Benedetta Berti
Institute for National Security Studies Fellow

Benedetta Berti is a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), a Young Atlanticist at the Atlantic Council, and a member of the faculty at Tel Aviv University. She also works as security and policy consultant for political risk consulting firms, international organizations as well as foreign embassies. Before joining INSS, Dr. [...]
Institute for National Security Studies Fellow
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Defense and Security, International Relations, Law and Human Rights, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, North Africa and Middle East
Geographical Expertise - Country: Israel, Lebanon, Palestine
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish
Country: Israel
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
Candido Antonio Mendes de Almeida
President, Sociedade Brasileira de Instrução

Professor Candido Antonio Mendes de Almeida was born in 1928 in Rio de Janeiro and has worked extensively in the world of academia while serving as the head of many international committees.
President, Sociedade Brasileira de Instrução
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, International Relations, Law and Human Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Non-Governmental
City: Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil
Continent: South America
Ellen Marrone
Urban Policy Researcher

Ellen Marrone is a freelance urban researcher living in New York City. Her primary research interest is urban development and social polarization or marginalization, which she has approached through studying social policy, culture, and the ways in which the two intersect in some of the world’s largest cities.
Urban Policy Researcher
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Development, Media, Youth Issues
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Field of Work: Academia
City: New York
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Enrique Iglesias
Secretary-General, Ibero-American Cooperation Secretariat

Enrique Iglesias took office as the first Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Cooperation Secretariat (SECIB) on October 1st, 2005, following his election by the Ibero-American Conference member-states in May.
Secretary-General, Ibero-American Cooperation Secretariat
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Development, International Relations
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: English, Spanish
Field of Work: Government, Politics, United Nations
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
Etienne Piguet

Etienne Piguet is Professor of geography at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), where he holds the “Geography of mobilities” chair. He is a member of the Population geography commission’s steering committee of the International Geographic Union and former director a.i of the Swiss forum for migration studies.
Area of Expertise: Migration and Integration
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Subsaharan Africa
Languages: English, French, German
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: Neuchatel
Country: Switzerland
Continent: Europe
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