Speakers
Almotaz Abadi
Almotaz Abadi is the UfM Deputy Secretary General in charge of Water, Environment and Blue Economy since September 2022. He was UfM Acting Deputy Secretary…
Abla Abdel Latif
Dr. Abla Abdel Latif, originally a Professor of Economics at AUC, is currently the Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council for Economic Development; and the…
Dubai Abulhoul
Dubai Abulhoul is an Emirati author, Rhodes Scholar, and founder of Fiker Institute, an interdisciplinary think tank based in Dubai. She has recently published a…
Alessandro Accorsi
Alessandro Accorsi joined Crisis Group in September 2022. Prior to joining Crisis Group, Alessandro led the European Union External Action Service’s work on foreign interference…
Djime Adoum
Djimé Adoum is High Representative, Coalition for the Sahel. Prior to this charge, he was Executive Secretary of the Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control…
Reem Al Haddadin
Reem Haddadin is a researcher in the Sustainable Development Pillar. Her research covers topics of hydro diplomacy, green economy, climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable…
Riyad Al Malki
Riad Al-Malki is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates since 2009, and Chairman of the Board of Directors – The Palestinian International Cooperation Agency PICA,…
Ebtesam Al-Ketbi
Dr. Ebtesam Al-Ketbi is the President and Founder of the Emirates Policy Center. Dr. Al-Ketbi is a Professor of Political Science at the United Arab…
Hayder Al-Khoei
Hayder al-Khoei is the Director of Foreign Relations at the Al Khoei Institute of Najaf . He is also an Associate Fellow in the Middle East…
Nawaf Saud Nasser Al-Sabah
Shaikh Nawaf S. Al-Sabah was appointed Deputy Chairman and CEO of KPC in March 2022. Prior to this, he was President and CEO of KPC…
Abdulwahab Al-Shehri
Abdulwahab Al-Shehri is the current Undersecretary General for Corporate Communication at the Muslim World League. He holds an MA in Mass Communication. He represented the…
Dlawer Ala’aldeen
Professor Dlawer Ala’Aldeen is the Founding President of the Middle East Research Institute (MERI), based in Erbil, Iraq, and a former Minister of Higher Education…
Ranj Alaaldin
Dr. Ranj Alaaldin is currently a Fellow of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and the Director of the Crisis Response Council. Previously, he was…
Chiara Albanese
Chiara Albanese is the correspondent of the Rome bureau of Bloomberg News. She deals with government and economy issues, and the energy and infrastructure sector.…
Paige Alexander
Paige Alexander joined The Carter Center as chief executive officer in June 2020. Alexander has had a distinguished global development career, with over two decades…
Haizam Amirah-Fernández
Haizam Amirah-Fernández is senior analyst for the Mediterranean and the Arab World at Elcano Royal Institute and professor of International Relations at IE University…
Mohamed Arkab
Mr. Mohamed Arkab is a State Engineer in Mechanics, Energy Science Option. Throughout his career, Mr ARKAB has led several projects for the construction of…
Ali Aslan
Ali Aslan is an internationally renowned TV presenter, talk show host, conference moderator, emcee and journalist. His international career in broadcast journalism spans more than…
Canan Atilgan
Since May 2020, Dr. Canan Atilgan is heading the Middle East and North Africa Department in the European and International Cooperation Division of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS).…
Shaddad Attili
Shaddad Attili was the Minister affiliated to the Negotiation Department in charge of Water & Environmental files for permanent status negotiations. He obtained a doctorate…
Gilles Badot
Gilles Badot has been the Director of the Adriatic Sea Department of the European Investment Bank since October 2021. He is also currently the Acting…
Joseph Bahout
Joseph Bahout, PhD, is the director of the Issam Fares Institute and an associate professor of practice in the PSPA Department at AUB. Until recently, Joseph…
Julien Barnes-Dacey
Julien Barnes-Dacey is the Director of the Middle East & North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). His primary topic of…
Lea Baroudi
Lea Baroudi is a founding Member and Director of March, a Lebanese non-profit organization that seeks to engender tolerance, foster diversity, and promote freedom of…
Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi
Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Security Studies department of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). She is also…
Sara Bazoobandi
Dr. Sara Bazoobandi is a Marie Curie Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies and Associate Research fellow, ISPI. She is also a…
Mohamed Bazoum
Mohamed Bazoum, is a Nigerien politician who is the current president of the Republic of Niger. He has been in office since 2 April 2021.…
Abdoul Salam Bello
Abdoul Salam Bello is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. He currently serves as Alternate Executive Director of the Africa Group…
Emna Ben Arab
Dr Emna Ben Arab is currently teaching as an assistant professor at the University of Stax, Tunisia Her lectures focus mainly on American foreign policy,…
