Don't see your photo? Please e-mail us one before your arrival.
Dr. Emmanuel Adesola
Nigeria
fadesola@oauife.edu.ng
Funso Adesola was educated at two Nigerian first generation Universities--Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, and the University of Benin, Benin City. He joined OAU's Department of International Relations first as a graduate student; he later became a member of the faculty and has also obtained a PhD there. He was a grantee of the French Institute for Research in Africa, Ibadan, Nigeria and a laureate/grantee of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal. Adesola authored a book titled International Relations: An Introductory Text and he has published widely in reputable local and international journals. His research interests include security studies, geopolitics, and international relations of Africa.
Ms. Tetchie Aquino
Philippines
bb_tetch@yahoo.com
Tetchie Aquino is a lecturer of International Relations, Political Science and International Studies at Ateneo de Davao University. She has a BA in Political Science and is currently finishing her MA in Public Administration. Her research interests include International Relations, Foreign Policy, Public Policy Analysis, Public Administration, Security and Human Rights.
Dr. Bertrand Ateba
Cameroon
atebson2003@yahoo.fr
Dr. Bertrand Ateba is a lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the University of Douala in Cameroon. He has also taught at the International Relations Institute of Cameroon. He earned an MA and a PhD in international relations from Peking University's School of International Studies in the People's Republic of China. The title of his PhD dissertation is "The rise of China and International Security." Dr. Ateba's research interests include China's foreign policy, international relations' theories, African international relations, and security studies. He has published 5 papers in French and English on China's domestic and international affairs in academic journals at home and abroad.
Dr. Swaswati Choudhury
India
swachoudhury@yahoo.co.in
Dr. Swaswati Choudhury teaches international relations and comparative politics to undergraduate students of the Social Sciences faculty at St. Francis' College for Women, Hyderabad, India. She heads the department of Political Science in her college--an autonomous, premier institution affiliated with Osmania University, Hyderabad. She has received her MA, MPhil and PhD in political science from the Central University of Hyderabad. Dr. Choudhury has carried out research and presented scholarly papers on topics such as, to mention a few, conflicts in the Indian Ocean region and the Superpowers' presence there during the Cold War; HIV/AIDS: a challenge to human security; and recent trends in Indo-Israel relations. Lately she has coordinated an international seminar on "Critical Areas of Ensuring Energy Security," focusing mainly on the Asia-Pacific Region. Her primary area of interest has been foreign policy and international security.
Ms. Oyunsuren Damdinsuren
Mongolia
oyunsuren@yahoo.com
Ms.Oyunsuren Damdinsuren earned a BA in International Relations and French Studies from the National University of Mongolia , a BA in English-Russian Translation from the Institute for European Languages (Mongolia) and a MA in International Relations from INALCO (France). She is currently a lecturer and a PhD candidate at the School of Foreign Service, National University of Mongolia. Her research interests include contemporary diplomacy, foreign policy and nuclear non-proliferation. Recent publications include “Introduction to Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Diplomatic Service” (co-author, in Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar 2009) and “Role of Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Status for Protecting Mongolia’s National Security” (co-author, in Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar 2008).
Mr. Creomar de Souza
Brazil
creomarlima@gmail.com
Mr. De Souza teaches MBA courses on South American international relations at the Department of International Relations of the Brasilia Institute of Superior Education and at the Catholic University of Brasilia. He received a Masters degree in International Relations from the University of Brasilia (2005). His areas of interest include U.S. foreign policy, Brazilian foreign policy, sovereignty, history of international relations, ethics and political theory. Since 2008, he has been editing a group of studies on U.S. foreign policy. He also writes for the international affairs magazine Revista Autor.
Dr. Bashir Elkot
Libya
bashirelkot@yahoo.com
Since 1997, Dr. Bashir has been a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Alfateh University (Tripoli). He is the chief editor of the journal of Economics & Political Science of the same faculty, as well as Director of the research bureau of the Gaddafi Charity Foundation. Bashir holds a Ph.D. in international organization (Cairo, Egypt 2006), a Ph.D. in management of ethnic conflicts in Africa (Khartoum, Sudan 2008), M.A. in political science (Tripoli, Libya 1997), and B.A. in political science (Benghazi, Libya 1980). He has authored or edited more than 15 research publications on African and Mediterranean affairs, including two books and two edited volumes.
Mr. Do Thanh Hai
Vietnam
dothanhhai80@gmail.com
Do Thanh Hai is a research fellow at the Center for Political and Security Studies of the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam—a think-tank affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam. He received a BA in international relations from Hanoi Institute for International Relations in 2002 and has just earned an MA with Distinction from Erasmus Mundus Global Studies Program, jointly sponsored by University of Vienna (Austria) and University of Wroclaw (Poland). He has gotten involved in a wide range of research projects on globalization, regional integration, political transformation, and security matters. He has contributed a number of articles to the local Journal of International Studies and America Today Journal. His current focal interests include political philosophy, foreign policy analysis, regional cooperation against transnational threats, and security architecture in the Asia–Pacific region.
Mr. Joseph Kleuters
Netherlands
jlkleuters@hotmail.com
Joost Kleuters is finishing his PhD thesis at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The topic of the thesis is the German question and the relationship between the two major West German political parties (CDU/CSU and SPD) and Washington in the 1950s and 1960s. Kleuters has been teaching courses on American foreign policy, international governance, and academic skills. Before starting his PhD research he worked at the Center for German Studies in Nijmegen, the Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry in The Hague, and the Dutch Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Dr. Vişne Korkmaz
Turkey
visne@mail.koc.net
Dr. Korkmaz is a lecturer at the Department of International Relations and Political Science of Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. Her areas of interest include international relations' theory, foreign policy studies, security studies, ‘Western’ security, regional security, current developments in Southeast and Northeast Asia, regional politics, and regional identities. Her publications include “The New Power Calculations and ‘Structured’ Relations in the Fluctuating Security Environment of Eurasia,” in Contentious Issues of Security and the Future of Turkey, edited by Nursin Atesoglu Guney (Ashgate Publications, January 2007); Symphonic Personality, Nature and Survival, Russian Idea and Ideal (in Turkish, Alev Publications, Istanbul, January 2007); and “Constructing the Mediterranean in the Face of New Threats: Are the EU’s Words Really New?” Special Issue of European Security Journal, Nurşin A. Güney (guest editor), 18/1, March 2008.
