Mariana Mendes is a Research Fellow at the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy at Dresden Technical University. She was awarded her Ph.D. by the European University Institute in 2019.
Frederik Wrist is a Master's student in International Relations at the University of Birmingham, specializing in international security issues with a particular focus on U.S. foreign policy and grand strategy, great power competition, and military affairs. A native of Denmark, he is a graduate in History from the University of Copenhagen.
Dr Luca Trenta is Associate Professor in International Relations in the Department of Political and Cultural Studies, Swansea University. His current research focuses mainly on the US government’s involvement in the assassination of foreign officials from the Cold War to the present day.
A regular contributor to national and international media, he is the host of the Out of the Shadows podcast on intelligence services and covert action.
Léonie de Jonge, Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen, is an expert on the populist radical right and extreme right politics in the Benelux countries.
Jack Collins is a candidate in the Master's in Global Politics program at London School of Economics and Political Science and a graduate of the University of Birmingham.
Jeff Bloodworth is Professor of Histor and Co-Director of the School of Public Service & Global Affairs at Gannon University.
Frank Uekötter is Reader in Environmental Humanities at the University of Birmingham, working on environmental issues, both past and present, in a global context.
Henok Asmelash is a Lecturer in the Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. His research focuses on legal and policy issues at the intersection of trade, energy, and environment.
Marco Guglielmo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Birmingham.
