Our Team

Our advisors, analysts, and consultants have decades of experience in the Middle East and other corners of the world.

Based in the GCC, across Europe, and in the United States, they work in both the public and private sectors and have backgrounds in political science, international relations, economics, public policy, communications, military affairs, and business administration.

Giorgio Cafiero
CEO and Founder
Dr. Theodore Karasik
Senior Advisor
Cinzia Bianco
Senior Advisor
Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Advisor
Franco Frattini
Senior Advisor
Dr. Ali Bakeer
Advisor
Sina Azodi
Advisor
Dr. Annelle Sheline
Advisor
Feyza Gumusluoglu
Analyst
Chiara Bitetti
Analyst
Rauf Mammadov
Senior Advisor
Hafed Al Ghwell
Advisor
Dr. Kristian Alexander
Advisor
Dr. Fouad Gehad Marei
Advisor
Dr. Bulent Aras
Advisor
Shehab Al-Makahleh
Senior Advisor
Loaai Alakwaa
Advisor
Enrica Fei
Analyst
Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli
Advisor
Adam Dempsey
Advisor
Dr. Sergey Sukhankin
Advisor
Tristan Ober
Analyst
Abdullah Khurram
Consultant
Justin McCauley
Analyst
Dr. Umud Shokri
Analyst
Daniel Wagner
Advisor
Grant T. Huxham
Advisor
Dr. Edward Lemon
Advisor
Yuri Lobunov
Analyst
Abdulrahman Al-Eryani
Advisor
Tobias Borck
Analyst
Dr. Qamar -ul Huda
Advisor
Steven Terner
Advisor
Antonino Occhiuto
Analyst
Marco Túlio Lara
Analyst