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Dr. Sami Alfaraj 
Dr. Sami Alfaraj is head of the Kuwait Centre for Strategic Studies, which he established in 1997 as the first private consulting center on strategic issues in the Gulf region. He serves as an advisor to the GCC and is a consultant to the Kuwaiti government and to parliamentary organizations, private corporations, and government agencies throughout the Gulf region.
| Contact: | +965 99742002 kuwaitcss@yahoo.com kuwaitcss@gmail.com |
Mark Fitzpatrick 
Mark Fitzpatrick is the Director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. Prior to joining IISS Fitzpatrick worked for the US Department of State, where he focused on non-proliferation issues. In his last posting, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Non-proliferation (acting), responsible for policies to address the proliferation problems posed by Iran, North Korea, Libya, Iraq, South Asia and other regions of concern. He is the author of "The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Avoiding worst-case outcomes."
| Contact: | +44(0)20 7379-7676 Fitzpatrick@iiss.org |
Frédéric Encel
Frederic Encel is a Middle East expert and author. Encel earned a Ph.D. in Geo-policy at the University of Paris VII and teaches International Relations at the International Institute of Public Administration and at the Institute of Political Studies in Rennes. He is a prolific author and has published several books including: "The Art of War: Strategies and Battles" (2000); "Geopolitics of Israel" (2004) "Understanding the Middle-East: A Necessity for the Republic" (2006). He also works in the field of risk-analysis.
| Contact: | +33 660 616 767 fredencel@hotmail.com geostrat@wanadoo.fr www.fredericencel.org |
Claude Moniquet
Claude Moniquet is an expert on counter-terrorism and extremism and a specialist on Near and Middle East issues. He is the director of the European Strategic and Intelligence Center. Moniquet focuses on terror networks and their European connections. He has published several books and studies including: "The Faceless War" (2002); "Jihad. Secret History and European Networks" (2004); and "Jihad and Islamism in Belgium" (2005).
| Contact: | esisc@esisc.org |
Dr. Matthias Küntzel
Dr. Matthias Küntzel is an author and a political scientist from Hamburg, Germany. Küntzel has been researching, writing and publishing on the threat of Islamic Fundamentalism and Iran. In 2006, his work on Ahmadinejad, the Bassiji movement, and Germany's policy towards Iran was published in Internationale Politik, and in The New Republic. Küntzel is also a member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
| Contact: | MatKuentzel@aol.com http://matthiaskuentzel.de |
Dr. Victor Mizin
Dr. Victor Mizin is Vice-President of the Moscow based Center for Strategic Assessments, member of the Center for Political and Military Prognosis of the Russian Academy of Science IMEMO Institute, and the board of the Russian NGO Committee on Critical Technologies and Nonproliferation. Dr. Mizin formally served as a member of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he concentrated on arms control, non-proliferation and global security.
| Contact: | drvmizin@hotmail.com |
Dr. Arnon Groiss
Dr. Arnon Groiss is the co-author of the report and director of research for CMIP. He has authored several reports about textbooks in Syria,Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority. He is currently deputy director of the Voice of Israel-Arabic Service. Dr. Groiss earned his Ph.D. at the Department of Near East Studies, Princeton University.
| Contact: | arnong@iba.org.il |
George K. Chaya 
George K. Chaya is a Lebanese born writer, teacher and political analyst specializing in Middle Eastern and Latin America affairs, and the prevention of terrorism. He has published hundreds of articles and editorials on the Middle East in Latin America, Spain and the U.S. He is the author of "Global Jihad, Terrorism in the Twenty-First century, Approaches and Projections," (2010) a book written in Spanish and published in the U.S. in which he addresses the future of Latin American countries and the challenges of radical terrorism.
| Contact: |
+1 407 608 3897 |
Dr. Bruno Tertrais 
Dr. Bruno Tertrais is a Senior Research Fellow at the FONDATION POUR LA RECHERCHE STRATEGIQUE (FRS). He formerly was Special Assistant to the Director of Strategic Affairs at the French Ministry of Defense. Dr. Tertrais graduated from the University of Paris-X with a Master's degree in Public law, a DEA in Comparative Politics and a Doctorate in Political Science. His fields of expertise include nuclear proliferation, nuclear deterrence, military strategy, terrorism, US strategy and transatlantic relations. Dr. Tertrais has published several books and studies including: "The Coming NATO Nuclear Debate" (2008); "Nuclear deterrence in 2030" (2007); and "Security Guarantees and Extended Deterrence in the Gulf Region: A European Perspective" (2009).
| Contact: | +33-1-4313-7767 +33-6-7291-7166 (mob) b.tertrais@frstrategie.org |
Dr. Diana Gregor
Dr. Diana Gregor is a native of Vienna. She earned her Ph.D. in journalism and communications from Vienna University in Austria. Diana Gregor has been researching, writing and publishing on Iran, its diplomatic and economic ties to Europe and its terrorist activities throughout the Middle East. Prior to joining Réalité-EU, she worked as a journalist for Austrian newspapers/news magazines.
| Contact: | diana.gregor@realite-eu.org |
Gerlinde Gerber
Gerlinde Gerber is a political scientist from Berlin, Germany. She earned her master’s degree at the University of Potsdam and the Free University of Berlin. Gerlinde Gerber is the author of the monograph “The New Constitution of Afghanistan – Constitutional Tradition and Political Process” (2007), and has done research about religious fundamentalism and the overlapping spheres of religion and politics. Prior to joining Réalité–EU, she worked for the Free University of Berlin.
| Contact: | gerlinde.gerber@realite-eu.org |