Leila Benali
Dr Leila Benali is the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco. In 2021, she was appointed Chief Economist of the International Energy…
Éléonore A. Bénit
Éléonore A. Bénit is a Communication consultant and freelance journalist. She began her career in advertising before joining L’Officiel Maroc, where she became deputy editor…
Rim Berahab
Rim Berahab is Senior Economist at the Policy Center for the New South, which she joined in 2014. She is currently working on themes related…
Cinzia Bianco
Dr. Cinzia Bianco is a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in Berlin, where she is working on political, security and…
Mohamed Bin Mubarak Bin Daina
H.E. Dr. Mohamed bin Mubarak Bin Daina is the current Minister of Oil of Bahrain. Previously, he was Bahrain’s special envoy for climate affairs and…
Prince Hassan Bin Talal
Prince El Hassan bin Talal was born on March 20, 1947 in Amman, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the son of the late…
Abdallah Bou Habib
Abdallah Bou Habib is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon. He began his career at the World Bank in May 1976…
Nadia Bouaida
Nadia Bouaida is the Chairperson for Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Islamic Affairs, and Moroccan Expatriates Committee, in House of Representatives of Morocco.
Ouided Bouchamaoui
Ouided Bouchamaoui is the co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 2015. From May 2011 to January 2018, Ms. Bouchamaoui was president of UTICA, the Tunisian…
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski is Director of the North Africa Office at the UNECA. Her research interests are entrepreneurship, labor economics, family economics and development. She…
Andrea Cabrini
Andrea Cabrini is the Managing Editor of Class CNBC, the Italian branch of CNBC. He’s also Co-Managing Editor of Milano Finanza, Italy’s premier financial magazine,…
Clint Camilleri
Minister Clint Camilleri, an architect by profession, was first appointed Minister for Gozo in 2020 and reconfirmed in his position after the March 2022 General…
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey since 24 November 2015. He previously served in the same position from August 2014…
Natalina Cea
Natalina Cea has been appointed Head of Mission of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya. She is an Italian civil servant who has…
Ayşe Betül Çelik
Ayşe Betül Çelik received her Ph.D. in political science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2002 and is a full Professor…
Riccardo Chartroux
Riccardo Chartroux is an Italian journalist. He joined Rai through a competition for practicing journalists in 1992. He began his work in Rai in 1995…
Edmondo Cirielli
Edmondo Cirielli is the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. He is a Brigadier General of the Carabinieri Auxiliary Corps, and was…
Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria
Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria joined the European Institute of the Mediterranean in Barcelona in September 2015, where he is the Director of the Department of Euro-Mediterranean Policies…
Paolo Conversi
Dr. Paolo Conversi graduated in Economics and Commerce from ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome and in social sciences from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He then obtained…
Stefania Craxi
Stefania Craxi is currently the President of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Italian Senate. She entered politics in 2006, when she was elected MP…
Maria Cuffaro
Maria Cuffaro is currently correspondent and presenter of the Tg3 Rai. In 1986 she was a journalist for Italia Radio, and in the meantime also…
Fadi Daou
Fadi Daou is the Executive Director of Globe Ethics Foundation, Geneva. He is the Co-founder and former CEO of Adyan Foundation in Beirut, Lebanon. He…
Rachele De Angelis
Rachele De Angelis is a Development Specialist at Enel Group. She graduated from Sciences Po Paris and is passionate about susteinability, international relations, and management.…
Nicola De Blasio
Dr. De Blasio is a Senior Fellow leading Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center research on energy technology innovation and the transition to a low carbon…
Aurelio De Carolis
Admiral De Carolis is specialized in Telecommunications, Conduct of Operations and Electronic Warfare. Prior to his current role, he was then Assistant to the Chief…
Staffan De Mistura
Staffan de Mistura was appointed UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Western Sahara in October 2021. Previously, he has been UN Special Envoy for Syria from…
Emanuela Del Re
Emanuela Del Re has been appointed EU Special Representative for the Sahel in 2021. Since 2018, she served as Italy’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs…
Alain Délétroz
Alain Délétroz is Geneva Call’s General Director since January 2018. He has an experience of more than twenty years of work in conflict areas or…
Mohsen Derregia
Mohsen Derregia was appointed chairman of the board overseeing the $65bn LIA in April. Prior to taking up his current position, he taught accounting and…
Claudio Descalzi
