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Mr. Eduardo Antonio Diez
Argentina
edus10@hotmail.com
Professor Diez earned a BA in International Relations from Salvador University, and he is currently a Masters candidate in Peace and Conflict Resolution at Salvador University. He is the Executive Director of the Argentine American Dialogue (www.dialogoaa.org.ar) and the Coordinator of the Nuclear Committee of the Argentine Council for International Relations (www.cari.org.ar). He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in International Relations at Buenos Aires University, Belgrano University, and Catholic University of Salta.
Dr. Amal S. M. El-Obeidi
Libya
aoss2001@yahoo.com
Dr Amal Obeidi is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Economics, of the University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya. She obtained a PhD from the University of Durham, UK, in Middle Eastern Politics in 1997. She served for two years as Dean of the Faculty of Economics of University of Garyounis, where she is currently the head of the Political Science Department. Dr. Obeidi also heads the Studies and Research unit at the Research Centre of the University of Garyounis. Her publications include Political Culture in Libya, Identity in Libya, Libyan Security Policy Between Existence and Feasibility: An Exploratory Study, Political Socialisation of Arab Women, The Development of Women's Movement in Libyan Society Between Empowerment and Activation: A Documentation Study; Political Elites in Libya: An Exploratory Study of Elite Formation from 1969 to 2007. She specializes in gender issues, public policies, human rights, civil society, and security issues, especially in the Mediterranean region.
Dr. Pawel Konrad Frankowski
Poland
pawel.frankowski@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl
Pawel Frankowski received his PhD in International Relations from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland, where he is currently an assistant professor of political science. His dissertation, which he defended in 2005, was titled The U.S. Hegemony in Turbulence. Pawel's research interests include International Relations Theory, U.S. Foregin Policy, hegemony in IR, and new threats and challenges to international security. He has taught political theory, diplomatic law, and essentials of international relations. He is currently working on a a new book project titled National Security Conceptions in the Process of Emerging of European Strategic Culture.
Ms. Saima Gul
Pakistan
gulsweetmind@yahoo.com
Ms. Saima Gul, a native of Peshawar, received her Masters in Internatinoal Relations from the University of Peshawar in 2004, where she is currently a lecturer and a research scholar. Her research focuses on trade and peace. Ms. Gul teaches “History of International Relations and Foreign Policies of Major Powers” and “Politics of the Middle East.”
Dr. Maria Tzankova Hristova
Bulgaria
mtzankova@yahoo.com
Maria Tzankova earned a BA and MA in philosophy from the University of Sofia (Bulgaria), an MA in contemporary European studies from the University of Sussex (UK), and a PhD in international relations and European studies from the University of Limerick (Ireland). She is currently an assistant professor of political science at American University in Bulgaria. Her research interests include international security, strategic studies, crisis management, and peace operations.
Dr. Pei-Shan Kao
Taiwan
pkao@mail.nctu.edu.tw
Pei-Shan Kao earned a BA in Literature from Fujen University (Taiwan), an M.A. in Law from Tamkang University (Taiwan), and a PhD in international relations from the University of Essex (United Kingdom). Professor Kao is currently an Assistant Professor at National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. She has also been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the School of International Studies at Tamkang University and in the Institute of Public Affairs at Ming Chuan University. Professor Kao’s research interests include International Relations Theory, US-China Relations, Chinese bargaining strategies and tactics, and International Relations. Since she studied in the Complutense University of Madrid, she is trilingual in English, Spanish and Chinese.
Dr. Rim Latrache
France
rim_latrache@yahoo.fr
Rim Latrache is a Maître de Conférences (Associate Professor) in American civilization at the English Department of the University of Paris 13, France. She has a BA (Honors) in English, University of Tunis I (Tunisia), a Masters (Honors) in American Literature, University of Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle (France), and a PhD (Honors) in American civilization, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne, (France). Her doctoral thesis, "The Arab Community in the United States: a History of Immigration and the Dilemma of (in)Visibility." is based on research in the United States. It examines the status of the Arab American community within American society and analyzes the policies of the American governments towards the Arab Community, especially in response to international events. Her research interests include Arab/Muslim community, immigration, identity, assimilation, discrimination and terrorism.
Ms. Sanyarat Meesuwan
Thailand
sanyarat@gmail.com
After receiving her B.A. in International Affairs from Thammasat University, Sanyarat worked as a financial reporter at the Post Today newspaper in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2003, she got scholarship from the Japanese government to pursue an M.A. in International Relations at the University of Hokkaido in Japan. She is currently a lecturer at the Department of International Relations, College of Politics and Governance, Mahasarakham University in Thailand, where she teaches courses on U.S. Foreign Policy and Major Powers Policy. Her courses are focused on U.S. involvement in contemporary world politics, including issues such as non-proliferation policy, counter-terrorism, and the economic and security role of the U.S. in Asia-Pacific.
