Andreas Themistocleous
Andreas holds a BA in Mediterranean Studies specializing in International Relations and Organizations, from the University of the Aegean. He holds an MA in International Relations and International Political Economy from the University of Birmingham. His main interests include Geopolitics, Energy Security, International Political Economy, and International Relations Theory. For his personal blog click here . For his articles click here.

Athena Scourta
Athena holds a BA in Mediterranean Studies specializing in International Relations and Organizations, from the University of the Aegean. Her final year dissertation was titled “The American – Turkish Relations in the post-Cold War Era”. She is currently attending the MA “Political, Economic and International Relations in the Mediterranean” at the University of the Aegean. Her main interests include International Security, Peace and Conflict Studies, Turkish Foreign Policy, American Foreign Policy, and Foreign Policy Analysis.

Marianna Karakoulaki
Marianna holds an MA in International Relations (Security) from the University of Birmingham, UK.  She holds a BA in Mediterranean Studies with a major in International Relations and Organisations, from the University of the Aegean, Greece. She is also a Junior Research Scholar at Strategy International in the Program ”US Foreign and Security Policy in the World Arena”, where she researches US Foreign Policy, and a Gender and Sexuality Editor for e-IR. Her main research interests include Gender Studies and Feminist Theory, International Security, USA Politics, the Middle East, and Peace and Conflict Studies. You can follow her on Twitter @Faloulah. For her personal website click here. For her articles at The GW Post click here.

Zenonas Tziarras
Zenonas is currently a PhD student in Politics & International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK, where he researches Turkish Foreign Policy, IR theory and Foreign Policy Analysis. He holds a BA in Mediterranean Studies & International Relations, from the University of the Aegean, Greece, and an MA in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the University of Birmingham, UK. He attended specialization courses in International Security at the University of Delhi, India; he took part in a training program on Leadership & Conflict Resolution at Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey; and he has been an Intern at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo Cyprus Centre (PRIO CC). Zenonas is currently a Junior Research Scholar at the Greek think tank Strategy International in the program “Peripheral and Global Governance & relations with Turkey”. His interests lie in Turkish Politics/Foreign Policy, Middle East Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security and Strategic Studies, (Energy) Geopolitics, and Intrastate Conflict Analysis. You can follow him on Twitter @ZenonasTziarras. For his personal website click here. For his articles click here.