Claudio Descalzi has been CEO of Eni since May 2014. He is Member of the General Council and of the Advisory Board of Confindustria and…
Noemi Di Segni
Noemi Di Segni is the president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI). Di Segni was born in Jerusalem but has been living in Rome…
Gilberto Dialuce
Gilberto Dialuce is the President of ENEA, the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development. An energy expert, Dialuce has over 40…
Ishac Diwan
Dr. Ishac Diwan is the Director of Research for the Finance for Development Lab at Paris School of Economics, where he also teaches economics. Until recently he held…
Leo Docherty
Leo Docherty was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on 27 October 2022. He was…
Karim El Aynaoui
Dr. Karim El Aynaoui is an Economist. From 2005 to 2012, he worked at the Central Bank of Morocco where he held the position of…
Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. In 2008, Ghazouani served as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Mauritania,…
Anas El Gomati
Mr. Anas El Gomati is the founder and current Director General of the Tripoli-based Sadeq Institute, the first public policy think tank in Libya’s history…
Najla El Mangoush
Najla El Mangoush is the Libya’s first female Minister of Foreign Affairs. She trained as a lawyer at Benghazi university and was later an assistant…
Karim Elgendy
Karim Elgendy is an urban sustainability and climate consultant based in London with more than two decades of experience. His areas of expertise include developing…
Zaid Eyadat
Zaid Eyadat is the Director of Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan. He is a member of the Arab Barometer’s steering committee. Eyadat…
Kristin Fabbe
Kristin Fabbe is a Jakurski Family associate professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit. Her primary expertise is in comparative politics, with a…
Tanja Fajon
Tanja Fajon holds a university degree in journalism and has completed postgraduate studies in international politics (Paris/Brussels) and management (IECD Bled). She worked as a…
Intissar Fakir
Intissar Fakir is a senior fellow and director of MEI’s North Africa and Sahel program. She is an expert on North Africa, the Sahel, and…
Maria Fantappiè
Maria Fantappiè is Special Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa region at HD. Before joining the organisation, she served as Senior Adviser for the…
Fadia Faqir
Fadia Faqir is a Jordanian British author based in Durham and Amman. She currently holds a writing fellowship at St Aidan’s College, the University of…
Nadim Farajalla
Dr. Farajalla is currently director of the Climate Change and the Environment Program at the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut. He…
Daniela Fatarella
Daniela Fatarella is currently the General Manager of Save the Children Italy, where she was previously Head of Marketing Communications. Previously, she worked as Marketing…
Marco Felisati
Marco Felisati is Italy’s B20 Sherpa and Manager of the B20 Task Force on Trade and Investment. He has dealt with international relations, trade, and…
Irene Fellin
Ms. Fellin is a WPS expert and peacebuilder who has worked as a Senior Gender Adviser with Women in International Security (WIIS), the International Affairs…
Senen Florensa
Dr. Senen Florensa is currently the President of IEMed (European Institute of the Mediterranean). A diplomat and ambassador, he holds a degree in Economic Science…
Mauro Garofalo
Mauro Garofalo is in charge of international relations in the Community of Sant’Egidio. He took part, as a mediator, in the most recent peace initiatives…
Roberta Gatti
Dr. Roberta Gatti is the Chief Economist of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region of the World Bank. She joined the World Bank…
Claudia Gazzini
Claudia Gazzini is the International Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Libya. She has covered this role since 2012. Between October 2017 and March 2018 she…
Paolo Gentiloni
Paolo Gentiloni is an Italian politician serving as European Commissioner for the Economy in the von der Leyen Commission since 2019, following his time as the 57th Prime Minister of…
Ellie Geranmayeh
Ellie Geranmayeh is Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). She specializes in European…
Nazila Ghanea
In August 2022, Dr. Nazila Ghanea was appointed as Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief for the UN. She is also a professor…
Dalia Ghanem
Dalia Ghanem is a Senior Analyst in charge of the Middle East and North Africa portfolio at the EUISS. Her research interests focus on EU-MENA…
Lucia Goracci
Lucia Goracci is a foreign correspondent for Rai News 24. She graduated in political science from LUISS in Rome and joined Rai in 1995. Her…
Nimrod Goren
Dr. Nimrod Goren is the President and Founder of Mitvim, and the Co-Founder of Diplomeds – The Council for Mediterranean Diplomacy. He teaches Middle Eastern…
Giovanni Gorno Tempini
Giovanni Gorno Tempini has been the President of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA since 24 October 2019. She is also Chairman of CDP Reti SpA, CDP…
Lise Grande
