James Watt has nearly four decades of diplomatic experience mostly in the Middle East and West Asia, much of it working in support of humanitarian and development programmes serving refugees and the internally displaced and dealing with the wider phenomenon of migration.
Dr Ibrahim Saif
Former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources and Former Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan. He was a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Centre and served as a consultant to the IMF
Assistant Professor at the School of Applied Humanities and Languages at the German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan. Specialist in intercultural communication and foreign policy.
Dr Amer Sabaileh
Jordanian University Professor and Security Expert. He is a columnist in National, Regional and International Media. Amer received his PhD from the University of Pisa, Italy.
Chairman of the International Advisory Board
Roberto is a member of the Senior Management of Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies. He is a researcher and educator.
Professor Dr Daniela Piana
Currently OECD Justice Research Committee, Chair of Political Science, University di Bologna, Coordinator Rule of Law and Digital Citizenship ICEDD, Roma.
Professor Jean-David Avenel
Professeur émérite des universités, Sorbonne Graduate, President of the Commission française d’Histoire militaire, France
Dr Francine Saint-Ramond
Holds a Doctorate in History from Pantheon-Sorbonne. Francine is a well-known author in History and is the author of ‘Les Desorjentes: experiences of French soldiers in the Dardanelles and in Macedonia, 1915-1918’. The book is based on testimonies from soldiers who took part in the Orient campaign.
Dr Vincent Arbaretier
Retired Lieutenant-Colonel of French Army, educated in Saint-Cyr Military Academy, and Science-Po Paris, PhD in Political Sciences and Contemporary History (since 2006), currently preparing a post – PhD memorandum on “King Hussein of Jordan, as a military leader”.
Genevieve Elizabeth Cadei-Millot
Currently working in the Banking Industry in Geneva. Former President of the Alliance Francaise of Geneva. She has been working with the French Embassy in Bern on a number of cultural initiatives.
Dr David Roberts
Associate Professor, Kings College London, Adjunct Faculty at Sciences Po
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