BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
ABDULLAH, JAMAL
Title: Researcher, Gulf Studies Unit
Institution: Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies
Country: Qatar
Dr. Jamal Abdullah is a Researcher and Head of Gulf Studies Unit at AJCS (Al Jazeera Center for
Studies), part of the Al Jazeera Media Network, In Doha, Qatar. He holds a Ph.D in International
Relations Law from Avignon University in France, a Master degree in International Relations and
Diplomacy from Jean Moulin University in France. He obtained two Master degrees from Lumière
University, France; one in Political Sociology and another in Political Science. Jamal had been
trained in 2006 at UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) in Geneva, and at
the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations in Geneva in 2005. He worked at Department
of Public Relations and Protocol at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Paris (2009-2010). He is
the author of a book titled “Qatar’s Foreign Policy 1995 – 2013: Leverages and Strategies”
published on May 2014, and editor of a book titled “The Gulf in a Changing Strategic Context”
published on January 2014. Jamal is a Visiting Lecturer since September 2012, at NDC (NATO
Defense College), Rome, Italy. Under his direction, a new dossier has been published on AJCS
Website last January on “The march of the Gulf Cooperation: current challenges and possible
scenarios”.
AL, NAZIFE
Title: Secretary General
Institution: Centre for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies
(EDAM)
Country: Turkey
Nazife Al has been working as Secretary General of EDAM since 2014. She served as Deputy
Secretary General of EDAM between 2011 and 2014. She coordinates the organization of
conferences and manages the adminstration of projects carried out by EDAM and since 2012 has
been responsible for EDAM Bodrum Roundtable, an annual international conference for opinion
leaders. She graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University, International Relations Department in 2010
and completed graduate courses at Middle East Technical University International Relations
Department. She is also an alumni of the EU – Middle East Forum, German Council on Foreign
Relations (DGAP).
ALLOISIO, ISABELLA
Title: Senior Researcher
Institution: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Country: Italy
Isabella Alloisio is a senior researcher and policy analyst at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM),
where she is involved in the CLIMIP and APPS projects. She is also the external relations manager
at the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG). She was project manager in the field of
energy regulation at the Italian Authority for Energy. She holds a PhD in International Law and
Economics from Bocconi University, and she was visiting scholar at the University of California at
Berkeley conducting research in the renewable energy field, and PhD researcher at the Centre for
Research on Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy (IEFE) at Bocconi University. She
has published her Phd thesis on the Policy Drivers of Photovoltaic Industry Growth in California,
Germany and Japan. She holds a MA in International Relations from the University of Geneva, and
worked in International Organisations, such as the United Nations and the European Parliament.
AL-NUAIMI, SANAD ALI
Title: Commander
Institution: Strategic Studies Center
Country: Qatar
Commander of Strategic Studies Center since 2010. He joined the army in 1977. He was second in
command for the Military College from 1996 to 2004.
ARAGONA, GIANCARLO
Title: President
Institution: Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
Country: Italy
Giancarlo Aragona graduated in Law at the University of Messina in 1964 and joined the
Diplomatic Service in 1969. In 1972 he was appointed Second Secretary at the Italian Embassy in
Vienna as a press officer. In 1977 he was appointed Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the
Italian Embassy in Lagos (Nigeria). In 1982, he was nominated Head of the Mediterranean and
Middle East Office in the Department for Development Cooperation. In October 1984, he was
posted as First Political counsellor to the Embassy in London. In 1987 he was moved to the Italian
Permanent Representation to the North Atlantic Council (NATO) in Brussels, as Minister and
Deputy Permanent Representative. He returned to Rome in 1992 to be appointed diplomatic advisor
to the Minister of Defence. In 1994 he became Deputy Director of Cabinet of the Foreign Minister
and from January 1995, Director of Cabinet of the Foreign Minister. In May 1996 he was appointed
Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna.
In June 1999, he was nominated Italian Ambassador to Moscow, a position he held until October
2001. In 2004, he was nominated Italian Ambassador to London. In September 2009, he was
appointed by the Secretary General of NATO in the Group of Experts entrusted with the preparation
of the Alliance Strategic Concept. He is now chairing ISPI, since 2011.
ARNOLD, TOM
Title: Director General
Institution: Institute of International and European Affairs (IEEA)
Country: Ireland
Tom Arnold is Director General of the Institute of International and European Affairs since
November 2013, based in Dublin. He is the Interim Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
Movement; appointed by the UN in September 2014. He was the Chairman of the Convention on
the Irish Constitution (2012-14) and was recently appointed to the Global Expert Panel on
Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. A former CEO of Concern Worldwide (2001-2013),
Ireland’s leading humanitarian organization, Tom was previously the Assistant Secretary General
and Chief Economist in the Department of Agriculture and Food in Ireland.
BACARIA, JORDI
Title: Director
Institution: Barcelona Centre of International Affairs (CIDOB)
Country: Spain
Jordi Bacaria is the director of CIDOB, a senior research fellow, and the professor of Applied
Economics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He is also director of the journal
“Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica” published in Mexico. He is a member of FEMISE (EuroMediterranean Forum of Economic Science Institutes). He has been Dean of the Faculty of
Economics at the UAB (1986-1988) and director of the Institute for European Studies (1988-1992,
1994-2000) at the UAB. From 2000 to 2009, he coordinated the Doctoral Program in International
Relations and European Integration of the UAB. From 2000 to 2013, he has been the co-director of
the Institute for European Integration Studies in Mexico, an institution funded by the European
Commission and the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. He is the author of over a
hundred publications (articles, book chapters and books) on economic integration, Latin America,
Mediterranean economy, monetary institutions and public choice.
BANERJEE, DIPANKAR
Title:Co-founder, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
(IPCS); Member Board of Governors, Forum for
Strategic Initiatives
Country: India
Banerjee has held senior Director level positions at leading think tanks in India and the Region at
for the last two and a half decades. Earlier he had extensive military command, staff and operational
experience as an Officer in the Indian Army, Infantry Branch for 36 years. He currently conducts
and supervises a number of High Level Track II dialogues between India and its neighbours. He has
been a convenor of Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks (COSATT) and recently led an IndiaChina strategic dialogue supported by the McArthur Foundation’s Asian Security Initiative.
BARBI, FERNANDO
Title: Economist
Institution: Quantum Global Research Lab
Country: Switzerland
Dr. Fernando Barbi is an economist at Quantum Global Research Lab (QGRL), an independent
research facility based in Switzerland. Before joining QGRL he held the position of Head of
Economic Modelling Division at the Ministry of Finance in Brazil. At QGRL he is dedicated to
modelling African economies and to the establishment of a large scale economic database.
Fernando is a PhD in Economics from the São Paulo School of Economics at FundaçãoGetulio
Vargas (FGV) in Brazil.
BERTONCINI, YVES
Title: Director
Institution: Jacques Delors Institute
Country: France
Yves Bertoncini is an adminstrator at the European Commission, where he has worked at the
Directorates-General “Education, Training, Youth” and “Regional Policy”. He has worked in the
office of the French prime minister with responsibility for research on Europe at the Centre
d’Analyse Stratégique (2006-09), and as adviser to the secretary-general of European affairs (20102011). He has also worked for the French minister of foreign and European affairs, on the
organization of the “national dialogue for Europe” (1995-1997) and at the French embassy in
Algiers (1992-93). He was responsible for international affairs at the Fédération Française des
Sociétés d’Assurance (2002-05).He teaches or has taught European issues at the Corps des Mines
(Mines Paris Tech), at the Institut d’Études Politiques (IEP) in Paris (2001-11) and at the École
Nationale d’Administration (2007-09). He is the author of numerous books articles and policy
papers on European questions. Yves Bertoncini holds degrees from the Institut d’Études Politiques
in Grenoble and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has also studied at the IEP Paris and at the
University of California in Berkeley.
BIERSTEKER, THOMAS
Title: Gasteyger Professor of International Security and
Director, Programme for the Study of International Governance
Institution: The Graduate Institute
Country: Switzerland
Thomas Biersteker is Director of the Programme for the Study of International Governance at the
Graduate Institute, Geneva. He previously directed the Watson Institute for International Studies at
Brown University and has also taught at Yale University and the University of Southern California.
He is the author/editor of ten books, including Targeted Sanctions: The Impacts and Effectiveness
of UN Action (forthcoming 2016). He was principal developer of Sanctions App, created in 2013 to
increase access to information about targeted sanctions at the UN. He received his PhD and MS
from MIT and his BA from the University of Chicago.
BURKE WHITE, WILLIAM
Title: Richard Perry Professor and Inaugural Director,
Perry World House; Deputy Dean and Professor of Law,
University of Pennsylvania
Country: USA
William Burke-White, an expert on international law and global governance, served in the Obama
Administration from 2009-2011 on Secretary Clinton’s Policy Planning Staff, providing the
Secretary direct policy advice on multilateral diplomacy and international institutions. He was
principal drafter of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), Secretary
Clinton’s hallmark foreign policy and institutional reform effort. Burke-White has written
extensively in the fields of international law and institutions, with focus on international criminal
and international economic law. His work has addressed issues of post-conflict justice; the
International Criminal Court; international human rights, and international arbitration. His current
research explores gaps in the global governance system and the challenges of international legal
regulation in a world of rising powers and divergent interests. In 2008 he received the A. Leo Levin
Award and in 2007 the Robert A. Gorman award for Excellence in Teaching.
