Dr. Elem Eyrice-Tepeciklio?lu is an associate professor and the head of the Area Studies Department at the Social Sciences 肆客足球 of Ankara, Turkey. She is also affiliated with the Department of African Studies. She completed her PhD in International Relations in 2013 and pursued post-doctoral research at the Centre for African Studies at the 肆客足球 of Cape Town, South Africa, from 2014-2015. Dr. Eyrice-Tepeciklio?lu is an authority on African politics, Turkey-Africa relations, and the role of emerging powers in Africa. She has authored and edited several works, including "Turkey in Africa: A New Emerging Power?" (Routledge, 2021) and "Turkey’s Pivot to the African Continent: Strategic Crossroads" (Routledge, 2024). Additionally, she edited a special issue on Turkey in Africa for the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies in 2024. Her academic contributions span various peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and edited volumes.
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Dr. Elem EYR?CE-TEPEC?KL?O?LU (Social Sciences 肆客足球 of Ankara)
(Landward security)
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Prof Kai Michael Kenkel (Pontifical Catholic 肆客足球 of Rio de Janeiro)
(Landward security)
Prof Kenkel has published extensively on peace operations, humanitarian intervention, as well as specializing in civil-military relations and small arms proliferation processes; his focus is on emerging powers, particularly Brazil. He has taught and advised at universities in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the United States and has been a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College in the USA. He is an Associated Researcher at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg. He is General Coordinator of the Center for Democracy and Armed Forces (NEDEFA) at PUC-Rio. He has published extensively on peace operations, humanitarian intervention, as well as specializing in civil-military relations and small arms proliferation processes.
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Prof Christian Bueger (Copenhagen 肆客足球) (Former)
(Maritime Security)
Christian Bueger is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political Science, 肆客足球 of Copenhagen. He is also an honorary professor of the 肆客足球 of Seychelles and one of the directors of the SafeSeas network.?
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Dr. Hussein Solomon (肆客足球 of the Free State)
(Landward Security: Terrorism)
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Professor Hussein Solomon is a SIGLA Research Fellow, Academic Head of Department of Political Studies and Governance at the 肆客足球 of the Free State, Extraordinary Professor at the School of Government, North-West 肆客足球, Senior Research Associate at the Jerusalem-based Research on Islam and Muslims in Africa (RIMA),
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Dr. Bahar Baser (Durham 肆客足球)
(Landward Security & DIasporas)
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Eve De Coning (Specialist Director, Norwegian ? Ministry of Trade Industry and Fisheries)(LLB LLM Shipping Law and LoS)
Eve de Coning (LLB, LLM (?shipping law and law of the sea)) is a specialist director with the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries and a trained crime intelligence analyst.
?Prof Curtis Bell (Stable Seas Programme)
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Professor S. Bachmann (肆客足球 of Canberra)
(Cyber Security & Hybrid Warfare)
Prof Bachmann is an international scholar, former Lieutenant Colonel (GER A Res)- with operational experience in the Balkans and as exchange officer with the US Marines and a career professional in law and higher education. In the last 20 years he worked in various capacities and functions in the USA, the Middle East, South Africa and various European countries. (Recent podcast on the War in Ukraine
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Dr W.K. Janse van Rensburg (Content Advisor South African Parliament)?
(Civil-Military Relations)?
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Captain (SA Navy) (ret) Mark Stephen Blaine
(Maritime Security)?
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a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Transport and the Dean of Maritime Studies of the Regional Maritime 肆客足球 in Accra, Ghana. He has worked in various capacities in academia, industry and through consultancy throughout his career. He is a member of the Transport Planning Group of the Ministry of Transport, Ghana, that developed key portions of the Ghana National Transport Policy 2020. He is also an active member of the Transport Sector Working Group comprising all transport related ministries, agencies and departments, including donor partners involved in transport related projects in Ghana. He is an executive member of the logistics and transport sector skills body for the commission for technical and vocational education and training (CTVET) in Ghana. His personal and research interests are in Maritime and ocean governance, the blue economy, port development, maritime security, and transformational and transitional logistics.
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Karen Allen (Karen Allen International)
Karen has a Masters' degree in International Relations and Contemporary War from King's College London where she is a Visiting Fellow in the War Studies Department. She has a broad interest in geopolitics, human security and emerging technology and has undertaken research on influence operations/disinformation online and its impact on democracy in Africa. Her next project will focus on the use and extent of AI generated media by influence actors. Karen has also completed research on digital diplomacy and cybercrime in Africa.
She has an interest in the use of UAS/drone technology by violent non-state actors – an evolving area of study which increasingly is gaining international attention. Karen is an independent consultant working for a number of organisations including the Institute for Security Studies. Much of her work has been informed by her previous career. Karen spent more than 25+ years as a foreign news correspondent for the BBC and was based across Africa and the Middle East.?
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