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Pablo Nemiña

Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO - Argentina)
Research Fellow
Pablo Nemiña is research fellow at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council, the International Relations Department at the Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO - Argentina) and the National University of San Martín, where he teaches and researches about political economy of international finance.
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Patrick Ziegenhain

President University, Cikarang/Indonesia
Associate Professor
Patrick Ziegenhain is an Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at President University, Cikarang/Indonesia. His main areas of research are economic, political and social developments in Southeast Asia and Europe as well as International Relations in both regions.
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Paul Esber

El Colegio de México
Visiting Researcher
Paul Esber is a Middle East analyst and visiting researcher at El Colegio de México.
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Pavel Havlíček

AMO Research Center
Research Fellow
Pavel Havlíček is Research Fellow at the Association for International Affairs (AMO) Research Center in Prague. His research focuses on Eastern Europe, especially Ukraine and Russia, and the Eastern Partnership. He also deals with questions of strategic communication and disinformation as well as democratization and civil society support.
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Pavin Chachavalpongpun

Kyoto University
Associate Professor
Pavin Chachavalpongpun is associate professor at Kyoto University’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
  • en.kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/about/staff-page/chachavalpongpun-pavin/
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Peter Birle

Peter Birle

Ibero-American Institute
Research Director
Peter Birle is director of the research division and the research and publications department of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin. He is BTI country expert on Brazil.
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Peter Thiery

University of Heidelberg
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Peter Thiery is senior researcher at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg. His research focuses on democracy, the rule of law and transformation processes in Latin America. Since 2002, he has contributed to the development of the BTI and his the BTI's regional coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean. He also participated in several research projects at Universities of Munich and Würzburg, and was fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research in Duisburg.
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Piotr Buras

European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Director, Warsaw Office
Piotr Buras heads the Warsaw office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). He is a journalist, author and expert in German and European politics and has worked as a columnist and Berlin correspondent for “Gazeta Wyborcza”, the biggest Polish daily.
  • ecfr.eu/profile/C236
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