Shlomo Roiter Jesner
President
Patrik Kurath
Executive Vice President
Dr Gad Yishayahu
Senior Fellow, Lead Researcher on Security and Crisis
A scholar and practitioner specializing in Foreign Policy Crisis and crisis management, Dr Yishayahu is presently serving as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of London (City), where he completed his PhD, and a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).  Dr Yishayahu was previously a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on contemporary Foreign Policy Crises and their implications on the discipline of crisis management.
Dr Burcu Ozcelik
Senior Fellow
Burcu specialises in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean. She currently serves as Associate Director and Head of the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey department of Audere International. Prior to joining Audere in April 2023, Burcu taught Middle East politics, conflict, and peacebuilding studies at the University of Cambridge.
Previously, she worked with the United Nations Development Programme, conducted research for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and has worked in an advisory role for private entities and regional governments on geopolitical risk and security. She has extensive on-the-ground knowledge of the region, and has lived in Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, China, and the US. Burcu holds an MPhil and PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge.
Florence Coumbe
Associate Editor
David Levy
Associate Editor
Dr. Javad Heiran-Nia
Current Affairs Analyst
Samir Alhajar
Current Affairs Analyst
Nasser Elamine
Current Affairs Analyst
Malek Jadah
Current Affairs Analyst
Eren Bagis
Current Affairs Analyst
Nazli Tarzi
Current Affairs Analyst
Abdulla Hawez
Current Affairs Analyst
Youssef Sharaf
Current Affairs Analyst
Dr. Hayim Iserovich
Current Affairs Analyst
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