Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene is an associate professor of political science at the University of Warsaw. She is also a sociologist and a mediator living in Warsaw and in Luxembourg. She is a professional with over 15 years of experience in connecting conducting scientific research (mainly in the field of political theories, European integration, gender equality and conflict resolution) with teaching (both …

Peter J. Jacques is Professor of the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs and the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research at the University of Central Florida. He is an Earth Systems Governance Senior Fellow, former Co-Director of the Florida Climate Institute at UCF, and the President of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences for 2018-2020. He has …

Tomasz Lukaszuk is a scholar in the Department of Regional and Global Studies, the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw. He worked in Polish foreign service for 25 years until 2017, serving in Norway, Indonesia, Singapore, East Timor, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives. Appointed twice as the Ambassador of Poland …

David A. Welch is University Research Chair and Professor of Political Science at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. His 2005 book Painful Choices: A Theory of Foreign Policy Change (Princeton University Press) is the inaugural winner of the International Studies Association ISSS Book Award for the best book published in 2005 or 2006, and his 1993 …

Judith Grant is a professor and activist in the political science department at Ohio University. She is co-editor of the journal New Political Science. Her research interests are political theory, feminist theory, cultural studies, and critical university studies. Her most recent works include Fundamental Feminism: Radical Feminist History for the Future, Revised Second Edition, (Routledge, July 2020) , Representations of …

Marianna Charountaki is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at University of Lincoln (UK). She has a PhD in International Relations & Middle East Studies from University of Exeter (UK). Her research lies at the intersection of International Relations theories, foreign policy analysis, and area studies with an emphasis on the Middle Eastern region. She is the author of the books The …

Hongyi LAI is Associate Professor of the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham (UoN), United Kingdom. Prior to the University of Nottingham he served as a senior research fellow at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He studied at Beijing University in the 1980s and witnessed the biggest student movement in Chinese politics. He received PhD …

Joanna Gocłowska-Bolek is an expert in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) affairs as well as the EU-Latin America and the Caribbean relations. Since April 2020 she is Deputy Director of the Centre for Political Analysis and Security Studies of the University of Warsaw, Poland. In 2016 she graduated from the European Academy of Diplomacy (Diploma on: Advanced Diplomatic Skills). …

Dr. Kevin R. Spiker is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Internships at Ohio University where he routinely teaches courses on political theory, political parties and elections, and the American presidency. His recent research focuses on the concepts of just war theory in Catholic thought, the military doctrine of command responsibility, asylum and sanctuary in history and law, …

Dr. David Richards is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, with appointments in both the Department of Political Science and the Human Rights Institute. His body of work on human rights includes more than two-dozen studies of: gender-violence law, the measurement of government respect for human rights including torture, public support for torture, and the effects of globalization …