George R. and Myra T. Cooley Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Professor of Geography, Colgate University
My research focuses on the formal aspects of conflict that have been variously described as 'dynamics of contention,' 'strategic interaction,' and 'expression games' by combatants and defense intellectuals alike. Focusing on the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, my work concentrates more specifically upon the history of a recursive politics of blame in the Middle East. I am particularly i...
Director, Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies (CIMA)
Professor of History of International Relations, University of Roma Tre
Leopoldo Nuti is Director of the Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies and professor of history of international relations and coordinator of the international studies section of the doctoral school in political science at the University of Roma Tre. Since March 2006 he has been director of CIMA. A graduate of the Universities of Florence (Laurea), George Washington University, (M.A. in Internat...
Woodrow Wilson Center
Christian F. Ostermann is director of the History and Public Policy Program (HAPP) as well as the director of European Studies (ES) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Under his purview as director of HAPP and ES, Ostermann also oversees the Cold War International History Program (CWIHP), the European Energy Security Initiative (EESI), the North Korea International Documentati...
Human Rights Activist; President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Bahrain.
Nabeel Rajab is president and co-founder of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and long-time crusader for human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Rajab also currently serves as the deputy secretary general for the International Federation for Human Rights and as the chairperson of CARAM-Asia.Rajab was one of the first defenders of Bahraini human rights, and is credited with the foundation of the...