ÇAĞLAR, ESEN
Title: Deputy Managing Director
Institution:Economic Policy Research Foundation
of Turkey (TEPAV)
Country: Turkey
Esen Caglar is the Deputy Managing Director of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of
Turkey (TEPAV), a think-tank based in Ankara. An expert in industrial policy and competitiveness,
Caglar has coordinated TEPAV’s projects in the areas of industrial policy design, special economic
zones, regional economic integration and regional development. In addition to his appointment at
TEPAV, Mr. Caglar is an adjunct lecturer at TOBB Economics and Technology University as well
as Bilkent Univeristy. Esen Caglar holds a Masters degree in public administration and international
development from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and an A.B. in Politics and
Political Economy from Princeton University.
CARNERO, CARLOS
Title: Managing Director
Institution: Fundación Alternativas
Country: Spain
Carlos Carnero is the Managing Director of the Fundación Alternativas, and is a Professor at the
University San Pablo CEU in the Master's on the European Union. Carnero has been the Spanish
ambassador-at-Large for Projects within the Framework of European Integration (2009-2012). He
has served as Member of the European Parliament (1994-2009), and as Vice-President of the Party
of European Socialists (2006-2009). He was Member of the Convention that drafted the European
Constitution (2002-2003). Mr. Carnero is also member of the Scientific Council of the Real
Instituto Elcano. He is a recipient of Medal of the Order of Constitutional Merit of Spain, Medal of
the European Parliament, and Medal of the Order of Civil Merit of Spain. He also holds a
University Diploma in Tourism.
CASTRO, CELSO
Title: Dean
Institution: School of Social Sciences,
FundaçãoGetulio Vargas (FGV)
Country: Brazil
Celso Castro was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1963. He is Professor and current Dean of the School of
Social Sciences at Getulio Vargas Foundation (Brazil). Dr. Castro has a PhD in Social
Anthropology and is the author of several books on the military, including Qualitative Methods in
Military Studies (Routledge, 2013, edited with H. Carreiras). He teaches in graduate and
undergraduate courses at FGV and is the director of a series of books of Social Sciences for Zahar
editors.
CHICOMA, JOSE LUIS
Title: Director General
Institution: Ethos Public Policy Lab
Country: Mexico
Executive Director of Ethos Public Policy Lab, a Mexican think tank specialized on innovation,
public finance and security. Mr. Chicoma is a Master in Public Policy (Harvard University) and
B.A. in Economics (Universidad del Pacífico). He served in the Peruvian public sector as Vice
Minister for SME's and Industries, Export Director of PROMPERU, Advisor to the Minister of
Foreign Trade and Tourism, and advisor to the National Competitiveness Board of Peru, among
other positions. He has been a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank, professor in
the most prestigious universities in Peru and a columnist in various magazines. Named “one of 25
professionals under 45 that will change the economy of Peru” by the magazine SemanaEconómica.
Contributor to various newspapers and magazines such as PODER and LetrasLibres.
CHIRATHIVAT, SUTHIPHAND
Title: Executive Director, ASEAN Studies Center,
Chula Global Network
Institution: Chulalongkorn University
Country: Thailand
Chairman of the Chula Global Network, Executive Director of the ASEAN Studies Center, and
teaches economics at Chulalongkorn University. Until recently, he was Dean, Faculty of
Economics, Chairman of the Ph.D. Program in Economics, Chairman of Economics Research
Center and Center for International Economics at Chulalongkorn University. Professor Suthiphand
previously held a position as Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance,
Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Transport and Communications, thus including Economic
Affairs Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Thai Parliament. He represented Thailand
for the East Asia Expert Study Group and the Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia.
He was recently in the Advisory Committee for the ASEAN 2030 project, run by the Asian
Development Bank Institute and other research projects supported by the ASEAN Secretariat.
Professor Suthiphand holds a DoctoratenEconomie from the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne,
Paris I.
COHEN-HADRIA, EMMANUEL
Title: Chief Officer for Euro-mediterranean Policies
Institution: European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed)
Country: Spain
Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria worked over the last 8 years for the European Commission and the
EuropeanExternal Action Service. He was posted in the Western Balkans from 2006 to 2011. Since
2012, he has been working in the office of the Deputy Secretary General for political affairs of the
European External Action Service, wherehewas in charge of mediterranean issues. As such, he
participated in a number of high-level encounters in Brussels, other EU capitals and other countries
(Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, etc.).
He has been teaching a course at Sciences Po Paris and will be teaching courses on the European
Union at the Blanquerna (Rramon Llull) and at the IBEI (Pompeu Fabra) in Barcelona.
He graduated from Sciences Po Paris (2004) and holds a Master from the College of Europe/Bruges
(2005). He also spent a year in Berlin (2001-2002).
ÇOLAKOGLU, SELCUK
Title: Vice President
Institution: International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)
Country: Turkey
Selcuk Colakoglu is Prof.Dr. in the Department of International Relations at Yıldırım Beyazıt
University (YBU) in Ankara and an advisor for the Center for Strategic Research (SAM) of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. His research interests include political and security issues in
international relations, particularly in East Asia, Central Eurasia, and Turkish Foreign Policy. He
has been a visiting professor in the Department of Turkish Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign
Studies (HUFS) in Seoul, South Korea (1999-2001). He served as the chair of International
relations (2008-2012) and the Director of Graduate School of Social Sciences (2011-2012) at
Adnan Menderes University (ADU) in Nazilli, Aydın. Dr. Colakoglu’s Ph.D. dissertation dealt with
the Northeast Asian security system. He has published two books and 30 articles and book chapters.
His books are: Northeast Asia in International Relations (in Turkish, Ankara: USAK Press, 2009);
Korean Society, Culture, Politics (in Turkish, Ankara: Orion Press, 2008). He earned his BA from
Ankara University, his MA from from Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, and
his PhD in International Relations from Ankara University.
COLOMBO, ALESSANDRO
Title: General Director
Institution: Éupolis Lombardia
Country: Italy
Alessandro Colombo holds a PhD in Economic History from the State University in Verona, an
MPhil in European Studies from the University of Cambridge, and an MSc in Policy Research from
the University of Bristol. In 2011 he was appointed Éupolis Lombardia’s Director of
Communication and Institutional and International Relations, and, in 2013, Director of Institutional
Relations and Health Care, with responsibility for coordinating general practitioners’ training
courses and the School of Health Management. In November 2014 he was appointed General
Director of the Institute. He has coordinated more than 70 research projects on social, health care,
institutional and territorial issues.
DANN, MATT
Title: Secretary General
Institution: Bruegel
Country: Belgium
Matt Dann is Secretary General of Bruegel since 2007, previously leading outreach efforts. He has a
varied background: television production and banking before joining Bruegel. His Professional
interests include innovation in think tanks, transparency, legitimacy and accountability.
DROBYSHEVSKIY, SERGEY
Title: Academic Director
Institution: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (IEP)
Country: Russia
Academic Director of the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (Moscow, Russia) and Head of
Macroeconomic Research Centre at the Russian Academy for National Economy and Public
Service under the President of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Economics. Since November 2012
– Managing Director of the Russia's G20 Expert Council. Graduated from the Higher School of
Economics (Moscow) and Erasmus University (Rotterdam). In 2006 got a Ph.D. degree in
Economics from the Universite P.-M. France (Grenoble, France). The main area of research:
macroeconomics, monetary policy, financial institutions and financial markets, macroeconomic
forecasting. Member of the Expert Council under the RF Government, Member of the Public
Council under the RF Ministry of Finance.
DURKALEC, JACEK
Title: Manager, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Project
Institution: Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
Country: Poland
Jacek Durkalec is the manager of the Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Project at the Polish
Institute of International Affairs (PISM). He has been working at PISM since July 2010, focusing
on NATO's defence and deterrence policy, nuclear and conventional arms control, missile defence,
and WMD non-proliferation issues. Before joining PISM, he was a staff member in the Missile
Defence Office of the Polish Ministry of National Defence from February 2009 to June 2010. His
publications include: Nuclear-Backed “Little Green Men:” Nuclear Messaging in the Ukraine Crisis
(Polish Institute of International Affairs, 2015).
DYNKIN, ALEXANDER
Title: Director
Institution: Institute of World Economy and
International Relations (IMEMO RAS)
Country: Russia
Alexander A. Dynkin is one of the leading Russian specialists in the world economy and
international politics. His research areas comprise the issues of economic growth, forecasting,
energy, international comparisons, the patterns of innovation development, global issues, and
international security. He created the scientific school for the study of innovation economy and this
school is well-known both in Russia and abroad. He developed the methodology of the long-term
socio-economic forecast, prepared the series of long and short term forecasts of the world economy.
