Gilles Kepel
Professor and Chair, Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris

Dr Gilles Kepel is Professor and Chair, Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), where he heads the programs on the Arab and Muslim World, at the PhD, M.A.. and undergraduate levels – the later in Menton (French Riviera). He was also the founder in 2003 and is the current chairman of the Eurogolfe Network. A visiting professor at NYU and Columbia University in 1995-96, Gilles Kepel holds degrees in Arabic, English and Philosophy, is a graduate from Sciences Po and received his PhD in political science.
Professor and Chair, Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
Area of Expertise: International Relations, Religion, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Journalist/Commentator
City: Paris
Country: France
Continent: Europe
Gunther Dietz
Research Professor, Universidad Veracruzana

Dr. Gunther Dietz is a specialist on issues relating to minority, indigenous, and ethnic communities. He currently serves as Research Professor at the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico.
Research Professor, Universidad Veracruzana
Area of Expertise: Migration and Integration, Minority Rights, Religion, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish
Field of Work: Academia
City: Veracruz
Country: Mexico
Continent: North America
Email: g.dietz@theglobalexperts.org
Hagai Segal
Geo-strategic and economic risk consultant

Hagai M. Segal is an award-winning academic, consultant and analyst, specializing in the Middle East and Asia, radical Islam/modern terrorism, and geo-strategic and economic risk.
Geo-strategic and economic risk consultant
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Defense and Security, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East, North America
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia
City: London
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Hazel Smith
Professor of Security and Resilience at Cranfield University

Dr. Hazel Smith is Professor of Security and Resilience at Cranfield University. Professor Smith has worked on the North Korea for over twenty years; and lived and worked in-country for two years, traveling and working throughout the country between 1998 and 2001 while on secondment to United Nations agencies. Dr. Smith was also seconded to the United Nations University, Tokyo as Senior Program Officer (2003-2004).
Professor of Security and Resilience at Cranfield University
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Development, Law and Human Rights, Media, Terrorism, War and Conflict, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Geographical Expertise - Country: China, Korea
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: Academia, Activist/Humanitarian, Author/Novelist, United Nations
City: Oxford
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Henry Patterson
Professor of Politics, University of Ulster

Henry Patterson is a professor of politics at the University of Ulster, where his chief research focus is on the contemporary history of Northern Ireland. He is the author of Ireland since 1939: The Persistence of Conflict (London, 2007), and Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland since 1945 (Manchester, 2007).
Professor of Politics, University of Ulster
Area of Expertise: Religion, Terrorism
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Geographical Expertise - Country: Northern Ireland
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: Ulster
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Hooshang Amirahmadi
President, American Iranian Council

Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi is an Iranian academic and political analyst, and professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, New Jersey. He is also president of the American Iranian Council.
President, American Iranian Council
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Civil Society, Development, International Relations, Religion, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: North Africa and Middle East, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: Iran
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Activist/Humanitarian, Non-Governmental
City: New Jersey
Country: USA
Continent: North America
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