Dr. Hicham Mourad
Egypt
himou@hotmail.com
Professor Mourad earned a BA in Political Science from Cairo University, an MA in Political Science from the University of Paris II, and a PhD in international relations and foreign policy from the University of Paris I. He is the author of The Mobilization of External Economic Resources : The Case of the Foreign Policy of Egypt (in Arabic, 1994), and several researches and articles on Arab, African and international affairs. Professor Mourad teaches foreign policy and African political systems and Conflicts at the faculty of economics and political science, Cairo University. He is also a lecturer at the Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Additionally, he is the managing editor of Al-Ahram Hebdo, a weekly newspaper in French, published by the Al-Ahram Foundation, Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Vasko Naumovski
Macedonia
vaskonaum@yahoo.com
Dr. Naumovski holds LLB, LLM and PhD in International and EU Law from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Macedonia, and an MA in European Studies from the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany. He joined New York University-Skopje in 2005, where he is teaching courses at the Department for International Relations, Politics and European Studies. In 2007 he was elected President of the Institute for European and International Studies, a think-tank based in Skopje. He has worked for the US National Democratic Institute in Skopje, the Macedonian Parliament, the Macedonian Ministry of Justice and the UNDP.
Ms. Elvira Niazalieva
Kyrgyz Republic
sacura_el@mail.ru
Ms. Niazalieva teaches at the School of International Relations at the Kyrgyz
National University, Bishkek City. At the same time, she is a PhD student at the Diplomatic Academy of the Kyrgyz Republic, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her research focuses on U.S.-Kyrgyz relations.
Dr. Jens Ringsmose
Denmark
jri@sam.sdu.dk
Jens Ringsmose holds an MA (2002) in history and a PhD (2007) in political science from the University of Southern Denmark. His current research focuses on (a) how the transatlantic partnership is evolving and NATO’s possibilities for doing counter-insurgency; (b) the so-called New Wars. Jens research interests include transatlantic relations, theories and strategies of war, Danish security and defence policy, and asymmetrical wars.
Mr. Eric Patrick Rudge
Suriname
e.rudge@uvs.edu
Eric P. Rudge holds an LL.M. degree in Surinamese laws from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname, SA and also an LL.M. degree in international legal studies from the Washington College of Law at The American University in Washington, DC (1995 – 1997). As a Romulo Gallegos Fellow he worked in Washington, DC as an in house counsel at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (2000-2001). He published several short articles in the field of public international law, human rights law and international relations. Mr. Rudge is currently a lecturer at the University of Suriname, in charge of the major in international law. His courses include Public International Law, the Law of Treaties and English Law, American Law and Law of the Caribbean. He has recently been appointed Course Coordinator for the first MSc. course in International Relations at the University of the West Indies offered at the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research in Suriname.
Ms. Mala Selvaraju
Malaysia
mala@um.edu.my
Mala Selvaraju holds a B.A in History from the University of Malaya. She went on to pursue her Masters in International Relations at the International University of Japan in Niigata, Japan. She is currently a lecturer at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Malaya, where she teaches courses related to Southeast Asian International Relations. Her research interests include East and Southeast Asian regionalism, Japan-ASEAN relations, foreign policies of Malaysia, Japan, and the United States.
Mr. Robert Ebot Tambe-Ebot
Camaroon
ebort2000@yahoo.com
Mr. Tambe-Ebot earned a BA (Hons) in Public Adminsitration and Masters of Public Adminsitration from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Since 2000, he has been Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Buea, Camaroon. Since 2005, he has served as Head of Teaching and Research in the Faculty of Social and Management Science at Buea University. His research focuses on good governance and civil society organizations. Mr. Tambe-Ebot will start his PhD studies in South Africa in late 2008.
Mr. Serhiy Tereshko
Ukraine
euroserhi@ukr.net
Serhiy Tereshko is senior lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Kyiv University for the Humanities. He earned an MA in international relations (honors) from Kyiv Institute for the Humanities and an MA (honors) in political science from University of Warsaw (Poland). He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on Foreign Policy of North American countries and Foreign Policy of West European countries. He is currently a PhD student in the National Institute of International Security Problems attached to the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine. His doctoral research focuses on current developments in global security. His research interests also include international security, Euro-Atlantic and European integration, NATO-Ukraine relations, and U.S. policy towards Eastern Europe.
Dr. Viktoriya Vasilenko
Russia
vasilenko_v@bsu.edu.ru
Dr. Vasilenko is Assistant Professor in the Department of World History at Belgorod State University, Russia. She earned her specialist degree in International Relations at Altai State University(Barnaul) and her PhD in World History at Tomsk State University, Russia. In 2005 she was a Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw, Poland. In September 2007 Dr. Vasilenko conducted archival research at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri USA.
Dr. Yang Zhang
People's Republic of China
Zhangy627@nenu.edu.cn
Dr. Yang Zhang holds a PhD (2005) in World History from the Northeast Normal University (NENU), P. R. China. She is currently an associate professor at the NENU School of History and Culture, and focuses on
international relations, especially, Sino-American relationship. She published several professional articles in the field of the American Foreign Policy, the Cold War, and the U.S. Policy towards East Asia.