Alexander A. Dynkin launched the elaboration of a number of topical issues of economic
development both in Global economy and in Russia: a new industrial policy strategy to improve
competitiveness, the contribution of large companies in the modernization of the economy, building
a national innovation system.
EL AYNAOUI, KARIM
Title: Managing Director
Institution: OCP Policy Center
Country: Morocco
Karim El Aynaoui is currently Managing Director of OCP Policy Center and advisor to the CEO
and Chairman of OCP, a global leader in the phosphate sector. OCP Policy Center is an
autonomous Moroccan think thank created by OCP Foundation to further objective policy debate
and analysis of key social, economic, and geopolitical issues that affect t the future of the private
sector and the country. From 2005 to 2012 he worked at Bank Al-Maghrib, the Central Bank of
Morocco. He was the Director of Economics and International Relations, where he provided
strategic leadership in defining and supporting monetary policy analysis and strategy. He was also
in charge of the Statistical and International Relations Divisions of the Central Bank, led the
research division and was a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Before joining Bank Al-Maghrib,
Karim El Aynaoui worked for eight years at the World Bank, both in its Middle Eastern and North
Africa, and Africa regions as an economist. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of
Bordeaux, where he taught for three years. He has published articles in scientific journals on
macroeconomic issues in developing countries.
EL DIWANY, SHERIF
Title: Executive Director
Institution: Egyptian Center for Economic Studies
Country: Egypt
Mr. El-Diwany is the Executive Director of ECES. Previously, he held several executive positions
in a number of international corporations and organizations, including membership of the advisory
board in EP Global Energy; Head of the Middle East and North Africa at the World Economic
Forum (Geneva); and Senior Vice President for Business Development at Cotecna (Geneva). He
was also CEO and founder of Public Interest Incorporated (PII), one of Egypt’s top public policy
and management consultancy firms, which provided advice to several Middle Eastern governments
and international development agencies such as the World Bank, UNDP, HABITAT EC JICA and
USAID. He holds an M.Sc. in planning from the University of Houston (USA) and B.Sc. in
architecture from Cairo University (Egypt).
ESTRELLA, RAFAEL
Title: Vice President
Institution: Real Instituto Elcano
Country: Spain
Rafael Estrella (Almería, 1950) is Vice President of the Elcano Royal Institute. He has a degree in
Geography and History from the University of Granada. He has been a Senator (1979-93), a
member of the Congress of Deputies (1993-2006) for the province of Granada and a member of the
European Parliament (1986-87). As a foreign affairs expert, he chaired the Senate’s Committee on
Foreign Affairs and was Speaker of the Socialist Group in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the
Congress of Deputies. He was President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2000-02) and
Spanish Ambassador to Argentina (2007-12).
FLÔRES, RENATO
Title: Director
Institution:Fundação Getulio Vargas/International
Intelligence Unit (FGV)
Country: Brazil
Renato G. Flôres Jr., is Director of the International Intelligence Unit (IIU), at FGV (Brazil), where
he is also Professor at the Graduate School of Economics and Special Aide to the President. He also
formerly acted as President of the Steering Committee of the (originally Canadian) programme PEP
(Partnership in Economic Policy), which he led into an international NGO, now based in Africa. A
member of the IISS, London, he seats at the board of several research centres and think tanks
involved in international relations, and at the Enlarged Board of one multinational bank. He acts as
a consultant to world and regional organisations (the World Bank; the IADB; the European
Commission; ECLAC; the Secretariats of Mercosul and CAN), foreign governments (Australia,
Canada, Germany, Japan) and was a Brazilian expert at the WTO (Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Duties). A specialist in global political economy, Professor Flôres has significantly
contributed to the international, particularly Asian dimension of FGV activities. At present, he is
involved in projects on the competitiveness of Brazilian exports, patterns of global risks and new
formats for integration agreements.
FRIEDRICH, STEFAN
Title: Director, Team Policy Dialogue and Analysis
Department European and International Cooperation
Institution: Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
Country: Germany
Since September 2012 Stefan Friedrich is Director of the Department ‘Political Dialogue and Analysis’
in the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Berlin, i.e. the think tank for the foundation’s international
activities. Prior to this Dr. Friedrich headed the Asia and the Pacific department of the foundation for
more than seven years (2005-2012). In that function he was responsible for the foundation’s activities in
the Asian and the Pacific region, which included 20 offices all over the region. Before joining the
headquarters of KAS, Mr. Friedrich was founder and first director of the KAS office in Shanghai (20012005). Prior to this he was a scientific member of the Institute of Asian Affairs (Hamburg; 1997-2001)
and co-editor of the encyclopaedia of Modern China (“Das Große China-Lexikon”, about 1000 pp,
2003; now available also in English: “Brill’s encyclopedia of China”, 2009). He published widely on
China’s foreign relations. Stefan Friedrich holds an MA (1994) and PhD (1999) of the University of
Heidelberg. His studies in Modern Sinology and Political Sciences included extended research periods
at several universities - in Shanghai (Fudan), Paris (EHESS) and London (SOAS).
GLOVINSKY, STEVE
Title: Special Adviser to the Executive Secretary
Institution: UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Country: Ethiopia
Steve Glovinsky has been with the UN System for 40 years, primarily with the United Nations
Development Programme, working with governments in over 40 countries and the UNDP itself on
institutional/organizational reform and change facilitation, most notably in democratic transition,
decentralization, poverty alleviation programmes, and knowledge networking. The latter
innovation, within UNDP, spread to the rest of the UN system and is now offered as a UN service
to professional Communities. Steve currently works as Special Adviser to Carlos Lopes, UNECA’s
Executive Secretary, facilitating reprofiling efforts to make ECA “the think tank of reference on
issues relating to African development.”
GOMART, THOMAS
Title: Director
Institution: Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI)
Country: France
Dr. Thomas Gomart (Ph.D in History at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and EMBA at HEC) is Director
of Ifri (French Institute of International Relations based in Paris and Brussels) since April 2015. He
previously was its Vice President for Strategic Development (2010-April 2015) and the director of
its Russia/NIS Centre (2004-2013). He is also the co-editor of the trilingual electronic series
Russie.Nei.Visions Gomart has managed many projects with leading international think tanks
(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, CSIS, US Army War College, SVOP, MGIMO…)
including high level officials from various governments, senior executives from global companies,
NGO’s activists, and leading journalists. As Vice President for Strategic Development, he dealt
with fundraising, digital activities, and research marketing. As Researcher, he is currently working
on Russia, digital governance, country risk, and think tanks. He recently published with Thierry de
Montbrial, “Think Tanks à la française”, Le débat (Sept.-Oct. 2014).
GRECO, ETTORE
Title: Director
Institution: Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Country: Italy
Ettore Greco is Director of the IAI and also heads the transatlantic program of the institute. He
worked as visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution from January 2006 to July 2007. He taught at
the universities of Parma and Bologna. From 2000 to 2006 he worked as correspondent for the
Economist Intelligence Unit. From 1993 to 2000 he directed the IAI's program on Central and
Eastern Europe. He was also Deputy Director of the IAI from 1997 to 2008. From 2000 to 2006 he
was Editor of The International Spectator. He is the author of a number of publications on the EU's
institutions and foreign policy, transatlantic relations and the Balkans. He has been a free-lance
journalist since 1988.
GREVI, GIOVANNI
Title: Director
Institution: Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales
y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE)
Country: Spain
Giovanni Grevi is director of FRIDE, where he worked as senior researcher and head of the
Brussels office since 2010. Before joining FRIDE, Giovanni served as senior research fellow at the
EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) in Paris between 2005 and 2010. Prior to that, he worked
at the European Policy Centre in Brussels as policy analyst (1998 to 2002) and as associate director
of studies (2002-2005). He holds an MSc from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a PhD
from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
GURUSWAMY, MOHAN
Title: President, Centre for Policy Alternatives;
Member Board of Governors, Forum for Strategic
Initiatives (FSI)
Country: India
Mohan Guruswamy is an alumnus of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University with career path including teaching, senior management, journalism and government as
the Advisor to the Finance Minister. He heads the Centre for Policy Alternatives, New Delhi.
Mohan Guruswamy is the author of several books on policy issues including The Looming Crisis in
India’s Agriculture; India: Issues in Development; India’s World: Essays in Foreign Policy and
Security Issues; India China Relations: The Border Issue and Beyond; and Chasing the Dragon:
Will India Catch-up with China? He is a frequent commentator on national and international media.
HAMDOK, ABDALLA
Title: Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist
Institution: UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Country: Ethiopia
Dr. AbdallaHamdok is the Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) since November 2011. He has over 30 years of experience
as a senior policy analyst and economist on addressing diverse development challenges of the
African policy landscape, primarily in the fields of governance, institutional analysis, public sector
reforms, regional integration and resource management. From 2001 onwards, Dr. Hamdok has
headed successively ECA’s portfolios of activities on development policy management, NEPAD
and regional integration, and governance and public administration. By way of an interlude from
2003-2008, he served the International IDEA as Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East.
