Kjell Magne Bondevik
Former prime minister of Norway
Kjell Magne Bondevik is the former prime minister of Norway and the founder and president of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights.
Former prime minister of Norway
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Law and Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Religion
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Languages: Danish, English, French, Norwegian
Field of Work: Activist/Humanitarian, Government, Politics, Religious Leader
City: Oslo
Country: Norway
Continent: Europe
Leon Sigal
Director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project, Social Science Research Council
Dr. Leon V. Sigal is director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council in New York.
Director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project, Social Science Research Council
Area of Expertise: Defense and Security, International Relations
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: Korea
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Government, Think tank/Research center
City: New York
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Marcus Noland
Deputy Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Marcus Noland is the Deputy Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a Senior Fellow at the East-West Center. He was a Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and has held research or teaching positions at Yale University, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Southern California, Tokyo University, Saitama University (now the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies), the University of Ghana, and the Korea Development Institute.
Deputy Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Development, International Relations, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North Africa and Middle East, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: Korea
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Government, Think tank/Research center
City: Washington DC
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Mark Fowler
Former CIA officer and expert on Iran and Iraq
Mark A. Fowler is an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton and is a former senior officer of 21 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a Middle East specialist and served numerous tours overseas and in Washington D.C. He has particular expertise on Iran and Iraq, and speaks Farsi.
Former CIA officer and expert on Iran and Iraq
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Defense and Security, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: North Africa and Middle East
Geographical Expertise - Country: Iran, Iraq
Languages: English, Farsi
Field of Work: Government, Think tank/Research center
City: McLean
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Mehmet Aydin
Minister of State, Turkey
Professor Mehmet Aydin is one of Turkey’s Ministers of State, responsible for overseeing the Directorate of Religious Affairs. He has taught philosophy of ethics, politics and religion at universities in Erzurum, Ankara and Izmir, Turkey, and served as Dean in the Faculty of Theology at Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir from 1993-1999.
Minister of State, Turkey
Area of Expertise: Migration and Integration, Religion
Geographical Expertise - Region: North Africa and Middle East, Subsaharan Africa
Languages: Arabic, English, French
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Government, United Nations
City: Izmir
Country: Turkey
Continent: Asia
Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Chairman and CEO, the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies
Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kamali is the Founding Chairman and CEO of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia. He was a member of the Constitution Review Commission of Afghanistan (2003), UN Senior Advisor on constitutional reform in the Maldives (2004), advisor for the constitution of Iraq (2005) and currently is working on the new Constitution of Somalia.
Chairman and CEO, the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Law and Human Rights, Media, Religion, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Geographical Expertise - Country: Iraq, Somalia
Languages: Arabic, English, Malay
Field of Work: Government, Think tank/Research center
City: Kuala Lumpur
Country: Malaysia
Continent: Asia
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