Our Team

Dimitris Giannakopoulos

Editor-in-Chief

Sana Khan

Head News Editor

Sana Khan is the Head News Editor at Modern Diplomacy. She is a political analyst and researcher.

Yannis Bassias

Energy Analyst

Energy analyst and former President and CEO of the Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management Company.

Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza

Geopolitics Analyst

Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza is a politics and international relations tutor at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Dr. Cherkaoui Roudani

Strategic Analyst

Dr. Cherkaoui Roudani is a distinguished university professor specialising in Diplomacy, Int. Relations, Security, and Crisis Management.

Cristina Vanberghen

Europe Analyst

Prof Dr. Cristina Vanberghen, YSU, Faculty of International Relations, Yerevan State University.

Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic

Chairman

Tan Sri Hasmy Agam

Co-Chair Honoris Causa

Former Chairman of the Malaysian Commission on Human Rights, Former Ambassador from Malaysia to the UN.

Prof. Giancarlo Elia Valori

Co-Chair Honoris Causa

Professor Giancarlo Elia Valori is a world-renowned Italian economist and international relations expert.

Prof. Matthew Crosston

Executive Vice Chairman

Dr. Wolfram Kalt

Vice Chairman

Amb. Erzhan Kazykhanov

Member

Amb. M. Ashraf Haidari

Member

Afghanistan's former Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

Prof. Paul Wang (Li)

Member

Masahiro Matsamura, PhD

Member

Martha Garcia

Member

Prof. Uran Botobekov

Member

Anzhela Amirjanyan

Member

Dr. Djawed Sangdel

Vice Chairman

Amp Rattana Lao

Member

Rattana Lao holds a doctorate in Comparative and International Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and writes on education

Cherry Hitkari

Member

Cherry Hitkari holds a Masters in East Asian Studies specialising in Chinese Studies.

Vidhi Bubna

Member

Vidhi Bubna is a freelance journalist from Mumbai who covers international relations, defence, diplomacy and social issues.

Aditi Aryal

Member

Aryal writes about social and developmental issues pertaining to exclusion, inequalities.

Genevieve Donnellon-May

Member

Geopolitical and global strategy advisor interested in regional resource governance (land, energy, water) and environmental conflict in Asia

Tuhu Nugraha

Member

Digital Business & Metaverse Expert Principal of Indonesia Applied Economy & Regulatory Network (IADERN)