Authors

Editor at large @ TRTWORLD Former lecturer at Istanbul Aydin University writes for Aljazeera, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, Daily Sabah. 

is a Palestinian-Turkish academic and analyst. He holds a PhD degree from Istanbul Technical University in Political Marketing, and has taught at several Palestinian and Turkish universities.

Ali Akbar Dareini is researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies in Tehran and author of “Legitimate Deterrence”.

is a Yemeni researcher focusing on strategic affairs.

is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University, USA.

is a freelance North Africa and Middle East expert with a particular focus on Libya, Tunisia, Iraq (including the Kurdish region), and Egypt, as well as on political Islamist movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood.  

Anna JacobsIndependent researcher and former political risk consultant on Morocco and Algeria. Her research focuses on politics in the Maghreb, democratization and political reform in the Middle East and North Africa, media and civil society, and migration.  

Anouar Boukhars Associate Professor of International Relations at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.