Member Directory
Andrew Kennedy is a postgraduate student at the University of St Andrews, studying Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies. Previously, he completed his undergraduate education in International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Andrew is primarily interested in Islamist movements and counter-insurgency efforts across the Middle East.
Asaf Day is a Middle East and North Africa geopolitical analyst at a private security-consultancy firm. His areas of expertise include Syria, Israel, and the Palestinians, as well as global jihad organizations. Asaf has an MA Degree in Arabic Studies from the University of Bar Ilan and a BA from Ben Gurion University, both in Israel.
In addition to English, Asaf speaks fluent Hebrew and Arabic, as well as Turkish and French to a lesser degree.
Helen Bush is an editorial Intern at The Globe Post and a graduate student at American University in Washington, D.C.
Miranda Saunders studies business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She is interested in reporting on human rights and environmental issues.
Gowhar Geelani is a broadcast journalist, political analyst and commentator currently based in Srinagar. For several years he served Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany) as editor in Bonn, Germany. The author is a South Asia Journalism Programme (SAJP/Chevening Fellow (2015) and Munich Young Leader (2014) and writes for the BBC, Race and Class, Dawn, CNN IBN, and several international media outlets. Besides, he regularly appears as Kashmir expert and political commentator on television channels, including the BBC World, NDTV 24/7, CNN News 18, India Today, Wion, and India Ahead News.
Anna is a research analyst at Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East based in Montreal, Quebec. She holds an M.Phil from Trinity College Dublin, in International Peace Studies. Anna is a social justice activist and human rights advocate with a focuses on Palestinian-Israeli affairs and international law.
Linda Schlegel holds an MA in Terrorism, Security and Society from King’s College London and is currently the counter-terrorism consultant at Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin. Her research interests include (online-)radicalization, social movements, extremism and societal resilience to terrorism. She writes regularly for Global Risk Insights, Project for the Study of the 21st Century and other think tanks and has been published in the Journal for De-Radicalization.