Depanjali Roy
Dominique Jean Olivier Rakotozafy
Dominique Jean Olivier Rakotozafy is a senior defence and security expert and former Minister of Defence of the Republic of Madagascar. A graduate of the Military Academy of Madagascar, he has held several prominent military and government positions, including Commandant of the Military Academy, Head of the Education and Training Bureau at the Army General […]
Emma Leslie
Dr Emma Leslie, an Australian Cambodian, has worked on conflict transformation and peacebuilding throughout Asia since 1993. She is a Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member of the Southeast Asian Women Peace Mediators (SEAWPM), a group of leading women mediators dedicated to advancing inclusive peace processes and mediation efforts across Southeast Asia and beyond. Emma is […]
Erin Watson
Erin Watson is the Founder and CEO of Baker & York, operating in Australia and Sri Lanka, and BY Partners in Sri Lanka. Baker & York is a public policy advisory firm that helps businesses, organisations, and governments navigate complex economic, political, and regulatory environments. The firm supports clients at both state and federal levels […]
Faris Hadrovic
Faris Hadrović is a strategist and practitioner with more than two decades of experience spanning diplomacy, international development, government relations, business development, technology and strategic communication. His career has included roles with the European Commission and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), where he worked on complex development programmes, policy dialogue and partnerships involving public […]
Farooq Sobhan
Ambassador Sobhan was Executive Chairman, Board of Investment (BOI) and Special envoy to the Prime Minister 1997-1999 and Foreign Secretary 1995-1997. He has also served as Ambassador/High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, China, Malaysia and the United Nations. He served as Chairman of the Group 77 at the UN 1982-1983, and was Chairman , UN […]
Fawzia Afrin
Fayyaz Yaseen Bhidal
Fayyaz Yaseen is the Executive Director of Accountability Lab Pakistan, where he leads efforts to advance accountable governance, democratic resilience, public sector innovation, and citizen-centred reform in Pakistan and across South Asia. With more than a decade of experience at the intersection of governance, institutional development, civic participation, and public policy, he has worked closely […]
Felix Gerdes
Dr. Felix Gerdes studied Political Science and Sociology in Hamburg and Dakar, Senegal, completing his studies with a long-term field research project on refugee settlements in Guinea. He subsequently obtained his doctorate from the University of Hamburg, where he continued to work on a research project before moving to Cambodia to take up an assignment […]
GEETA KOCHHAR
Dr. Geeta Kochhar is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She received her Doctorate from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. She was awarded an Asia Fellowship for research at CASS, China; and the Government of India MHRD […]
Ghanshyam Bhandari
Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari assumed his responsibilities as Ambassador of Nepal to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 31 July 2022. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, Mr. Bhandari served as Joint Secretary and Head of the Regional Organization Division at Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from July 2021 to July 2022. From September 2019 to […]
Gordan Stojovic
Gordan Stojović began his professional career in information technology, as part of the team that launched Montenegro’s first web portal — Montenegro.com Travel Portal — in 1996, and went on to develop the region’s first online booking system. This early work placed him at the intersection of Montenegro’s digital modernization and the growth of its […]
Grace Katherine Corcoran
Grace Corcoran is a Research Fellow and Senior Policy and Projects Manager in the Security and Geopolitics team at the Australia India Institute, where she focuses on Australian foreign and defence policy in the Indian Ocean. Her work increasingly focuses on the strategic dynamics of the Bay of Bengal, including Bangladesh’s evolving regional role, India-Bangladesh […]
Gregory Simons
Greg Simons was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. Greg graduated with a PhD from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) in 2004 in 2015 awarded Associate Professor at the Department of Government, Uppsala University (Sweden). Greg Simons is currently a Professor of Journalism at the Department of Journalism and Media at Daffodil International University in […]
Hadza Min Fadhli Robby
Hadza Min Fadhli Robby is an Associate Professor and academic specializing in International Relations based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He currently serves as a Lecturer and the Deputy Head of the International Programme within the Department of International Relations at the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII), a position he assumed in September 2025. His leadership experience […]
Hallelujah Lulie Wondimu
Hallelujah Lulie is a PhD Candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford, researching the nexus between nationalism and citizenship in the Horn of Africa. His research interests include democratization, nation building, political economy, social movements, foreign policy, and regional security. Before Oxford, he was a senior visiting policy fellow at the European Council on […]
Hossain Zillur Rahman
Economist and social thinker, Hossain Zillur Rahman is a leading policy voice of Bangladesh with over four decades of experience within and outside government. Dr. Rahman is the Founder-Chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), an independent policy centre established in 1996 in Dhaka, Bangladesh and and has served as the Chairperson of BRAC […]
Humaiun Kobir
Humaiun Kobir is the State Minister for Foreign Affairs-1 of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. In this role, he assists the Foreign Minister and oversees bilateral and multilateral affairs, matters concerning non-resident Bangladeshis, and other responsibilities assigned by the Minister. Before joining the cabinet, Kobir served as Adviser to the Prime Minister […]