Earlier, he held the positions of Chief Technical Advisor (1995-1997) at the International Labour
Organization, Zimbabwe; Principal Policy Economist (1997-2001) at the African Development
Bank, Cote d’Ivoire; Head of the Public Sector Group and Member of the management committee
(1993-1995) at Deloitte &Touche Management Consultants, Zimbabwe; and senior official (19811987) at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning of Sudan. AbdallaHamdok holds a PhD
and MA in Economics from the School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester, UK and a
BSc. (honours) from the University of Khartoum, Sudan.
HANAFI ALI, KHALED MAHMOUD
Title: Senior Researcher
Institution: Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS)
Country: Egypt
Senior Researcher at the Regional Strategic Studies in Cairo. Many of the analyzes and studies
published by the conflict in Libya and new actors in the conflicts in the Sahel and Sahara. He
currently is a researcher in African affairs in the international political magazine-Al-Ahram
Foundation.
Dr. Hanafi Ali research interests are concentrated in the field of African conflicts, particularly in the
Sahel-Saharan region. He received a PHD in the role of international NGOS in African conflict.
HENDYTIO K., MEDELINA
Title: Deputy Executive Director
Institution: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Country: Indonesia
Medelina K. Hendytio is currently Deputy Executive Director of CSIS. She is also a researcher at
the Department of Politics and International Relations, Centre for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS), Jakarta. Her research areas cover: Administrative Development, Bureaucratic
Reform, Education, and Gender Studies. With more than 20 years experience in social research, she
had been involved in various research including Innovative Teaching and Learning Research,
Empowering Civil Society Group to Promote Participatory Governance and Mapping Policies and
Programs of Maternal Mortality Rate in Indonesia. Her current research is Education Policy
Research in Aceh focusing on Education Governance, Planning, and Financing Arrangement.
HOVE, SEEDWELL
Title: Macroeconomist
Institution: Quantum Global Research Lab
Country: Switzerland
DrSeedwell Hove is a Macroeconomist with extensive experience in asset portfolio management,
macroeconomic analysis, and practical experience in dynamic stochastic general equilibrium
modelling. He has worked at the Zimbabwe Development Bank, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and
the World Bank. His research interests are in macroeconomic modelling and macroeconomic policy
management in developing and emerging market economies. At QGRL, he is focusing on
developing macroeconomic models of African economies and establishing large scale economic
database on African Economies. Dr Hove holds a BSc, MSC from the University of Zimbabwe and
PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town.
HUANG, YOUYI
Title: Secretary-General of the International Advisory Board
Institution: The Charhar Institute
Country: The People’s Republic of China
Huang Youyi, member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference，member of
China Economic and Social Council. Also executive vice president of Translators Association of
China, member of the Academic Degrees Commission of the State Council. From 2005 to 2011, he
served as vice president of the Federation of International Translators; from 1993 to 2013, he was
vice president and editor-in-chief of China International Publishing Group. He has translated and
edited an extensive range of books from history to education, from economy to political science,
from travel to literature, mostly from Chinese into English. His most recent translation and editing
works are published include Xi Jinping: Governance of China, A Chinese-English Dictionary of
New Terms and Phrases, and the eight-volume 21st Century Chinese Literature. He also cotranslated several books from English into Chinese including The Vanity of Fire, and Memoirs of
John Marshal.
HUSSEIN, ELKAMEL
Title: International Cooperation Senior Partner
Institution: Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs
Country: Egypt
Ambassador Hussein Elkamel was a career diplomat where he was representing Egypt in the
European Union, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Kuwait and Myanmar. Retirement he was
identified as Senior Advisor in the United Nations Headquarters in New York, International
Cooperation Senior Advisor for the Egyptian Cabinet Informat&Decision Support Center, then The
Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs till present. Ambassador Elkamel is a trainer, lecturer and
think tanks expert.
HVIDT, NANNA
Title: Director
Institution: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Country: Denmark
Nanna Hvidt has been director at DIIS for the last 10 years. Prior to that she worked in the Danish
Ministry for Foreign Affairs and held positions as Director of the Africa department as well as the
multilateral department. She has been posted twice to Bruxelles in the European Commission and at
the Danish permanent representation to the EU. She started her career in the FAO in Zimbabwe. Ms
Hvidt sits on a number of boards of Danish as well as international institutions.
IIJIMA, TOSHIRO
Title: Deputy Director-General
Institution: The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
Country: Japan
Mr. Toshiro IIJIMA is Deputy Director-General of The Japan Institute of International Affairs
(JIIA) since August 2013. After graduating from Waseda University he entered the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 1987, At MOFA he served as Executive Assistant to the Foreign
Minister (1996-98) and as Director of the Western Europe Division (2007-08), International Trade
Division (2008-11), and Economic Policy Division (2011-13). His overseas posts included the
Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN in Geneva and Counsellor of the Embassy of Japan in Berlin
(2003-07).
JARAMILLO, RICARDO MIGUEL
Title: Executive Director
Institution: Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)
Country: Peru
Miguel Jaramillo has a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He
completed his graduate studies in Economics and History at the University of California, where he
received a PhD. His areas of interests are labour economics, social policy and institutional analysis.
He is currently the Executive Director and a Senior Researcher at GRADE. In addition to doing
research and teaching economics, he has served as Advisor to Vice Ministers and Ministers, having
been Vice Minister of Social Promotion as well as a member of the Advisory Committee for the
Ministry of Labour and Social Promotion.
JORDAN, MARY BETH
Title: Executive Officer to the President and Director
of Strategic Initiatives
Institution: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Country: USA
Mary Beth Jordan is the Executive Officer to the President and CEO of CSIS and is also the
Director of Strategic Initiatives. Prior to joining the president's office, she was the assistant director
of the Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, where she helped coordinate the Chair’s work on
U.S. foreign policy in ASEAN countries. Before joining CSIS, she worked at BrooksBowerAsia, a
consulting firm that helps multinational companies and organizations maximize opportunities in
Southeast Asia. Ms. Jordan earned a B.A. and M.A. in international affairs from American
University.
KE, YINBIN
Title: Secretary-General
Institution: The Charhar Institute
Country: The People’s Republic of China
KeYinbin is Secretary-General and Senior Research Fellow of The Charhar Institute, Editorial
Director of Public Diplomacy Quarterly. He has published 10 books and more than 150 papers. His
current research focuses on fields: Corporate Strategy, Multinational Company and International
Relations, and Corporate Public Diplomacy.
KIM, HEUNGCHONG
Title: Senior Research Fellow
Institution: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
Country: Korea
Dr. Heung Chong KIM is currently Director of Research Planning and Coordination at Korea
Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP). Dr. Kim had been Director for Center for
Regional Economic Studies, and Head of European Studies at KIEP for eight years. Before joining
KIEP in 2001, Dr. Kim was an Honorary Member of Christ Church, University of Oxford (200001), where he obtained his MPhil degree in economics (1995). He also served the Advisory Staff to
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance & Economy (1996-97). Dr. Kim served the
Advisory Staff to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance & Economy (1996-97). He had
run the SNU-KIEP EU Centre in 2006-09, the first EU studies centre in Korea sponsored by the
European Commission. He is a member of the advisory board for ESiA, ASEF, vice President of
the Korea Association of Trade and Industry Studies, and a governing board member of the Korea
Association of EU Studies (EUSA-Korea). Dr. Kim was an IV fellow from the State Department of
U.S.A. in 1998, and a Fulbright fellow in the UC Berkeley in 2008-09. He was a faculty member of
the 476 Salzburg Global Seminar. He is now serving Invited Professor of Korea University, and
Adjunct Professor of EwhaWomans University on European Studies. Dr. Kim read economics at
Seoul National University, where he obtained his doctorate in economics (1999). His expertise falls
on European studies, trade policy, regional integration, and social policy issues. Dr. Kim has played
a pivotal role in the discourse of “Implications of European Integration to East Asia”, “Social Policy
Issues” and “Korea-EU FTA” in the Korean society.
KIM, TAEHWAN
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS)
Country: Korea
Dr. Taehwan Kim is Associate Professor of Public Diplomacy of the Institute of Foreign Affairs
and National Security (IFANS). Before joining IFANS in 2013, he had served as Director of Public
Diplomacy at the Korea Foundation since 2008. He taught at the Division of International
Education of Yonsei University during 2002 and 2008. He is a book review editor for the quarterly
Global Asia. Dr. Kim graduated from Yonsei University (B.A/M.A in Political Science) and
received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. His research focus is on
comparative political economy of post-socialist transformation and Korea’s public diplomacy.
LAMBERTI, ALBA
Title: Senior Director for Advocacy
Institution: European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Country: UK
Alba Lamberti is Advocacy Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and a
member of the Senior Management Team of the organization since 2010. Prior to joining ECFR in
2007, she spent five years at the International Crisis Group as EU Advocacy Manager managing
institutional relations with the EU and NATO. After graduating from LUISS University in Rome
with an Honours degree in International Relations and from the College of Europe with an MA in
European Studies, she worked in the Bureau of Policy Advisers to Commission President Prodi and
in the Development Office of the College of Europe.