Lise Grande is the CEO of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent, nonpartisan, federally funded institute charged with the mission to prevent, mitigate, and…
Claudio Graziano
General Claudio Graziano graduated in Military Strategic Sciences from the Turin School of Application. He also holds degrees in Diplomatic and International Sciences from the…
Gordan Grlić-Radman
Gordan Grlić-Radman was appointed as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Government of Croatia in 2019. Grlić-Radman started his career in business, working…
Samantha Gross
Samantha Gross is the director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative and a fellow in Foreign Policy. Her work is focused on the intersection…
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Rafael Mariano Grossi was appointed as IAEA’s Director General in 2019. Mr Grossi is a diplomat with over 35 years of experience in the field…
Michael Haddad
Michael Haddad is serving as a Regional (Arab States) Goodwill Ambassador for the (UNDP). He raises awareness about climate change throughout the region also by…
Fatou Haidara
Fatou Haidara, Managing Director of the Directorate of Global Partnerships and External Relations and Director General’s Special Representative for Africa at United Nations Industrial Development…
Marco Hannappel
Marco Hannappel graduated in business administration from the University of Florence, began his career at Procter & Gamble, where he held various positions of responsibility…
Kawa Hassan
Kawa Hassan is the Executive Director of Stimson Europe, Senior Fellow, and Director of the MENA Program at the Stimson Center. Prior to joining Stimson,…
Hisham A. Hellyer
Dr Hisham A. Hellyer, a senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Cambridge…
Steffen Hertog
Dr. Steffen Hertog is Associate Professor in Comparative Politics in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He joined…
Zaina Hurani
Zaina Hurani is a Palestinian Physics student pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at An-Najah National University. She is an accomplished Debater breaking in multiple international tournaments, President of…
Dalal Iriqat
Dr. Dalal Iriqat is an assistant professor at the Arab American University Palestine AAUP and a weekly columnist at AlQuds Newspaper since 2016. She was…
Marc Owen Jones
Marc Owen Jones is an Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at Hamad bin Khalifa University, where he lectures and researches on political repression and…
Kerri-Ann Jones
Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, an American national, took up her duties as Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD on 1 July 2022. Her portfolio includes Environment, Development,…
Nasser Kamel
A career diplomat for the Egyptian government, Nasser Kamel held the position of Ambassador of Egypt to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018. He…
Matthew Karnitschnig
Matthew Karnitschnig is POLITICO’s chief Europe correspondent, based in Berlin. He joined the publication in 2015 from the Wall Street Journal, where he spent 15 years…
Tamara Kharroub
Tamara Kharroub is the Deputy Executive Director and a Senior Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC. Her research work focuses on democracy and human rights…
Lina Khatib
Lina Khatib is Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. She was formerly director of the Carnegie Middle East Center…
Sven Koopmans
Sven Koopmans is a peace negotiation specialist, senior diplomat, national politician, and international lawyer. On May 2021 he has been appointed EU Special Representative for…
Francesco La Camera
Mr. Francesco La Camera is the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He has more than thirty years of experience in the fields…
Ramtane Lamamra
Mr. Lamamra is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, a position he covered also in March 2019 and between 2013 and 2017, when…
Hélène Le Gal
Hélène Le Gal has been the Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa (EEAS) since October 2022. Previously, she was the French Ambassador…
Yael Lempert
Yael Lempert is the Acting Assistant Secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. She is a career member of the U.S. Senior…
Ian Lesser
Ian Lesser is vice president at The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and a member of GMF’s executive team, managing programs across…
Gideon Levy
Gideon Levy is a Haaretz columnist and a member of the newspaper’s editorial board. Levy joined Haaretz in 1982, and spent four years as the…
Marwa Louati
Marwa Louati is an international development professional and a civil society activist with nine years of experience in democratic governance, youth development, public policy, and…
Monica Maggioni
Monica Maggioni is an Italian journalist, public executive and television host. She is currently the Director of TG 1, RAI. Enrolled in the Italian Order…
Paolo Magri
Paolo Magri is the Executive Vice President of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and Professor of International Relations at Bocconi University. He…
Robert Malley
Robert Malley was appointed Special Envoy for Iran on January 28, 2021. Prior to that, he served as President and CEO of the International Crisis…
