Kurt Brackob
Contributor
Dr. Kurt Brackob has a Ph.D. in history and is a noted specialist on Southeast European history. He is currently the Director of Histria Books, a leading independent publishing house.
Humphrey Hawksley
Contributor
Humphrey Hawksley's work as a BBC foreign correspondent has taken him to crises on every continent. He was expelled from Sri Lanka, opened the BBC’s television bureau in China, arrested in Serbia and initiated a global campaign against enslaved children in the chocolate industry. The campaign continues today.
Nikola Mikovic
Contributor
Nikola Mikovic is a freelance journalist from Serbia. He covers mostly Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Joseph Hammond
Contributor
Joseph Hammond is a journalist and former Cairo correspondent for Radio Free Europe. He has written on issues ranging from boxing to international relations on four continents. He has also worked as a consultant on development issues and received a Fulbright fellowship to work with the government of Malawi.
Alice Taylor
Contributor
Alice is a freelance writer, journalist, and blogger. She was born in England and after graduating in law, moved to Malta, and then Cyprus, before settling in Albania. She writes on topics such as European law, technology and finance, but after moving to Albania she felt inspired to start writing about Balkans travel and culture.
J (Johannes) Froebel-Parker
Contributor, Historian
J (Johannes) Froebel-Parker is the author of Ahnentafel Series Books, based on genealogy and historical research concerning characters from his maternal and paternal family trees including Friedrich Froebel, founder of Kindergarten.
Mariam Gogolishvili
Contributor
Mariam is a devoted liberty activist and works with NGOs, activist groups, and grassroots movements in the South Caucasus region and throughout Europe.
Diana Livesay
Contributor
Diana Livesay is an investigative journalist from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. When she’s not exposing corruption in the local government, she works in the publishing industry in the U.S., promoting Romanian history, culture, and literature.
Polina-Victoria Timoschuk
Art Critic
Polina-Victoria studied Art History at Moscow University (HSE). She has experience working as a guide in the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, as well as supporting the Alexander Aizenshat’s exhibition as a curator. She has visited many cultural events in Moscow and is a fixture on the local art circuit.
Josh Friedman
Contributor
Josh Friedman is an American journalist currently based in Bulgaria. He reports for the investigative news publication CalCoastNews and is an editor and correspondent for Bulgaria Analytica, as well as the publisher of the site FreeManPost.
Keti Diasamidze
Contributor
Keti graduated from the film directing faculty at the Belgium Film Academy. Today she works at the Public Relations Department of the Georgian National Museum.
Liza Katsiashvili
Contributor
Liza works as a Local Coordinator for International NGO Students for Liberty in Georgia. She is involved in many activist groups regarding a variety of problematic issues in the country.
Octavian Bodorin
Contributor
Octavian Bodorin is a freelance conference interpreter and translator based in Moldova. He is providing high quality interpretation and translation services to various customers among which are the World Bank, IMF, UNDP.
Vagabond Girl
Contributor
Vagabond Girl can't use her name for business reasons. However, she travels extensively through the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and writes gloriously intelligent travel articles.
Qeti Ka
Contributor
Qeti is from Tbilisi, Georgia. Today, she works in Georgian Public Broadcaster as a TV Show Producer.
Tbel Abuseridze
Contributor
Tbel Abuseridze is from Batumi, Georgia. As a freelance blogger, he has written for multiple web-magazines, such as National Geographic, Mediachecker, Radio Free Europe, and contributed to BBC articles about Georgia and the Caucasus.
Bledar Qalliu
Contributor
Bledar is a specialist in comparative politics, specialised on the Balkans. He holds a BA in political Science for the University of Tirana, a Master’s degree from the Department of Economics and Management at Padua University (Italy) and a M.A. from the Graduate School of Political Science at Waseda University (Japan). He is based in Albania.
Johannes Estrada
Contributor
Johannes Estrada is a young economist in Albania. After studying and working abroad, he has returned back to his home country, with the desire and ambition to contribute on its progress and growth. He began writing on economic and political issues initially as a hobby, but it grew into a desire to change the underlying problems which hindered his country.
He uses a pen name, as repercussions for those who stray from the government line in Albania, are usually severe and problematic for one's career and livelihood.
Bruno Brkic
Contributor
Bruno is an experienced government official from Bosnia and Herzegovina with a demonstrated history of working in the areas of law enforcement, criminal justice, and anti-terrorism.
Artur Mosoyan
Contributor
Artur lives in Tbilisi and studies film directing and Journalism at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). He has produced several documentaries and is an active photographer.
Perviz S. Khazai
Contributor
Perviz S. Khazai is a law graduate and former Apprentice diplomat. He served as an international law expert of foreign affairs in Tehran 1976-1979. He served as the head of the mission and acting ambassador in Norway and Sweden in 1979-1982. He is now representative of NCRI in northern Europe.
Brent Beecham
Contributor
A USAFA grad, Brent flew F-15 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm. After completing his service, Brent immigrated to Israel, where he was drafted into IAF active service.
Thierry Laurent Pellet
Contributor
Author of "Ukraine, a warning to the world" (French Version: "Ukraine, Entrepreneur Espion malgré lui"), long living experience in US, Ukraine, Russia. Broad experience in supply chain and technology. polyglot (French, English, Spanish, Russian).