Dr. Dan Lazea
Romania
dan.lazea@polsci.uvt.ro
Dr. Dan Lazea is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, West University of Timisoara, where he teaches undergraduate courses on international institutions and organizations, EU politics and institutions, and foreign policy and diplomacy. He also teaches graduate courses on civic culture and human rights in the US and politics and religion in the US in the American Studies Program at the same university. Last year, Dr. Lazea lectured on foreign policy at the University of Genoa (Italy) and Romanian Diplomatic Institute, Bucharest. He earned his PhD (2007) from the University Babes-Bolyai Cluj Napoca (Romania) and the University of Turin (Italy); he is currently pursuing a three months post-doctoral fellowship at the University Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV (France), researching the impact of the new member states on the European Union's institutions and policies.
Mr. Zhang Lei
People's Republic of China
leileish@yahoo.com.cn
Mr. Zhanglei is Dean and Associate Professor at the Department of International Affairs, Law School, Shanghai International Studies University. He earned a BA in International Politics (1997) and a LLM (2004) from Fudan University in Shanghai. In 2005, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Manchester, UK. In 2006, he was selected to participate in the program of "classe élite en sciences socials," held by the Foreign Ministry of France. Lei's research interests include public policy analysis, comparative government, international relations, and international law. He has published about 15 papers in key academic journals.
Ms. Nina Malysheva
Russia
nimmer@rambler.ru
Nina Malysheva is a senior lecturer at Altai State University, where she earned her specialist degree in International Relations in 2001. She teaches courses such as “modern history of Europe and America (20th century),” “foreign policy of Russian Federation,” and “contemporary problems of international relations.” In 2003 Nina was a fellow at the Summer Institute on Political Science at Moscow State Institute of International Relations. She also participated in programs on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in Russia. Her PhD research focuses on U.S. policy toward the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community.
Dr. Ali Fakhri Musaelhajmuhammad
Palestinian Territories
amohammad@econ.alquds.edu
Dr. Ali Fakhri Musaelhajmuhammad earned a BA in business administration from Dean College of London, UK, an MA in business administration from the University of Leicester, UK, and a PhD in international relations from the American University of London, UK. He is currently an assistant professor of political science and business at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. His research interests include international political system, human rights, international business, and conflict resolution.
Ms. Saltanat Nurzhanova
Kazakhstan
saltanata7@mail.ru
Saltanat Nurzhanova is a senior lecturer at the department of world history and international relations at E.A. Buketov Karaganda State University, Karaganda City, Republic of Kazakhstan. Her research focuses on the development of political systems, international cooperation within the framework of international regional organizations, integration processes, and regional security problems. From 1999-2004, Nurzhanova studied at the history faculty at E.A. Buketov Karaganda State University. In 2007 she studied at the School of International Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. In 2009 she defended her dissertation, titled “Major trends of Kazakhstan-India cooperation in the end of 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries,” at al-Farabi Kazakh national university (Almaty City, Kazakhstan). She teaches “modern problems in system of the international relations,” “integration processes in system of the international relations,” “international diplomacy,” and “problems of national and regional security.”
Dr. María Teresa Romero Cárdenas
Venezuela
mteresa100@hotmail.com
Dr. Romero is a full time professor (with tenure) at the School of International Studies, Central University of Venezuela (UCV), where she teaches courses on U.S. and Venezuelan Foreign Policy. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the UCV and M.A. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh, USA. She has been visiting professor at the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain; Florida International University, Miami; and St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. In 1992, Dr. Romero was a Fulbright Research Scholar at The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. She has published a number of papers and academic articles, and contributed to many national newspapers. She is a regular columnist at the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal. Her books include Venezuela en defensa de su democracia (2006); Biografía de Rómulo Betancourt (2005, reprint 2008); Política Exterior Venezolana (2002), and (co-authored) Diccionario de Política (1994, reprint 2006).
Dr. Martin Senn
Austria
Martin.Senn@uibk.ac.at
Dr. Martin Senn is a lecturer in International Security at the University of Innsbruck. His research focuses on the proliferation of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, as well as on non/counter-proliferation, disarmament, and U.S. Foreign Policy. Dr. Senn has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on international security at the University of Innsbruck and University College London. He received his PhD in 2008 from the University of Innsbruck. In his PhD thesis he analyzed the "rogue state" concept from a moderate constructivist perspective. Dr. Senn will post his impressions of the Institute on his blog.
Mr. Eduardo Velosa Porras
Colombia
evelosa@javeriana.edu.co
Mr. Velosa is a full time professor at the International Relations Department of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on foreign policy analysis, Colombian foreign policy, and the international relations of the Asia-Pacific region. Velosa is also a lecturer at the San Carlos Diplomatic Academy of the Colombian Foreign Relations Ministry, and he has taught at Universidad de los Andes and Universidad del Rosario. He received a BA in Political Science from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and a Masters degree in International Relations from Griffith University, Australia. His research interests include foreign policy analysis, Colombian and Latin American Foreign Policies, and intra- and extra-regional relations of Asia-Pacific, subjects dealt with in his recent publications.