Ajay Chhibber
Assistant Secretary-General and Asia-Pacific Bureau chief for the United Nations Development Programme

Ajay Chhibber is Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and head of its Asia-Pacific Bureau.
Assistant Secretary-General and Asia-Pacific Bureau chief for the United Nations Development Programme
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Development
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Balkans, Europe
Geographical Expertise - Country: Indonesia
Language: English
Field of Work: United Nations
City: Bangkok
Country: Thailand
Continent: Asia
Amitav Acharya
Chair of the ASEAN Studies Program, American University

Amitav Acharya is Professor of International Relations and Chair of the ASEAN Studies Program at the School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C. He is a specialist on global and Asian regional security issues, focusing on Southeast Asian states. His writings have covered regional conflicts such as Kashmir, Iran, Tibet, Cambodia, the South China Sea, Taiwan, and the Korean peninsula.
Chair of the ASEAN Studies Program, American University
Area of Expertise: Defense and Security, International Relations, Migration and Integration, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: China, Indonesia, Korea
Languages: Bahasa Indonesia, English, Hindi
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Washington DC
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Arabinda Acharya
Manager of Strategic Projects, The International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research

Dr. Arabinda Acharya is a Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and Manager Strategic Projects at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research. He is an expert on terrorism and conflict throughout the South Asia region.
Manager of Strategic Projects, The International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
Area of Expertise: Terrorism
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North Africa and Middle East
Geographical Expertise - Country: India, Indonesia, Iran
Language: English
Field of Work: Think tank/Research center
City: Singapore
Country: Singapore
Continent: Asia
Bernhard Platzdasch

Bernhard Platzdasch is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore.
Area of Expertise: Religion
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia
Geographical Expertise - Country: Indonesia
Languages: English, German, Indonesian
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: Singapore
Country: Singapore
Continent: Asia
Bill Ury
Chairman, the Abraham Path Initiative

Bill Ury is chairman of the Abraham Path Initiative, a project which seeks to create unity between faiths through creating a permanent path of tourism and pilgrimage in the Middle East that retraces the footsteps of Abraham, the unifying figure in the three Abrahamic faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He is also the co-founder of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation, where he currently directs the Global Negotiation Project.
Chairman, the Abraham Path Initiative
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Law and Human Rights, Media, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Africa and Middle East, North America, Subsaharan Africa
Geographical Expertise - Country: Indonesia
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: Activist/Humanitarian, Author/Novelist, Non-Governmental
City: Boston
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Carool Kersten
Lecturer in Islamic Studies, King's College London

Dr. Carool Kersten’s is a lecturer in Islamic Studies at King’s College London. His areas of expertise include contemporary Islam and current affairs in the Muslim world, Islam in Southeast Asia and modern Muslim thought. He has a particular interest in liberal Islam, alternative Islamic discourses and the work of progressive Muslim intellectuals.
Lecturer in Islamic Studies, King's College London
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Migration and Integration, Religion
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North Africa and Middle East
Geographical Expertise - Country: Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Thailand, Tunisia
Languages: Arabic, Dutch, English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: London
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
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