Judith Mwaniki
Judith Mwaniki is an experienced development, governance, food security, project management, and advocacy specialist with more than 12 years of leadership experience in Kenya. Her work focuses on strengthening collaboration among governments, development partners, communities, and civil society organisations to design and implement inclusive and sustainable development programmes. She has held leadership roles in community-based […]
Julia Roknifard
Dr Julia Roknifard is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law and Governance, Taylor’s University (Malaysia), where she teaches subjects on political science and international relations in the first Bachelor’s program in Malaysia on Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). Originally focused on international security and Middle East politics, she is also working on issues […]
Julian Angkon Rozario
Kallol Bhattacherjee
Kallol Bhattacherjee is a Tripura-born journalist, author, and Senior Assistant Editor at The Hindu in New Delhi, where he reports on India’s foreign affairs, South Asia, and major international conflicts. Over the course of his career, he has reported from Libya, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Israel-Palestine, covering diplomacy, war, political transitions, […]
Kamakshi Wason
Kamakshi Wason is the Global COO and Executive Director of Academic Programmes at the Tillotoma Foundation, where she leads the organisation’s global academic strategy, institutional partnerships, research initiatives, international outreach, and programme development. She also heads the Foundation’s New Delhi Office, overseeing engagements with universities, think tanks, diplomatic missions, multilateral institutions, policy organisations, and other […]
Kamal Dev Bhattarai
Kamal Dev Bhattarai is a Kathmandu-based journalist and writer. He is currently serving as editor-in-chief of The Annapurna Express. He writes in international media about Nepal’s foreign policy, mainly focusing on India and China. In the last five years, he has been rigorously following Nepal’s policy towards India and China, and vice versa. He was […]
Karori Singh
Dr Karori Singh has forty-five years of research and teaching experience in South Asian Studies. His initial research work was on Agricultural Land Reforms in Sri Lanka. It was expanded to a comparative perspective on agricultural land reforms in South Asia during postdoctoral research under the Development Policy Programme of the Resource Systems Institute, East-West […]
Kazi Rhid
Keshav Padmanabhan
Keshav Padmanabhan is Principal Correspondent at ThePrint, where he covers India’s Ministry of External Affairs and foreign affairs. His reporting focuses on India’s evolving worldview, its foreign policy priorities, and its role in regional and global affairs. He holds a Master’s degree in European Studies and has extensively covered European affairs for ThePrint, including the […]
Khaledur Rahman
Konstantinos Foutzopoulos
Konstantinos Foutzopoulos is an international relations, stakeholder engagement, and strategic affairs expert with extensive experience across both the public and private sectors, including senior-level collaboration with international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. He has served as an International Relations Advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece and as Executive Director […]
Krzysztof Marcin Zalewski
Krzysztof M. Zalewski, Ph.D., is President of the Michał Boym Institute for Asian and Global Studies in Warsaw, an independent think tank supporting business and political leaders in navigating the opportunities, risks, and strategic transformations shaping Asia and the Global South. A key part of the Institute’s mission is “reverse diplomacy”: presenting South Asian perspectives […]
Lulzim Pllana
H.E. Lulzim Pllana, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kosovo to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, was born in Prishtina on 27 February 1978. He is married and has two children. Ambassador Pllana has an extensive professional background spanning diplomacy, international relations, foreign policy, security policy, political and economic affairs, academia, and international […]
M.J. Akbar
M. J. Akbar is a distinguished writer and former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During his long career in journalism, he launched, as editor, India’s first weekly political news magazine, Sunday in 1976, and two daily newspapers, The Telegraph in 1982 and The Asian Age in […]
Madalitso Zililo Phiri
Madalitso Zililo Phiri is a Researcher in the South Africa-United Kingdom Bilateral Research Chair in Political Theory at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was previously a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Centre of African Studies and a Visiting College Research Associate at Wolfson College, Cambridge (2023–2024). His research examines the political economy […]
Major General A N M Muniruzzaman, ndc, psc (Retd)
General Muniruzzaman is an experienced peacekeeper; he has taught t h e subject as a faculty member and has been a practitioner in the field. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training (BIPSOT). He was a member and head of the country contingent to United Nations […]
Manel Chada El Islam Benmahcene
Chada El Islam is a global technology and digital product leader and the Founder and CEO of ENTROGX Ventures. She brings over 13 years of experience working with leading technology and energy companies, including Microsoft, General Electric, and Baker Hughes, alongside a long-standing track record in supporting startups and empowering entrepreneurs. She is recognized for […]
Mariyam Nasir
Mrs. Mariyam Nasir is a distinguished Maldivian education leader with more than three decades of experience spanning classroom teaching, school administration, human resource management, and national education policy. Since November 2019, she has served as Director General of the Quality Assurance Department at the Ministry of Education, where she has led major reforms to strengthen […]
Marko M Skoric
Marko M. Skoric is Associate Professor and Director of Ph.D. Programme at the Department of Media and Communication. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Michigan, and a B.Sc. in Psychology from the University College London, UK. Marko’s teaching and research interests are focused on new media and social change, with a […]
