ATTEND THE 12TH MEPEI FORUM
The MEPEI Forum brings together diplomats, policymakers, academics and regional experts for a full day of strategic discussions, networking opportunities and meaningful exchange on the political, security and economic developments shaping the Middle East.
Dr. Hisham ALGHANNAM
Director of the Security Research Center and General Supervisor of National Security and Counter-Terrorism Programs, Riyadh
Dr. Armina ARM
University lecturer, Islamic Azad University, and Deputy Director at the Institute for Iran and Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Tehran
Prof. Eng. Zamir Ahmed AWAN
Founding Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance (GSRRA), Non-Resident Fellow of CCG, Islamabad
Prof. Gawdat BAHGAT
Distinguished Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University
Prof. Kayhan BARZEGAR
Senior Academic Advisor at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Professor at the Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Dr. Ioana CONSTANTIN-BERCEAN
Scientific Researcher, “Ion I.C. Brătianu” Institute of Political Science and International Relations, Lecturer, Faculty of Sociology, University of Bucharest
Bg. Gen. Mark KIMMITT
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East
Dr. Eldars MAMEDOVS
Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute and a member of the Pugwash Council on Science & World Affairs, Former Foreign Policy Adviser in the European Parliament, Riga
Prof. Teodor MELEȘCANU
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Minister of Defense, and Former Director of Foreign Intelligence Service, Bucharest
Prof. SUN Degang
Professor, Fudan University, and Director and Vice President, Chinese Association of Middle East Studies, Shanghai
Prof. Zakiyeh YAZDANSHENAS
University of Tehran, Tehran, and Associate Fellow at CARPO (Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient), Germany
Prof. Maryz YOUNES
Professor of Sociology, Lebanese University, and President, International Network for Arab Societies Study, Beirut
HE Dr. Saeed KHATIBZADEH
President of Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, MoFA, Tehran
HE Dr. Alireza Khoda GHOLIPOUR
Deputy Director General, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Tehran
HE Dr. Henry Huiyao WANG
Founder & President Center for China and Globalization, Former Counselor China State Council, Vice Chairman China Association for Int’l Economic Cooperation, Vice Chairman Chinese Public Relations Association, Director People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs, Beijing
Ms. Negar MORTAZAVI
Journalist and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy (CIP), Washington DC
Dr. Robert MOGIELNICKI
Senior Resident Scholar, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW), Washington DC
Dr. Vasily KUZNETSOV
Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of the Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Oriental Faculty of the State Academic University for the Humanities, Moscow – online
Dr. Amina KHAN
Director, Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa, Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI), Islamabad
Prof. Zafar N. JASPAL
School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Mrs. Tanya GOUDSOUZIAN
journalist on Middle East and Afghanistan and Former Senior Editorial Roles - Al Jazeera English and TRT World, and publisher in The Washington Post, Responsible Statecraft, The National Interest, Newsweek, and Le Monde Diplomatique
Prof. Srikanth KONDAPALLI
Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Prof. Erzsebet N. ROZSA
Advisor, Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies and Professor, University of Public Service, Budapest
Prof. Adrian SEVERIN
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Former President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Former Member of the European Parliament, Bucharest
Prof. Ecaterina MAȚOI
Program Director at MEPEI, and President, Strategic Dialogue for Global Affairs Initiative (SDGAi), Bucharest
H.E. Mr. Viorel ISTICIOAIA-BUDURA
Former Ambassador of Romania to the People’s Republic of China, Former Head of the European Union delegation to Japan, Managing Director, Head of Asia and Pacific Department, European External Action Service, Bucharest
Dr. Alexandru GEORGESCU
Expert, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics ICI-Bucharest, and Secretary-General, EuroDefense Romania, Bucharest
Dr. Alexey KLEBNIKOV
(Russia), Middle East Expert, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Moscow