Tarek Masoud
Dr. Tarek Masoud is the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-Editor of…
Giampiero Massolo
Mr. Giampiero Massolo was appointed President of ISPI in January 2017. He has also been Chairman of Fincantieri Spa since May 2016. He was appointed…
Grammenos Mastrojeni
Grammenos Mastrojeni is an Italian diplomat, professor and writer who has focused for the past 25 years on the societal, geo-strategic and economic impacts of…
Sergio Mattarella
Sergio Mattarella holds a Law Degree from “La Sapienza” University of Rome and was admitted to the Palermo Bar Association in 1967. He taught parliamentary law at the…
Joseph McMonigle
Joseph McMonigle was appointed Secretary General of the International Energy Forum in 2020. He has over 20 years of experience working on energy issues in…
Hamza Meddeb
Dr. Hamza Meddeb is a fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on economic reform, political economy of…
Tarek Megerisi
Tarek Megerisi is a senior policy fellow with the North Africa and Middle East programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He is a…
Zineb Mekouar
Zineb Mekouar was born in Casablanca. She studied at the French international school Lycée Lyautey and later graduated from Science Po and HEC Paris before…
Giorgia Meloni
Giogia Meloni began her political commitment at the age of 15. In 1998 she was elected councilor of the Province of Rome for the National…
Karim Mezran
Karim Mezran is director of the North Africa Initiative and resident senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East programs focusing on the…
Silvio Micali
Dr. Silvio Micali has taught in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of the MIT since 1983. His research interests are cryptography, zero knowledge,…
Alessandra Migliaccio
Alessandra Migliaccio covers European economics and policy making from Rome, including G7s, G20s, Ecofins, and central bank news, for global news agency Bloomberg News. With…
Osama Mobarez
Osama Mobarez has over thirty years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. He is currently the Secretary General of the East Mediterranean Gas…
Miro Modrusan
Miro Modrusan works as Geneva Representative and Policy Advisor at INTERSOS. He has 27 years of experience in complex and challenging international contexts and a…
Enrico Molinaro
Enrico Molinaro is the founder and secretary-general of the Italian Network for the Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue. In addition, he is also the President, Founder and Foundraiser…
Blanca Moreno-Dodson
She has over twenty-eight years of experience as a World Bank development economist, including several positions as Lead Economist, mainly for the Global Tax Team,…
Pol Morillas
Pol Morillas is Director and Senior Research Fellow at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). He is a political scientist, holds a PhD in Politics,…
Margherita Movarelli
Margherita Movarelli joined the Martens Centre in 2014. She worked as Senior Project Officer in charge of projects with the Centre’s partner organisations. Prior to…
Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak
Ambassador Dr. Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Baghdad, He worked as an Assistant Professor in several…
Taghrid Nafeisi
Ms. Taghrid Nafeisi has worked in the field of financial investments and portfolio management in several regional and international companies. She is the President and…
Bo Viktor Nylund
Bo Viktor Nylund is a humanitarian and development practitioner who has served the most vulnerable children and families in different parts of the world throughout…
Yacine El-Mahdi Oualid
Yacine Oualid holds a PhD in medicine, he launched several startups, one of which became the first cloud provider in Algeria. He is also an…
Taha Özhan
Taha Özhan, research director at Ankara Institute, served as a visiting scholar at Oxford University in 2019-2020. Between 2014 and 2016, he served as the…
Antonio Pedro
Antonio M.A. Pedro is a mineral exploration geologist with more than 40 years of broad experience of and exposure to development issues and management at…
Fabio Petito
Fabio Petito is Head of the ISPI Programme on “Religions and International Relations” of the Italian Institute for International Politcal Studies supported by the Italian…
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin was graduated in economics and commerce in 1978 at the University of Turin, and then began his activities as an accountant and teacher…
Lapo Pistelli
Since July 2020 Lapo Pistelli is the Director Public Affairs of Eni. He first joined Eni as Senior Vice President of Stakeholder Relations and Business…
Jyotsna Puri
Dr. Jyotsna Puri is the Associate Vice-President – Strategy and Knowledge Department (SKD) at IFAD. She leads the organizations strategy work in IFAD’s key areas…
Francesco Rocca
Francesco Rocca is the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). A lawyer by profession, he joined the Italian…
Roy Olivier
Olivier Roy is presently Professor at the European University Institute (Florence): he is the scientific adviser of the Middle East Directions programme at the Robert Schuman…
Ayman Safadi