Marzana Mahnaz
Matiur Rahman
Matiur Rahman is a distinguished Bangladeshi journalist, editor, cultural activist, and former political organizer whose career spans more than five decades. Born on 2 January 1946 in Dhaka to Fazlur Rahman and Lutfunnessa Begum, he grew up in a family environment influenced by leftist politics. He completed his secondary education at Nawabpur Government High School […]
Max Tuñón
Max Tuñón (Mr.) is the Country Director of the ILO Office in Bangladesh effective 1 August 2025. Prior to this, he was the Head of the ILO Office in Doha. In this position, he worked closely with the Government of Qatar and partners on a comprehensive labour reform agenda. He also served as a Technical […]
Md. Nahid Hasan (Emon)
Mehmet Özkan
Mehmet Özkan is Professor of International Relations at the Joint War Institute at Turkish National Defence University in Istanbul and Executive Board Member of Turkish Maarif Foundation. He previously taught at the Turkish National Police Academy in Ankara; Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogota, Colombia; and International University of Sarajevo in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Dr. Özkan […]
Mia Hyun
Mia Hyun is an international gender and inclusive development specialist with more than 30 years of experience across Southeast Asia, the Pacific, South Asia, and Africa. Her work spans Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Sri Lanka, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Kenya. She has worked with multilateral, bilateral, and non-governmental organisations including […]
Michael Lidauer
Michael Lidauer is a Senior International Advisor and scholar-practitioner in the fields of democracy support, elections, good governance, and peace building, with a extensive experience in South and Southeast Asia and globally, and a track record of implementing projects in collaboration with the European Union (EU), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), […]
Michael Miller
H.E. Michael Miller is a career European diplomat with nearly 30 years of experience in foreign affairs, peacebuilding, and development cooperation. He became the Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Bangladesh in 2024. Since joining the European Union in 1996, he has held senior roles in Brussels and abroad, including leading EU relations […]
Mirco Guenther
Mirco Guenther is the Head of the Asia-Pacific Department at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). He previously served as Director of the Singapore-based FES Office for Regional Cooperation in Asia from 2019 to 2022 and led projects on geopolitics and geoeconomics, the economy of tomorrow, and the future of work throughout the Asia-Pacific region. From 2016 to 2019, […]
Mohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Nasheed is a Maldivian politician, democracy advocate, and internationally recognised climate campaigner. Born on 17 May 1967 in Malé, Maldives, he completed his secondary education in Colombo before studying Maritime Studies at Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1989. Nasheed began his public life as […]
Mohammed Parvez Imdad
Dr. Mohammed Parvez Imdad is a development economist, public policy specialist, and former senior member of the Bangladesh Civil Service, where he served in the Ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Establishment, the Economic Relations Division, and the offices of the Finance Minister and Prime Minister. He represented Bangladesh in major bilateral and multilateral negotiations, including […]
Moussa Mara
Moussa Mara is a Malian statesman, chartered accountant, author, and advocate for democracy and good governance. He is the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali and currently a Board Member of Club de Madrid, an organisation of former presidents and prime ministers, through which he contributes to international discussions on democracy, anti-corruption, accountable […]
Muddassar Ahmed
Muddassar Ahmed is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, strategic communications specialist, and international affairs adviser with extensive experience across diplomacy, reputation management, capital markets, and inclusive leadership. A former Independent Adviser to the UK Government, he is Managing Partner of Unitas Communications, a global reputation management consultancy with offices in Washington, D.C., London, Brussels, Dubai, and Kuala […]
Muhammad Azeem Ali Shah
Mr Azeem Ali Shah has more than 20 years of experience driving institutional reforms, evidence-based policymaking and strategic development programmes across Pakistan, South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. He has successfully led complex multi-country initiatives exceeding USD 30 million, mobilized over USD 15 million in competitive international funding, and built enduring partnerships among […]
Muhammad Nawshad Zamir
Muhammad Nawshad Zamir is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician serving as a Member of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad from the Panchagarh-1 constituency. Elected in February 2026 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he received 176,169 votes. He also serves as the BNP’s International Affairs Secretary. A Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court […]
Mustafa Osman Turan
Mustafa joined the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992 following his studies in international relations at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He has a master’s degree in European politics at the College of Europe in Bruges. As a career diplomat, he served at the Turkish missions in Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, […]
Namrata Biji Ahuja
Namrata Biji Ahuja is the Chief of Bureau at The Week, one of India’s leading English-language news magazines. An award-winning journalist, she specialises in national security, foreign policy, strategic affairs, counterterrorism, internal security, violent extremism, cybersecurity, terror financing, money laundering, and economic crime. Her reporting also closely examines India’s relations and security concerns involving China, […]