LANGE, NICO
Title: Deputy Director for Political Consulting
Institution: Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
Country: Germany
Nico Lange is the deputy director for political consulting at KAS main office in Berlin. In addition,
he is the head of team for domestic policy. Lange is currently leading a task force on the future of
political parties. His current fields of work include political planning and strategy, party building,
and electoral law.
LANNOO, KAREL
Title: CEO
Institution: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Country: Belgium
Karel Lannoo has been chief executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) since
2000 and senior research fellow since 1997. Before joining CEPS, he was employed in the cultural
sector, worked for the Italian conglomerate Ferruzzi and for a professional federation. He was also
active as a free-lance journalist for specialised financial sector publications. He has published some
books and numerous articles in specialised magazines and journals on EU, financial regulation and
corporate governance matters. He spoke at several European Parliament, Commission and related
institutions hearings and participated in studies for national and international bodies (EU
institutions, OECD, ADB, World Bank). He is a regular speaker at international conferences and in
executive training programmes. Karel Lannoo holds a baccalaureate in philosophy and an MA in
history from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1985) and obtained a postgraduate in European
studies (CEE) from the University of Nancy, France (1986). Karel Lannoo is an independent
director of BME (Bolsas Y MercadosEspanoles), the company which runs the Madrid stock
exchange.
LAUSTER, GITTA
Title: Special Assistant to the Director
Institution: German Institute for International
and Security Affairs (SWP)
Country: Germany
Gitta Lauster has served as special assistant to the Director of SWP, Dr. Volker Perthes, since 2015.
She has been working at SWP once before between the years 2009 and 2013 as a research assistant
in the directorate and for a project on resource conflicts/ resource competition with a focus on
mineral and metal raw materials and resource regimes in the global commons. Before her current
position, Gitta Lauster has served as campaigns coordinator and international secretary in the
headquarters of the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
LEE, HA-YAN
Title: Senior Economist
Institution: Asian Development Bank Insitute (ADBI)
Country: Japan
Ms. Lee joined ADBI in July 2012. Before joining ADBI, she worked for Citadel Investment
Group, a hedge-fund in Chicago, as the Emerging Markets Desk Economist. Before that, she was a
Resident Dean of Harvard College in Cambridge, MA, where she facilitated and managed the
academic, emotional, psychological, and physical well-being of over 400 undergraduate students of
Cabot House.
LEE, SIWOOK
Title: Executive Director of the Center for International Development
Institution: Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Country: Korea
Dr. Siwook Lee is Executive Director of the Center for International Development at Korea
Development Institute (KDI) and Professor of International Trade at KDI School of Public Policy
and Management. He earned his M.A. in applied economics at the University of Parix-IX, France
and Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.. Dr. Lee has been a
prominent policy consultant to the Korean government, especially in the area of international
economic issues - Trade Liberalization, Foreign Direct Investment, Service Economy, and
Economic Regulation.
LI, XIA
Title: Supervisor of International Communication
Institution: The Charhar Institute
Country: The People’s Republic of China
In 2008, she joined Caterpillar Inc., a Fortune 50 company specializing in designing,
manufacturing, and marketing earth moving and mining machines. She held various positions
within Caterpillar's headquarters in Peoria, Illinois: North American Economist, Strategic Business
Manager, Competitive Analytics Manager, and Senior Research Scientist of Marketing Analytics.
Ms. Lee received her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and her Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
LIOW, CHIN YONG JOSEPH
Title: Dean
Institution: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies,
Nanyang Technological University (RSIS)
Country: Singapore
Prior to graduate school, Ms. Lee worked for the National Bureau of Economic Research in
Cambridge, Massachusetts and for President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers in the White
House.
LLADÓS, JOSÉ MARIA
Title: Academic Director
Institution: Argentine Council for International Relations
Country: Argentina
José María Lladós has a Law degree from the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, and
a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS). Taught at University of Buenos Aires Law School as Assistant
Professor of Constitutional Law and was the Legal Advisor of the Argentine Chamber of
Electronics Industries (CADIE) and Consultant of the National Institute of Industrial Technology
(INTI) and the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL). He was
Executive Secretary of the Argentine – Brazilian Business Council and member of the Board of the
Banco Hipotecario Nacional and the Sociedad Mixta Siderúrgica Argentina (SOMISA). He has
been Secretary of Defense Production at the Defense Ministry during Ricardo Alfonsín´s presidency
and Secretary for Planning at the Defense Ministry during Fernando De la Rúa´s presidency. He has
also been advisor to the Defense Committee of the National Chamber of Deputies. He is currently
Director of Academic Affairs at the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI).
LODAL, JAN M.
Title: Distinguished Fellow
Institution: Atlantic Council
Country: USA
Jan Lodal is Chairman of Lodal and Company and Distinguished Fellow, Immediate Past President,
and Director of the Atlantic Council. During the Clinton Administration, he served as Principal
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. During the Nixon and Ford administrations, Mr.
Lodal served on the White House staff as Deputy for Program Analysis to Henry A. Kissinger, and
during the Johnson administration as Director of the NATO and General Purpose Force Analysis
Division in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
LUKACS, RICHARD
Title: Advisor Global Governance, Platforms, Think Tanks
& Environment, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Institution: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United
Nations Office and to the other international organisations
in Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Richard Lukacs is advisor at the Swiss Mission to the UN in Geneva and currently is responsible for
the implementation of Switzerland’s foreign policy with regards to think tanks, platforms and global
governance at the Mission. He holds a M.A. in Political Science of the University of Geneva and a
M.A. in Legal Studies from the University of Fribourg. He has previously worked for the Swiss
Embassies in Washington D.C. and Kuwait, as well as the UNHCR, OMCT and the UN Office
Geneva. Fields of interest include security policy, geopolitics and human rights.
MAGRI, PAOLO
Title: Executive Vice President and Director
Institution: Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
Country: Italy
Paolo Magri is Executive Vice President and Director of ISPI (the Institute for International
Political Studies), founded in Milan 80 years ago. He is also Secretary-Treasurer of the Italian
Group of the Trilateral Commission; Professor of International Organizations at Pavia University;
Member of the Scientific Committee of Fondazione Dell’Amore (microfinance) and the Steering
Committee of Fondazione Italia-Russia. In his capacity of foreign policy analist, he is often invited
to various tv and radio programmes (Sky, Cnbc, Rai, Svizzera Italiana, Rai GR Nazionale, Radio
24). His fields of expertise pertains to BRICs, global governance, transatlantic relations and MENA.
MANIGA, PAOLA
Title: Development Manager
Institution: Bruegel
Country: Belgium
Paola, an Italian citizen, has been appointed Development Manager at Bruegel in September 2014
with the mission to expand the Membership Programme and develop new funding channels for
Bruegel. Before joining Bruegel, she was Secretary General of the European Association of Sugar
Traders (ASSUC) and Trade Policy Adviser for the associations representing international trade in
flowers (Union Fleurs) and EU imports of processed agriculture and fishery products (Frucom).
Before she spent a short period in some international institutions including the EU Commission, the
WTO and UNCTAD. Paola holds two Master Degrees, in Local Economic Development from the
London School of Economics and in Management from Bocconi University and a Bachelor Degree
in Economics and Management for Arts, Culture and Communication.
MARGELLETTI, ANDREA
Title: President
Institution: Centro Studi Internazionali (CeSI)
Country: Italy
Born in Genova in 1966, Andrea Margelletti is the President of Ce.S.I. – Centre for International
Studies. Mr. Margelletti has been Strategic Advisor of the Italian Minister of Defense from March
2012 to February 2014. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the International
Commission on Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament and an advisor to COPASIR –
Parliamentary Committee for the Republic Security. Andrea Margelletti teaches at the Bachelor’s
degree in Investigative Sciences and Security at the University of Perugia in Narni, at the Advanced
Training School of the Italian National Intelligence Community, at the Carabinieri Officer School.
MCCARTHY, JOHN
Title: President
Institution: Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)
Country: Australia
John McCarthy has served as Australian Ambassador to Vietnam (1981-1983); Mexico (19851987); Thailand (1992-1994); the United States (1995-1997); Indonesia (1997-2000) Japan (20012004) and High Commissioner to India (2004-2009). McCarthy is currently Chair of the AustraliaIndia Council, Deputy Chair of the Australia-India Institute, Chair of the Advisory Board of the
Griffith Asia Institute and Co-Convenor of the Australia -Indonesia Dialogue. He is also involved in
the private sector.
MCGANN, JAMES
Title: Director, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
Institution: Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Country: USA
James G. McGann, Ph.D. is a senior lecturer of International Studies at the Lauder Institute and
director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to
assuming his current post, Dr. McGann was the assistant director of the International Relations
Program and a professor of international relations at the University of Pennsylvania. He has served
as a senior fellow and director of the Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Program at the Foreign Policy
Research Institute in Philadelphia since 1989. For the last 25 years he has served as president of
McGann Associates, a program and management consulting firm specializing in the challenges
facing think tanks, policymakers, international organizations and philanthropic institutions. His
research and consulting have enabled him to work with governments and civil society organization
in over 86 countries. Dr. McGann is the creator and editor of the annual Global Go To Think Tank
Index.
