Dr. Jonathan Chanis

Participation format: In-person

• Over 25 years of experience in emerging markets and commodities trading and investment
• Managing Member of New Tide Asset Management

Experience in Energy, Commodities, and Emerging Markets:

• Citigroup and Caxton associates
• American International Group (President of several AIG companies, including its Russian investment bank)
• J. Aron & Co. (acquired by Goldman Sachs)
• New York Mercantile Exchange

Academic Experience:

• Taught at multiple institutions, including Columbia University
• Member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Ph.D. in Political Science, CUNY

Dr. Vassilis (Bill) Kappis

Participation format: In-person

Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, University of Buckingham:

• Deputy Director & Senior Lecturer

Visiting Professor at:

• The War Studies University (Poland)
• Hellenic School of National Defence (Greece)

Research Interests:

• Greek-Israeli security cooperation
• Interstate security crises
• Geopolitical dynamics of Eastern Mediterranean

Academic Experience:

• Ph.D. in International Security, University of Sydney
• Designing training programs for academic and practitioner audiences
• Presented work at numerous high-profile conferences (Princeton, Oxford, INSS Israel, et al.)

Evelyn Dissanayake

Participation format: Virtual

Experience:

• Member of Board of Directors of INFORM Sri Lanka (Human Rights Research and Documentation Centre)
• President of the Asian Press Institute
• Faculty Member, Institute of Development Studies, Sri Lanka

Academic Experience and Research Interests:

• Robert Bosche Stiftung Fellow
• Past Visiting Scholar of Columbia University
• Geopolitics of Eurasia, Environmental Politics
• Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations and Politics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr. Matias Vernengo

Participation format: In-person

Full Professor at Bucknell University

Experience:

• Senior Research Manager at the Central Bank of Argentina
• Associate Professor of Economics, University of Utah
• Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College & Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Former external consultant to:

• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• International Labor Organization
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• United Nations Development Program

Publications & Research Interests:

• Co-editor, Review of Keynesian Economics
• Co-editor in chief, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
• 7 edited books, 2 books, and 120+ peer-reviewed journal articles
• International political economy, history of economic ideas

Dr. Mark Schwartz

Participation format: Virtual

Professor, Politics Department, University of Virginia and Batten School of Public Policy

Publications:

• Subprime Nation: American Power, Global Capital and the Housing Bubble
• Co-editor, four books on Denmarks' welfare state, employment policy, politics of housing finance, and the global financial crisis.
• Author of two books on economic development and globalization
• Author of over 100 articles, chapters, and commentaries

Academic Experience and Fellowships:

• Taught in Britain, Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Korea, and Norway
• Co-organized 2013 International Studies Association meeting
• Recipient of four Fulbright Fellowships, a Mellon fellowship, an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship, and a Bosch fellowship from American Academy Berlin

Ph.D., Cornell University

Dr. Gazmend Qorraj

Participation format: Virtual

• Appointed by European Commission to Jean Monet Chair in EU Integration
• Co-Chair of Kosovo Delegation in CEFTA 2006 Negotiations
• Former Guest Lecturer at Cambridge University, University of Pisa, University of Sorbonne, University of Zagreb

EU Projects (Coordinator or Contact Point):

• Tempus (former)
• Jean Monnet (former)
• Erasmus+ (former)
• Marie Curie actions (current)
• European Research Council at Horizon 2020 (current)

Dr. Robert Chaouad

Participation format: Virtual

Experience:

• Research Fellow at French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, York College

Research Interests:

• EU as a global actor
• European defense
• Future of the EU

Ph.D. in Political Science, concentration in European Studies

Dr. Andrei Korobkov

Participation format: Virtual

Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Russian Studies Minor Director, Middle Tennessee State University

Experience:

• Research Fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Institute of International Economic and Political Studies (former)
• Taught at University of Alabama (former)
• US co-chair of the working group on migration at the US-Russia Social Expertise Exchange (former)
• President of Post-Communist States in IR section of International Studies Association (former)
• Vice President & Program Chair, Post-Communist States

Publications & Research Interests:

• Three monographs, numerous articles and book chapters
• International migration, post-Communist transition, geopolitics

Ph.D. in Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Alabama