Ayman Safadi was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2017 and appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in Bisher Al-Khasawneh’s Cabinet on 12 October 2020. In…
Illka Salmi
Ilkka Salmi was appointed as EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator in 2021. Previously, he served as the Director of the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Directorate at the…
Bruno Scholl
Dr Bruno Scholl is the Head of the Iran Division at the European External Action Service of the EU (EEAS) in Brussels dealing with the…
Sameh Shoukry
Sameh Shoukry was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in June 2014. In 1982 he became Second Secretary to the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister…
Takei Shunshuke
Takei Shunshuke is the current State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in December…
Giampaolo Silvestri
Giampaolo Silvestri joined AVSI in 1996. From representative of projects for Eastern Europe, he became Area Project Manager and later Executive Director. In 2013 he received…
Konstantinos Skrekas
Konstantinos Skrekas has been serving as the Minister of Energy and Environment for Greece since 2021. Previously, he acted as Minister of Development and Competitiveness (2014-2015)…
Margherita Stancati
Margherita Stancati is a correspondent covering Southern Europe and based in Rome. Before that, Margherita was in the Middle East, reporting mostly on Saudi Arabia.…
Antonio Tajani
Antonio Tajani graduated in Law from the La Sapienza University of Rome, he was an officer in the Italian Air Force. Professional journalist and parliamentary…
Bayan Tal
Bayan Tal is a media development, media literacy, and communication specialist with more than 40 years of experience. She began her career as a broadcast…
Michaël Tanchum
Prof. Michaël Tanchum teaches international relations and political economy of the Middle East and North Africa at Universidad de Navarra, Spain. He is also senior…
Tarek Tawfik
Tawfik is a Board Member of the General Authority for Investments and Free Zones (GAFI), Egypt Sovereign Wealth Fund, Egyptian Countryside Development Company, the Egyptian…
Loredana Teodorescu
Loredana Teodorescu, PhD, is an expert on international affairs and EU. She is the President of the Italian chapter of Women In International Security (WIIS),…
Máximo Torero Cullen
Mr. Maximo Torero Cullen is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He joined the Organization in January 2019 as Assistant Director-General…
Ugo Tramballi
Ugo Tramballi is ISPI Senior Advisor in charge of the Institute’s India Desk. A veteran journalist, he joined the Metropolitan section of “Il Giornale” in…
Giulio Tremonti
Giulio Tremonti is an Italian politician and currently Professor of tax law at the University of Pavia. He has been multiple times Minister of Economy…
Maria Tripodi
Maria Tripodi is the current Undersecretary of State to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. She is a former member of the…
Ali Vaez
Dr. Ali Vaez is Crisis Group’s Iran Project Director and Senior Adviser to the President. He led Crisis Group’s efforts in helping to bridge the…
Sanam Vakil
Sanam Vakil is the deputy director of the Middle East North Africa Programme, where she leads the Future Dynamics in the Gulf project and the…
Gelsomina Vigliotti
Dr. Gelsomina Vigliotti began her term as EIB Vice-President on 11 October 2021. Her areas of oversight include financing of SMEs and mid-caps, equity and…
Thomas Volk
Thomas Volk studied Islamic Studies and History at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg im Breisgau and then completed the German-Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences”at the Middle…
William F. Wechsler
William Wechsler is senior advisor for Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council and interim director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East.…
Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams served as the Special Adviser on Libya for the UN between December 2021 and August 2022. Before covering this position, she had been…
Joanna Wronecka
Ms. Wronecka brings over 25 years of experience in diplomacy, international security and Middle East affairs, serving since 2017 as the Permanent Representative of Poland…
Mona Yacoubian
Mona Yacoubian’s work centers on conflict analysis and prevention in the Middle East, with a specific focus on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. Additional research interests…
Maha Yahya
Maha Yahya is director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her work focuses broadly on political violence and identity politics, pluralism,…
Vivian Yee
Vivian Yee is the Cairo bureau chief, covering politics, society and culture in the Middle East and North Africa. She was previously based in Beirut,…
Miki Zaide
Miki Zaide deals with strategic planning, managing the project of long term master plan for the Israeli water sector. His specialties: Defining objectives and goals…
Hossam Zaki
Hossam Zaki is Assistant Secretary General at the League of Arab States. Prior to this, he served as Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt for European…
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