MIAO, LU
Title: Executive Secretary General
Institution: Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Country: The People’s Republic of China
Dr. Lu (Mabel) MIAO is the Co-founder & Executive Secretary General of Center for China and
Globalization (CCG), which is a leading independent think tank on global talent, migration and
China Outbound. Dr. Miao is also the Deputy Director of International Writing Center of Beijing
Normal University, where she assists Mo Yan, the Center Director and the Chinese Nobel Laureate
in Literature. She has been involved in organizing international symposium for the Center where
other Nobel Laureates from other countries are invited to China for exchanges.
MICHELOT, MARTIN
Title: Director of the Global Europe Program
Institution: Europeum Institute for European Policy
Country: Czech Republic
Martin Michelot is the Director of the Global Europe program at the Europeum Institute for
European Policy in Prague. Michelot is also a non-resident fellow for the Paris office of the German
Marshall Fund of the United States, where he manages the Transatlantic Security and Future of
NATO program, and a PhD student in European security at Charles University in Prague. He was
chosen as a NATO Emerging Leader in 2014.
MISSIROLI, ANTONIO
Title: Director
Institution: European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Country: France
Antonio Missiroli is Director of the European Union Institute for Security Studies from October 2012.
Previously, he was Adviser at the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) of the European
Commission, in charge of European dialogue/outreach (relations with think tanks and research centres across
the Union and beyond) and publications (2010-2012); Director of Studies at the European Policy Centre in
Brussels (2005-2010), and Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the W/EU Institute for Security
Studies in Paris (1998-2005). He was also Head of European Studies at CeSPI in Rome (1994-97) and a
Visiting Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford (1996-97). As well as being a professional journalist, he has
also taught at the Universities of Bath and Trento, as well as Boston University and SAIS/Johns Hopkins
(Bologna). He is currently visiting lecturer at the College of Europe (Bruges) and Sciences Po (Paris). Dr
Missiroli holds a PhD degree in Contemporary History from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa) and a
Master’s degree in International Public Policy from SAIS/Johns Hopkins University.
MONTI, MARIO
Title: Former Italian Prime Minister; Former EU
Commissioner; Honorary President, Bruegel;
President, Bocconi University
Country: Italy
Mario Monti has been Prime Minister of Italy (November 2011-April 2013) and Minister of
Economy and Finance (November 2011-July 2012). In November 2011 he was appointed Senatorfor-life by the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. Since February 2014 he serves
as Chairman of the High-level Group on Own Resources of the European Union. He served for ten
years as a member of the European Commission, in charge of the Internal market, Financial
services and Tax policy (1995-1999), then of Competition (1999-2004).
He is President of Bocconi University, Milan, and Honorary Chairman of Bruegel, the European
think-tank he founded in 2005. He is the author of the report to the President of the European
Commission on “A new strategy for the single market” (May 2010).
Since May 2014 he has been a member of the Académie des Sciences morales et politique.
He graduated from Bocconi University and pursued graduate studies at Yale University. Prior to
joining the European Commission, he had been Professor of Economics and Rector at Bocconi. His
publications focus mainly on monetary and financial economics, public finance, competition policy
and on the economic and political dimensions of European integration.
MUSSO, CARLO
Title: Head of Studies
Institution: Research and Market Analysis, Finmeccanica
Country: Italy
Carlo Musso is Head of Studies in Finmeccanica. Born in Roma in 1966 and graduated in physics, he
has been a researcher at the Cosmic Physics Institute of the National Research Council and served in the
Italian Space Agency as coordinator of the science program. Currently he is member of the executive
committee of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, deputy board member of the Istituto per gli Studi di
Politica Internazionale, and member of Chatham House. He published five novels and wrote a few short
stories.
NIXEY, ALASTAIR JAMES
Title: Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme
Institution: Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs)
Country: UK
James Nixey is Head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House in London. His
principal expertise concerns the relationships between Russia and the other post-Soviet states. In
addition to his research, he comments in media, organises expert roundtables on Eurasian affairs;
and as the main fundraiser for his research programme, he has raised the means for projects from
dozens of corporate sector companies, governments and grant-giving institutions. James holds
degrees in modern languages and international relations and has previous experience in journalism
(as a reporter in Moscow in the 1990s) and the banking sector.
OCHIENG, COSMAS MILTON OBOTE
Title: Executive Director
Institution: African Center for Technology Studies
Country: Kenya
Dr. Cosmas Milton Obote Ochieng is the Executive Director of the African Centre for Technology
Studies (ACTS). Prior to joining ACTS, Dr Ochieng served in various capacities with a number of
universities, research institutes, think tanks and international NGOs in Africa, Europe and the US,
including as: • Thematic Coordinator, Business, Economics and Biodiversity Programme of IUCN’s
Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, based in Pretoria, South Africa; • Senior Climate
Change Expert, Technical University of Denmark, UNEP Risoe Centre for Sustainable
Development; • Lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture, Land and Water, (Lancaster University, UK);
• Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
and Washington DC, USA); • Director of Markets and Policy in Africa, Eco-agriculture Partners
(Washington D.C. USA and Nairobi, Kenya).
Dr. Ochieng holds a PhD in Development Studies from Oxford University, a Masters in
Development from Cambridge University, and a BA degree from Kenyatta University, Kenya. His
work has been published in peer reviewed journal articles including: World Development,
Agricultural Systems, Natural Resources Forum, Journal of International Economic Law and
Journal of Modern African Studies among others. He has consulted extensively on a number of
sustainable development issues for a variety of governments, development agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
ONOKERHORAYE, ANDREW GOODWIN
Title: Executive Director
Institution: Centre for Population and Environmental
Development (CPED)
Country: Nigeria
Andrew G. Onokerhoraye was educated at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and the London School
of Economics and Political Science, University of London where he obtained his Ph.D in 1974. He
has been Professor of Geography and Regional Planning at the University of Benin since 1982. He
is the Executive Director of the Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED),
Benin City, Nigeria.
PALACIO, VICENTE
Title: Deputy Director
Institution: Fundación Alternativas
Country: Spain
Vicente Palacio is Deputy Director of the Fundación Alternativas (Observatory of Spanish Foreign
Policy). He has taught at the School of International Relations of the prestigious Spain's Entreprise
Institute. He has directed and coordinated research for the Socialist group in the Spanish Parliament,
the Cabinet of the Spanish President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Palacio
has been Associate Professor of Internal Relations at Syracuse University and a Visiting Fellow and
researcher at Harvard University’s Department of Government. He is author of dozens of analyses
and articles for the specialised press on the subjects of Spanish and EU foreign policy and
Transatlantic Relations. He is a frequent contributor to the Spanish journal El País and several
international news channels.
PICCONE, THEODORE
Title: Senior Fellow Foreign Policy
Institution: Brookings Institution
Country: USA
Ted Piccone is a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy and Latin America
Initiative in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. His research is focused on global democracy
and human rights policies; U.S.-Latin American relations, including Cuba; emerging powers; and
multilateral affairs. Previously, he served as the acting vice president and director of the Foreign
Policy program. Piccone is the author of the upcoming book, "Five Rising Democracies and the
Fate of the International Liberal Order" (Brookings Institution Press, 2016).
PINITPUVADOL, KAMALINNE
Title: Executive Director
Institution: International Institute for Trade and
Development (ITD)
Country: Thailand
Currently, Dr. Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol holds the position of Executive Director at the International
Institute for Trade and Development (ITD). Before joining the ITD, he was professor at the Law
Faculty of Chlalongkorn University and was the Deputy Director of Knowledge Network Institute
of Thailand (KNIT). He was also appointed as associate judge at the Central Court of Intellectual
Property and International Trade of Thailand. He teaches at the Law Faculty of many universities
in Thailand in the field of Intenational Private Law, International Investment Law, European Law
and International Human Rights Law. He received his “Doctorate en droit” from l’Universite de
Strasbourg, France.
POLA, GIANCARLO
Title: President
Institution: Éupolis Lombardia
Country: Italy
Giancarlo Pola is President of Éupolis Lombardia. Since 2005 he is Co-Director of CRIET (InterUniversity Center for the Economy of Territories) University of Milano - Bicocca, and since 1986
he is Co-Director of CIFREL (Inter-University Centre for Regional and Local Finance), Catholic
University of the Sacred Heart, University of Foggia, and University of Ferrara.
From 1982 to 2012 he was Professor of Public Finance and of Local Government Finance,
University of Ferrara where he held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Director
of the Department of Economics, Institutions, and Territory.
PRAKASH, ANITA
Title: Director General Policy Relations
Institution: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN
and East Asia (ERIA)
Country: Indonesia
Anita Prakash is Director General, Policy Relations, at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN
and East Asia in Jakarta. Her key role at ERIA is policy support to governments and businesses
using the research results of ERIA. She works closely with ASEAN Member states and their
Dialogue Partners in the Asia Pacific Region, and also in Europe.
