European Union, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics
Foreign policy, geopolitics, the changing world order, Russia, European Union, United States, China, India, Eastern Europe, relations between the West and Russia or China Cristian's research focuses primarily on the role of geopolitics in relations between the West and countries like Russia or China. Through this Cristian's work has analysed the way the world order is changing, as well as the potential for cooperation between the West and Russia or China.
Data Mining, Geopolitics, International Security, Nuclear Weapons, open source data
Baxter teaches courses on international and national security, nuclear weapons and proliferation, data analytics and open-source intelligence.
Baxter’s research focuses on nuclear weapons, geopolitics and risk, data analytics and innovative methodologies in assessing emerging threats, in particular at the nexus of technology and security.
Baxter earned a bachelor's degree in political science and history at Grove City College, a master's degree in public policy at George Mason University and a doctorate in international affairs, science, and technology with a technical minor in nuclear engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
His research has appeared in International Areas Studies Review, Journal of Cybersecurity, Review of Policy Research, Science and Diplomacy, Federation of American Scientists’ Public Interest Reports, Arms Control Wonk, and Real Clear Defense. He is the co-editor and contributor to the Routledge published, Nuclear Modernization in the 21st Century, which examines the extent to which nuclear weapons modernization has become a significant point of concern and consideration in international security. He is a member of International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, and the International Network for Social Network Analysis, as well as an advisory board member of the Rowman & Littlefield book series on weapons of mass destruction.
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship
University of PretoriaAfrica, Conflict Resolution, European Union, Geopolitics, Literature, Peace, Politics, Regional Collaborations, Security Studies
Prior to his role at UP’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, Prof Adebajo was the Director of the at the and was Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the . He served on missions in South Africa, Western Sahara and Iraq, and was Director of the Africa Programme at the in New York.
He is the author of ten books, including Building Peace in West Africa, UN Peacekeeping in Africa, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Afro-Arab Prophet, Pharaoh, and Pope. He is co-editor or editor of 11 books on Africa’s international relations including From Global Apartheid to Global Village: Africa and the United Nations. A graduate of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts, US, he obtained his doctorate from Oxford University in England.
Professor of Economics / Co-Director of the ESCP Geopolitics Institute
ESCP Business SchoolEconomics, Geopolitics, International Trade
has been a Professor of Economics at ESCP Business School since 2008. She is also Co-Director of the . Her research focuses on economic geography and international trade, with an emphasis on trade liberalization and its impact on firm performance, global value chains, and the labor market. She also examines trade diversification and its relationship with economic development. More recently, she has studied financial and political crises.
Her professional experience includes working with major international organizations such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme on specific missions.
Permanent Affiliate Professor / Co-Director of the ESCP Geopolitics Institute
ESCP Business SchoolDiplomacy, Geopolitics, International Relations
is a career diplomat, who joined ESCP in 2022 as a Permanent Affiliate Professor. He is Co-Director of the . He also teaches international relations and is the scientific director of the MSc "International Business & Diplomacy".
He began his diplomatic career in 1994, has been working as a technical councellor at Hubert Védrine's Cabinet office on strategic affairs, Balkans and Russia, as director of international relations at ENA, and as a deputy director of the policy planning staff. He was posted in Berlin and in Brussels (European Union) and was ambassador / permanent representative to the OSCE in Vienna. He has written many books and articles about international relations and European policy.