Bruno Maçães
Bruno Maçães (born 1974) is a Portuguese political scientist, politician, consultant and author. From 2013 to 2015 he served as Secretary of State for European Affairs in the Portuguese government. As of 2026 he is a columnist for the New Statesman, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and also a member of the Advisory Council for the Brussels Institute of Geopolitics. He has introduced a number of new concepts in contemporary politics such as “Eurasian dialectics,” virtualism, world building, and “civilisation state.”