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Dalia Ghanem

Carnegie Middle East Center
Resident Scholar
Dalia Ghanem is an Algerian resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Her work examines political and extremist violence, radicalization, Islamism, and jihadism with an emphasis on Algeria.
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Damin Jung

The Korea Times
Politics & Defense Reporter
Damin Jung is politics and defense reporter at The Korea Times.
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Dandy Rafitrandi

Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta)
Researcher
Dandy Rafitrandi is a researcher at the Department of Economics, Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta, Indonesia. His research agenda focuses on the intersection of international economics, digital economy, and ASEAN. Currently, he undertakes several projects related to trade agreements and international cooperation, and the digital economy ecosystem. He also served as a lecturer at Prasetiya Mulya University.
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Dane Taleski

Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz
Visiting Fellow
Dane Taleski is Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, where he focuses on the transformation of wartime networks into political parties in Western Balkan post-conflict countries and its impact on party competition, peacebuilding and democratization. Dane Taleski has served as executive director of two think tanks and was a member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia’s executive board (2009–2013). He holds a PhD in political science from the Central European University in Budapest. He was a Civil Society Scholar with the Open Society Foundations (2014) and has been a member of the Transformation Thinkers network since 2005.
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Daniel Kapellmann

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
Daniel Kapellmann is a Mexican Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst for FireEye and Consultant for ITU Digital Inclusion Division. As a former Fulbright scholar, he holds an Information Management master’s degree from the University of Washington specialized in Information Security & Risk Management.
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Daniela Arregui Coka

Bertelsmann Stiftung
Junior Project Manager
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Dariusz Kalan

Analyst
Dariusz Kalan is a Central Europe correspondent for international media and an analyst based in Bratislava.
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David Brenner

University of Sussex
Associate Professor
Dr David Brenner is Associate Professor in Global Insecurities in the Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex. David studied in Heidelberg, Beijing and London, earning his PhD from the London School of Economics. He has researched the armed conflict in Myanmar since 2012 and is author of Rebel Politics: A Political Sociology of Armed Struggle in Myanmar’s Borderlands, published with Cornell University Press in 2019. His recent publications on the topic include Misunderstanding Myanmar through the Lens of Democracy, published with International Affairs in 2024.
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David Kuehn

German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. David Kuehn is Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg, Germany. His research focuses on civil-military relations, democratization, and authoritarianism.
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Dragan Koprivica

Dragan Koprivica

Center for Democratic Transition
Executive Director
Dragan Koprivica is Executive director of Center for Democratic Transition (CDT), one of the most prominent good governance advocacy NGOs in Montenegro.
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