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Roger Casas

Graduate in History from the University of the Basque Country, Roger Casas has lived and worked in Asia for the last 8 years –including a period as local coordinator for a UNESCO project on cultural preservation, in Yunnan province, P. R. China. Currently he is a student in a MA program on Sustainable Development at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. His interests revolve around the relations between ethnic groups and the state in Southeast Asia and China, as well as the maintenance of religious traditions in the region.

Evgeny Lykov

Deputy chairman of the orthodox citizens Union of St.Petersburg and legal adviser for the Commission for Economic Security of the Public Council of St.Petersburg government. Postgraduated in International Relations at Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, UK) and graduated in Law and Politics.

F. Rwandizil

Kurdish writer from Kurdistan in Iraq, Erbil city, MA in International Relations at Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, England) and graduated in International Politics at Erbil University. Rwandizi works as professor in the Department of International Relations and Politics at the University of Erbil-Kurdistan. He has published articles and short stories in journals such as Xebat, Kurdistani New, Al-Hura, Gulan, Hawlat, Kurdistannet and KRSF Journal.

Javier Delgado

Graduated in Geography at the Spanish University of Castilla-La Mancha, Javier also holds a MA in Peace and Reconciliation Studies by the British Coventry University. In his final dissertation, he examines the role of journalism in watering down hatred in the Sri Lanka civil war. Javier taught both Spanish and English for several local schools in the Chinese city of Nanjing for over a year. Afterwards, he moved to India to work for a local NGO, Forum for Fact Finding and Advocacy, where he helped the organisation shed light on the Indian Maoist insurgency. In Brussels, he was the European correspondent for the Mongolian English-language newspaper The UB Post. He has also worked for the media and information department of the International Crisis Group and for the communications unit of the European Union’s Committee of the Regions. He is now a communication officer at an international conflict-resolution organisation working in South and South East Asia.

Juan Luis Dorado

Graduated in Journalism at European University of Madrid and specialized in EU and International Relations. MA in International Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid. Expert in Latin American politics, his final dissertation “Al son de Cuba” (In tune with Cuba) is about the USA-Cuba relations and the future of the island. He collaborates with the International Relations Department of the Complutense University, he works for the press department of the Latin American General Secretary, and finally he contributes to Ciberamerica.org website.

Soraya Carvajal

Journalist and Social Communicator from Colombia. Graduated at Del Valle University and MA in International Relations and Communication at the Complutense University of Madrid. She has worked as a journalist in “El Liberal” journal and correspondent for Colprensa and Enlace news agency. Also she has developed skills in corporative communication due to her work in Promocauca, Compensacion Comfacauca Bank and the College of Cauca-Technology Institution

Pablo Gambadé

Graduated in International Relations at the Argentina Federal Police Institute. He has been exhibitor in the Military Strategic Issues network organized by the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Argentina and currently he is a professor in the Intelligence Institute of the Armed Forces and in the University Institute of Argentina Federal Police.

Adrien Majourel

MA in International Relations and Communication at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has been working for the French embassy in Ecuador, the French journal “Liberation” and in the office of the public prosecutor in chief of the International Criminal Court placed in The Hague. His main academic interests are African politics and Europe, International Justice and links between Art and International Relations.

Aurora Moreno Alcojor

Graduated in Journalism and MA in International Relations and Communication at the Complutense University of Madrid. She has been contributing to “El Mundo” Spanish journal and currently is working in South Africa as a journalist. Her main interests are related to Africa and Development.

Andrea Bonzanni

International Affairs at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He has previously undertaken studies at the University of Pavia in Italy as well as at the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics in the United Kingdom. Though he has been writing on a wide array of topics, his main interests are the geopolitics of energy and the influence of energy resources on public governance, with a particular focus on the Gulf area. He is currently an intern at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe – Department of Sustainable Energy.

Enrico Labriola

Degree in Management of Public Administrations and International Institutions (Milan, Italy). He worked for the bidding company ‘Gruppo Soges’ in Bruxelles, managing the proposals for EU Commission of Framework Contract’s development projects. He obtained a diploma in European Affairs at Institute of International Politics Studies in 2005. In 2008 had an internship in UNDP Azerbaijan Country office, worked for the Italian Embassy in Baku and joined the OSCE/ODIHR election monitoring mission for Azerbaijan presidential elections. He wrote articles as a journalist for some magazines and Italian newspapers. He is now working on some editorial and journalistic projects.