Ifteakhar Hossain
Ildjima Badda
H.E. Mrs. Ildjima Badda Mallot is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chad to India. She was appointed on 14 February 2025 and presented her credentials to President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30 May 2025. An agro-economist by training, Mallot has built a career across diplomacy, international cooperation, development planning […]
Imtiaz Gul
Mr. Gul has lectured and presented research at national and foreign universities and think tanks across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. He is the author of several widely recognized books, including What Lies Behind the Iron Brotherhood (on Pak-China relations), The Most Dangerous Place, The Al-Qaeda Connection, The Unholy Nexus, Pakistan: Before […]
Indra Mani Pandey
Secretary General, BIMSTEC, His Excellency Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey, is a career diplomat of India. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1990. Before his present assignment as Secretary General, BIMSTEC, Ambassador Pandey served as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and Other International organizations in Geneva. He had earlier served as Additional […]
Irfan Yar
Dr. Irfan Yar is the Founder of the Afghanistan Security Institute and holds a PhD in International Relations. He currently serves as an International Relations Officer at the International Actuarial Association (IAA), where he works on global partnerships and international engagement. He has previously worked with the United Nations and other international organizations, focusing on […]
J Alexander-Brien
J. Alexander-Brien is the Founder of Maritime Frontiers, a forward-looking consultancy providing strategic, technical, and legal advice on maritime affairs. The consultancy supports governments, international organisations, non-governmental organisations, and private clients in navigating the evolving global oceans order amid significant social, environmental, and technological change. His areas of expertise include ocean governance, maritime boundary disputes, […]
Jahanara Jaba
Jahrat Adib Chowdhury
Jahrat Adib Chowdhury is a Member of Parliament, legal practitioner, and strategic policymaker working at the intersection of international relations, legislative reform, and institutional governance. She serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she leads legislative oversight on foreign policy, economic diplomacy, and bilateral relations. A Barrister-at-Law, […]
Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi
Dr. Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Bangladesh. Born in 1972 in Torbat-e Jam, Khorasan, Iran, he holds a PhD in International Relations and has more than three decades of academic, parliamentary, legal, and foreign-policy experience. Dr. Jahanabadi has been a faculty member in political […]
James Frederick Angelus
James F. Angelus is an international security, defence cooperation, strategic communications, and business development specialist with extensive experience across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Based in Japan, he is the Founder and President of the International Security Industry Council Japan, a Tokyo-based nonprofit organisation that facilitates defence-industry collaboration among allied nations. He […]
Jan Rielaender
Jan Rielaender is Head of Division for Resilient and Sustainable Development Strategies at the OECD Development Centre in Paris. He leads the Centre’s work at the intersection of climate action and economic development, helping governments in emerging and developing economies build strategies that pursue climate resilience and economic growth together. For more than a decade, […]
Jathindra Ariyapala
Jathindra Ariyapala is a Sri Lankan political analyst, commentator, and think tank leader specialising in South Asian geopolitics and the Indo-Pacific. He is the Founding Director of the Trinco Centre for Strategic Studies, an independent institution established in Trincomalee in 2018 to examine strategic issues in South Asia and Sri Lanka’s role in the Indian […]
Javad Heiran-Nia
Javad Heiran-Nia, Ph.D., International Relations, Director of the Persian Gulf Studies Group at the Center for Scientific Research and Middle East Strategic Studies in Iran. He was the Current Affairs Analyst at the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum. He is the author of the book, “Iran and the Security Order in the Persian […]
Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet
Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet has served as the Ambassador of France to Bangladesh since 2025. A career diplomat with extensive experience in bilateral and multilateral affairs, he has held senior diplomatic positions across Europe and Asia and has worked extensively on United Nations, European Union, cultural diplomacy, and human rights issues. Born in Versailles, France, in 1969, […]
John K. Glenn
John K. Glenn teaches geopolitics and leadership at the Elliott School for International Affairs, with more than 20 years of experience in the policy, advocacy, and nonprofit sectors. Dr. Glenn has served in senior leadership positions at the National Endowment for Democracy, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, and German Marshall Fund of the United States. He […]
Jovan Ratkovic
Jovan Ratkovic (b. 1975) is a Senior Adviser at the geopolitical think tank and consultancy Agora Strategy Group (with offices in Brussels, Berlin, Paris and Munich). During the last ten years, Mr. Ratkovic has been advising numerous companies, governments and international organisations all over the world. Previously, Mr. Ratkovic served as Special Adviser for EU […]
Joyanta Biswas
JP Singh
JP Singh is an entrepreneur, international trade and policy strategist, and technology leader working at the intersection of commerce, governance, diplomacy, and digital transformation. With more than 15 years of cross-sectoral experience, he combines corporate expertise, geopolitical awareness, and stakeholder engagement to build sustainable partnerships between India, the GCC region, and other international markets. As […]