Earlier, she worked with Government of India for strengthening policy reforms and supported
implementation of Universal Elementary Education Programme and India’s Look East Policy.
Her research works cover economic development and cooperation issues in South East and East
Asia.
RACHOK, ANATOLIY
Title: Director General
Institution: Razumkov Centre
Country: Ukraine
Rachok was born in 1955 in Rivne oblast, Ukraine.
Education: National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Faculty of Romanic and Germanic
Philology (1979).
Employment: Deputy Director, Kyiv branch of the Moscow headquarters of the International
Association of the Detective and Political Novel; Deputy Chairman of the Board of "Inform VT
Service"; Deputy Director, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Representative Office in Ukraine; Since
December 1999: Razumkov Centre Director General.
RATTI, SABINA
Title: Director
Institution: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Country: Italy
Sabina Ratti, PhD in Molecular Biology, is married, has a son and two grandchildren.
Following her graduation at Scuola Superiore Enrico Mattei, she enters AgipSpA, where she
coordinates the "Environmental Accounting" working group. From 2001 to 2006 she is appointed
Coordinator of the CSR and Sustainable Management Research Programme of Fondazione Eni
Enrico Mattei. She is then nominated Project Manager of Eni’s Sustainability Project. She becomes
Sustainability Senior Vice President of Eni until 2015, and in January 2015 she is appointed
Executive Director of Fondazione Enrico Mattei. She is member of the Steering Committee of UN
Global Compact LEAD and Co-Chair of the Post 2015 Agenda Working Group. She’s a member of
the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
ROGOV, SERGEY
Title: Director
Institution: Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN)
Country: Russia
Dr. Rogov is the director of the Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies since 1995. Working at
the Institute since 1976. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dean of the School
of World Politics and International Security of the State Academic University for the Humanitarian
Studies. Chairman of the International Security Commission of the Scientific Advisory Board of the
Security Council of the Russian Federation. Member of the Advisory Council of the Foreign
Ministry of the Russian Federation. Member of the Scientific Council of Federal Council of the
Russian Federation. Author of more than 500 articles, 20 monographs and text books.
ROGOVA, NATALIA
Title: Senior Research Fellow
Institution: Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN)
Country: Russia
Ms Rogova is a senior research fellow of the Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies since 1995.
Working at the Institute since 1970. Expert on Russian-American relations and the role of U.S.
Congress in foreign policy making. Professor of the School of World Politics and International
Security of the State Academic University for the Humanitarian Studies. Author of more than 100
articles and several monographs and text books.
SAINSBURY, TRISTAM LORIEN
Title: Acting Director
Institution: Lowy Institute for International Policy
Country: Australia
Tristram Sainsbury is a contributing author and co-editor with Mike Callaghan of a forthcoming
book, The Future of the G20 and International Economic Governance, and editor of the G20 Studies
Centre’s quarterly G20 Monitor. Prior to joining the Lowy Institute, Tristram was at the Australian
Treasury where he worked on G20 policy. He has also worked on innovative approaches to
Australian assistance to pacific island microstates at the Australian National University. Tristram
holds a Masters in Applied Economics from ANU and completed undergraduate studies in
Resource Economics at Sydney University.
SCHIPPA, CAMILLA
Title: Director
Institution: Institute for Economics and Peace
Country: Australia
Camilla has 20 years of professional experience in creating new initiatives for development and
peace, guiding public-private partnerships, and coordinating vast public outreach efforts. As
Director of IEP, she is responsible for building the institution to become an organization of global
reach and influence. Camilla sits on the Board of Directors of the Centre for Armed Violence
Reduction and is a member of numerous expert groups including the UN’s expert reference group
for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, the GCERF and the Club de Madrid’s Shared Society
expert group. She previously held positions at the UN Secretariat for over a decade.
SEIF AFJEI, MASOOUMEH MINOU
Title: Deputy Director for Europe
Institution: Institute for Political & International Studies (IPIS)
Country: Iran
Master’s degree in Modern Diplomacy Course at the Institute of Higher Studies in Geneva, started
to work in IPIS from 1993 as European expert. I have written more than 60 articles in various
publications of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I have translated several books among them “The
concept of security after Sep 11”, or “le Reglement des different a WTO”. Also we have the Green
books for all countries in MFA that I have Written Green books for France and Bahrain. I have been
in charge of Western Europe Studies in IPIS with focus on French Studies. In IPIS, I have prepared
annual books of IPIS activities 2007 and 2009. I also have been in secretariat of several seminars
inside IPIS. I manage the Round Tables of IPIS with European counterparts in European Studies
Group. I have also participated in Crans Montana Forum in Brussels of June 2010. I was dispatched
to several missions to Europe and north Africa including mission to Vatican, France,
Belgium,Turkey, Algeria, Suisse. I just recently was in Paris for a 2 week sabbatical with IPSE
(French Think Thank) in which I had research on Iran-France Relations.
SELEE, ANDREW
Title: Executive Vice President
Institution: Woodrow Wilson Center
Country: USA
Andrew Selee was named Executive Vice President of the Wilson Center in January 2014. Prior to
this position, Selee was the Wilson Center’s Vice President for Programs. He was the founding
Director the Center’s Mexico Institute from 2003-12. He is an adjunct professor of Government at
Johns Hopkins University and of International Affairs at George Washington University and has
been a visiting professor at El Colegio de Mexico. His most recent publications are What Should
Think Tanks Do? A Strategic Guide for Policy Impact (Stanford University Press, 2013), Mexico
and the United States: The Politics of Partnership (Lynne Rienner, 2013), and Mexico's Democratic
Challenges (Stanford University Press/Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2010). He has written
extensively on U.S.-Mexico relations, Mexican politics, U.S. immigration policy, organized crime,
and democracy in Latin America.
SELMANI BORNSTEIN, ZARIFE
Title: Advisor
Institution: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Country: Switzerland
As an advisor in the UN and international organizations division in the Swiss Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Zarife Selmani Bornstein deals with issues regarding the development of platforms and the
promotion of Geneva as a think tank hub in the context of the strategy to strengthen Switzerland as
a host state. Previously she worked at the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union in Brussels
where she represented and defended Swiss interests in the areas of telecommunications, internet
governance, audiovisual and culture. Ms. Selmani Bornstein has a M.A. in International Relations
and a M.A. in European Political Studies.
SHIMAZOE, JUNKO
Title: Director Institutional Cooperation and Networking (ICoN)
Division and Senior Research Fellow, Research
Planning Department
Institution: Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
Country: Japan
Dr. Junko Shimazoe is Director of Institutional Cooperation and Networking (ICoN) Division and
Senior Research Fellow at IDE-JETRO. Her responsibilities include development of research
management system, evaluation and assessment of policy proposal projects, cooperation with
research institutes worldwide, government/corporate relations, and external promotion of the
institute’s research projects. Her research expertise is organizational decision-making, social
psychology, agent-based simulation, and science and technology policy. Junko was awarded a
Ph.D. in Sociology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MS in Political Science
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MA from Columbia University in the City of New
York, and a BL from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
SHIN, BONGKIL
Title: President
Institution: Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security
(IFANS)
Country: Korea
Amb. Shin Bongkil is the President of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security
(IFANS) at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. He was the inaugural Secretary-General of
the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat of China, Japan, and Korea (2011-2013). His latest posts
include Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2003-2004), Ambassador to Jordan
(2007-2010), Ambassador for International Economic Cooperation (2010-2011), and Ambassador
for Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation (2013-2014). Amb. Shin received his B.A. in
international relations from Seoul National University and M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from
University of North Korean Studies.
SHULL, AARON
Title: Chief of Staff & General Counsel
Institution: Center for International Governance Innovation
(CIGI)
Country: Canada
Aaron Shull is CIGI’s Chief of Staff and General Counsel. As Chief of Staff, he operates as an
effective liaison and conduit across all departments, providing guidance and advice on all matters of
strategic and operational importance. As General Counsel, he responds to legal inquiries from
Senior Management that relate to corporate, contractual, employment, occupational health and
safety, intellectual property, dispute resolution, and compliance related matters. Prior to joining
CIGI, Aaron practised law for a number of organizations, focusing on international, regulatory and
environmental law.
SMOLEŇOVÁ, IVANA
Title: Communications and Outreach Manager
Institution: Prague Security Studies Institute
Country: Czech Republic
Ivana Smoleňová is Communications and Outreach Manager at the Prague Security Studies
Institute, where her research focus on the pro-Russian propaganda and Russia’s soft power in CEE.
She holds her Bachelor’s and Master’s from the University of Economics in Prague and studied at
the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand and the George Mason University in
Washington, D.C. She has worked for the Forum 2000 Foundation, Aspen Institute or the R.W.R.
Advisory Group, in Washington D.C. Her articles appeared in the American Forbes, Slovak daily
Dennik N, or Euro-Atlantic Quarterly. She has been interviewed by various media, including Czech
Radio, iDNES, DVTV or Economic Daily.
