Aftab Ahmad Malik
Visiting Fellow, University of Birmingham

Aftab Ahmad Malik is a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Visiting Fellow, University of Birmingham
Area of Expertise: Migration and Integration, Religion, War and Conflict, Youth Issues
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North America
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Afyare A. Elmi

Dr. Afyare A. Elmi, a Somali-Canadian political scientist, teaches international politics at the Qatar University’s International Affairs Department. He is specialized in international security, conflict and peacebuilding, political Islam and African security and development.
Area of Expertise: Defense and Security, International Relations, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: North Africa and Middle East, Subsaharan Africa
Languages: English, Somali
Field of Work: Academia
City: Doha
Country: Qatar
Continent: Asia
Akbar Ahmed
Former Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington DC, is the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain. He has advised Prince Charles and been consulted on the subject of Islam by numerous leaders including President George W. Bush, General David Petraeus and Secretary Michael Chertoff. He is described as “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam†by the BBC.
Former Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK
Area of Expertise: Migration and Integration, Religion, Terrorism, War and Conflict, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North Africa and Middle East, North America
Languages: English, French, Pashto, Urdu
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Government
City: Washington DC
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Alan Collins
Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Swansea University

Dr. Alan Collins is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Swansea University, UK. He is a specialist on security and international relations, focusing on East and Southeast Asia.
Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Swansea University
Area of Expertise: Defense and Security, International Relations, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Europe
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia
City: Swansea
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Alan Doss
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Alan Doss is currently the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the UN peace keeping mission (MONUC) with the rank of Under Secretary General. MONUC is the UN’s largest peace operation.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Defense and Security, International Relations, Law and Human Rights, Media, Migration and Integration, Minority Rights, Terrorism, War and Conflict, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: North America, Subsaharan Africa
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: United Nations
City: Kinshasa
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Continent: Africa
Alastair Crooke
Director, Conflicts Forum

Alastair Crooke is the director of Conflicts Forum, a non-profit organisation that works to end the isolation of mainstream Islamists and aims to change Western policy towards Islamists.
Director, Conflicts Forum
Area of Expertise: International Relations, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East, North America, Subsaharan Africa
Geographical Expertise - Country: Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine
Language: English
Field of Work: Activist/Humanitarian, Think tank/Research center
City: Washington DC
Country: USA
Continent: North America
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