexico and retail empires in Brazil, family enterprises not only provided employment and stability but also tended to carry deep cultural and social ties within their communities. However,...

Executive Agenda

Winning the Business Wars of the Next Decade: A Strategic Blueprint for Global Enterprises

Radu Magdin, PhDExecutive Agenda

From Wall Street boardrooms to Nairobi tech hubs, a new form of global contest is defining the commercial age. Unlike the power plays of the past, where flags and ideologies marked the frontlines, today’s struggle is commercial—and it is unfolding at the pace of innovation. Companies, not countries, now carry...

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CEOWORLD magazine

Radu Magdin, PhD

Five defining questions for Davos 2026

What Megacities São Paulo, Ho Chi Minh City, and Cairo Have in Common

2026 Conflict Management: A New Playbook on the Art and Practice of Business Wars

Why the World Can Only Invest In — and Not Ignore — Vietnam

Training to Thrive: The New Playbook for Globally Ambitious Family Businesses

Global Agrifood for Good: How Brazil, China and Romania Feed Strategy into the World’s Future

Romania’s Comparative Advantages as a Hub for Ukrainian Reconstruction

Africa’s Leap: How Data-Driven Networks Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Organizations

HOW LATIN AMERICAN FAMILY BUSINESS CAN ESCAPE THE TOCQUEVILLE PARADOX

Winning the Business Wars of the Next Decade: A Strategic Blueprint for Global Enterprises

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