SSEWANYANA, SARAH
Title: Executive Director
Institution: Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC)
Country: Uganda
Sarah Ssewanyana holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from University of Sydney, Australia.
Sarah joined the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) in March 2003 as a Senior Research
Fellow and later appointed as a Principal Research Fellow in 2008. In 2009, she was appointed the
Executive Director of EPRC. She has steered the Centre to be recognized as one of the globally
renowned policy think tanks.
Sarah is a well-grounded researcher with extensive experience in policy-oriented economic
research. She has extensively researched on poverty, food security, health, education and social
service delivery, among others.
STYCZYNSKA, IZABELA
Title: Vice-President of Management Board
Institution: Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE)
Country: Poland
Izabela Styczynska is a Vice-president of CASE Management Board. She obtained her PhD from
the University of Turin in 2011. She holds a Master's degree in Economics from Warsaw University
and a Master's degree in Economics from CORIPE Piemonte in Turin. She has cooperated with
CASE since 2005, participating in its numerous Polish and international projects. She is the author
of publications in the fields of labour economics, social policy and health economics. In April 2014
she was appointed Vice-President of CASE Management Board.
SVERDRUP, ULF
Title: Director
Institution: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
Country: Norway
Ulf Sverdrup (born 1968), is the Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
(NUPI). He holds a doctoral degree in Political Science from the University of Oslo. Before taking
up the position at NUPI, he was a professor at the Norwegian Business School BI, and a research
professor at ARENA, Centre for European Studies, at the University of Oslo. He earned his
Master’s degree at the University of Bergen.
Sverdrup has published extensively on various topics in international politics, with a particular
emphasis on European politics, European integration and Norwegian foreign policy.
TAN, KHEE GIAP
Title: Co-Director, Asia Competitiveness Institute
Institution: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
National University of Singapore
Country: Singapore
Tan Khee Giap is Co-Director of the Asia Competitiveness Institute and Associate Professor at the
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He is also the Chairman
of the Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. Upon graduating with a
PhD from University of East Anglia, England in 1987, he joined the banking industry as a treasury
manager. He taught at Nanyang Technological University since 1993 and was Associate Dean,
Graduate Studies Office from 2007 to 2009. He is the lead author of eight books and published
extensively in international refereed journals. His current research interests include econometric
forecasting, competitiveness of sub-national economies of Asia, global liveable cities and ease of
doing business index.
TAVONI, MASSIMO
Title: Deputy Coordinator, Climate Change and Sustainable
Development Programme
Institution: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Country: Italy
Massimo Tavoni is associate professor at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, and
deputy director of the Climate Change programme at FEEM (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei). In
2014-15, he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studied in Behavioural Sciences (CASBS) at
Stanford University, before a post doc at Princeton University. His research is about climate change
mitigation policies, and has appeared in major scientific journals. He was is a lead author of the 5th
assessment report of the IPCC, co-directs of the International Energy Workshop and is deputy
editor for the journal ‘Climatic Change’
TECHAU, JAN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH
Title: Director
Institution: Carnegie Europe
Country: Belgium
Jan Techau is the director of Carnegie Europe, the European think tank of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace. Techau works on EU integration and foreign policy, transatlantic affairs,
and German foreign and security policy. Before joining Carnegie in March 2011, Techau served in
the NATO Defense College’s Research Division from February 2010 until February 2011. He was
director of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council
on Foreign Relations in Berlin between 2006 and 2010, and from 2001 to 2006 he served at the
German Ministry of Defense’s Press and Information Department.
VILLAFRANCA, ANTONIO
Title: Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Europe
Programme
Institution: Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
Country: Italy
Antonio Villafranca is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Europe Programme at ISPI. He
teaches International Relations at the Bocconi University and European Policies at the IULM
University. At ISPI, he is currently in charge of 2 research projects - Gr:een and Rastanews - funded
by the European Commission under the VII Framework Programme. Along with the London
School of Economics he coordinates a project providing analyses and advice on international trade
to the European Parliament. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for
Financial Studies (RDCY, Renmin University, Beijing). In 2011, he took part in the “International
Visitor Leadership Program” of the US State Department. He has extensively published on EU
policies and European/global economic governance.
WANG, HUIYAO
Title: President
Institution: Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Country: The People’s Republic of China
Dr. Wang Huiyao is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), the
largest independent think tanks in China. He is also a Counselor of State Council and Vice
Chairman of China Association for International Economic Cooperation of Ministry of Commerce
as well as Vice Chairman of China Overseas Returned Scholars Association. He has been a senior
advisor to the Chinese government, international organizations and global institutions. Dr. Wang
has published over 50 books and 100 articles and papers.
WARD, ADAM
Title: Director of Studies
Institution: The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Country: UK
As Director of Studies of the IISS, Adam Ward is responsible for the organisation and execution of
the Institute’s worldwide research activities, including setting priorities, raising funds, the
management of senior fellows and junior researchers, and related tasks including the organisation of
the annual IISS Global Strategic Review conference. He represents the Institute internationally,
engaging all principal consumers of policy-relevant analysis and factual data produced by the IISS:
governments, international organisations, strategists, the media and business.
YAHYA, MAHA
Title: Acting Director
Institution: Carnegie Middle East Center
Country: Lebanon
MahaYahya is a senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center, whose research focuses on
citizenship, pluralism, and social justice in the aftermath of Arab uprisings. Prior to joining
Carnegie, Yahya led work on Participatory Development and Social Justice at UN-ESCWA and
worked with international and private sector organizations on socioeconomic, development and post
conflict policies, in countries including Lebanon, Pakistan, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and
Iran. Yahya holds two doctorates in the social sciences and humanities from the Architectural
Association in London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among other publications,
Yahya is the author of Towards Integrated Social Development Policies: co-editor of Secular
Publicities: Visual practices and the Transformation of National Publics in the Middle East and
South Asia and co-author of Promises of Spring: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in Democratic
Transitions.
YAKYMENKO, YURIY
Title: Deputy Director General and Director of Political and
Legal Programs
Institution: Razumkov Centre
Country: Ukraine
Born in 1967 in Cherkassy, Ukraine.
Education: Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University, Faculty of Philosophy (1991), University of
Manchester`s Department of Government (1994), MA (Econ.), Ph. D. (Political Science).
In 1995-2002 worked at the Administration of the President of Ukraine as political analyst, head of
analytical department.
Since 2002 – work in the Razumkov Centre as leading expert, Director of Political and Legal
Programs, Deputy Director General (since 2011).
Spheres of expertise: political system, parties, elections, national identity issues.
Author of 40+ research papers, numerous publications in media.
YOSHINO, NAOYUKI
Title: Dean
Institution: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
Country: Japan
Naoyuki Yoshino is Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB Institute); Professor
Emeritus of Keio University, in Tokyo, Japan; and Chief Advisor at the Japan Financial Services
Agency’s (FSA) Financial Research Center (FSA Institute). He obtained his PhD from Johns
Hopkins University in 1979. He was a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(United States) and he was an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo
and an economics professor at Keio University from 1991 to 2014. He was president of the
Financial System Council of the Government of Japan and chairperson of Japanese Government
Bond Investors Council of the Ministry of Finance. He was conferred honorary doctorates by the
University of Gothenburg (Sweden) in 2004 and by Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
(Germany) in 2013; he also received the Fukuzawa Award for his contribution to academic research
in 2013.
YU, BOKHWAN
Title: Deputy Dean
Institution: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
Country: Japan
Dr. Bokhwan Yu is the Deputy Dean (Capacity Building and Training and Special Activities) at the
Asian Development Bank Institute. A national of the Republic of Korea (ROK), Dr. Yu was
previously an Alternative Executive Director at the World Bank. Dr. Yu has extensive experience as
a policy maker on both economic and environmental issues. He has served as Secretary General of
the ROK's Presidential Committee on Green Growth and has held several senior positions in the
ROK's Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Dr. Yu holds an MA in Public Administration from
Yonsei University and a PhD in Political Economics from the University of Cambridge. He has
written extensively on development, environmental policies, and green growth.
ZHAO, KEJIN
Title: Senior Fellow
Institution: The Charhar Institute
Country: The People’s Republic of China
Kejin Zhao is an associate professor and vice Chair of Department of International Relations at
Tsinghua University in Beijing, a Senior Research Fellow at the Charhar Institute in Beijing. He
also is Deputy Director of Carnege Center at Beijing and preside an important program on China
soft power and public diplomacy and was previously affiliated to Center for American Studies in
Fudan University at Shanghai. He is standing member of China National Association of
International Studies and works as adviser to various China government agencies including the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and other agencies. He has written extensively
on Chinese foreign policy and diplomacy, Sino-US relations and political marketing and also
published ten books and more than 100 papers on various journals. His most recent publications
include Introduction to Public Diplomacy, The Transformation and Position of Chinese Diplomatic
Institutions, and Public Diplomacy Between China and the US in Soft War Era. Kejin received his
Ph. D. in Political Science from the Fudan University of Shanghai in China.