Edward Lucas
International Editor, The Economist, London
Edward Lucas is the International Editor for The Economist. He has been covering the region for more than 20 years, witnessing the final years of the last Cold War, the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet empire, Boris Yeltsin's downfall and Vladimir Putin's rise to power. From 1992 to 1994, he was the managing editor of The Baltic Independent, a weekly English-language newspaper published in Tallinn. He holds a BSc from the London School of Economics, and studied Polish at the Jagiellonian University, Cracow. The New Cold War is his first book.
Jaap W. de Zwaan
Director, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, The Hague
Mr. De Zwaan started his professional career in 1973 as a member of The Hague Bar. From 1979 until 1998 he worked for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague (European Integration Department and Legal Service) as well as in Brussels (Permanent Representation of the Netherlands at the EU). As Legal Advisor of the Permanent Representation he was involved in the negotiations on and the drafting of several European treaties, such as the Treaties of Accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities, the European Single Act and the Treaty of Amsterdam. In the period 1995-1998 he also was involved in the development of the Justice and Home Affairs cooperation of the European Union. In 1998 Jaap de Zwaan was appointed full time professor of the Law of the European Union at Erasmus University Rotterdam. After being appointed as Director of the Clingendael Institute, he continues his work for Erasmus University Rotterdam on a part-time basis.
Oksana Antonenko
Senior Fellow and Programme Director for Russia and Eurasia, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
From 1990 – 1993, Ms. Antonenko worked at the Moscow office of Harvard Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project, which promoted Russian-US dialogue and provided assistance to Russian domestic reforms. From 1998 – 2000, she was the Director of the IISS research and seminar programme on military reform in Russia and the CIS. In 1999 – 2003, Ms. Antonenko headed a research and seminar programme on Russia’s regional perspective on foreign and security policy focusing on Russia’s relations with Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. In 2005 she facilitated track to meetings between Georgian and South Ossetian senior officials and experts with the aim of promoting conflict resolution in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. Currently, she works as a senior researcher of the Russia and Eurasia program in the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Serhat Güvenç
Professor of International Relations, Khadir Has University, Instanbul
Serhat Güvenç is Associate Professor of International Relations focusing on the international relations, Turkish foreign policy and European integration. Previously, he taught at the University of Chicago as a Visiting Assistant Professor of History. Dr. Güvenç’s research interests include European security, Turkish defence and security policy and modern Turkish military/naval history. He is the author of ‘The Ottoman Quest for Dreadnoughts on the Eve of the First World’ and ‘Turkey in the Mediterranean during the Interwar Era: The Paradox of Middle Power Diplomacy and Minor Power Naval Policy’ (with Dilek Barlas). His articles have appeared in the Middle Eastern Studies, International Journal of Naval History, Uluslararasi Iliskiler, Exotierika Themata and Journal of Strategic Studies. Dr. Güvenç has been an assistant editor of Uluslararasi Iliskiler (Turkish Journal of International Relations) since 2008.
