Our Team
Meet the amazing people who make papr possible through their energy, experience,
and dedication to pursuing our goals.

Prof. Tomonori Yoshizaki
Vice President for Academic Affairs, National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Japan MoD

Sayed Ghoneim, PhD, MG(Ret.)
Chairman IGSDA (UAE), Visiting Scholar in International Relations & International Security in several countries, (Egyptian)

Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi
Project Assistant Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology of the University of Tokyo

Colonel (Ret). Mohamed Fouad
Security Cooperation Planner, Senior Interpreter, Translator / Proof Reader (Egypt)

Brigadier General (Retd) Khaled Elbotaty
Director of Security & Safety (Group of Companies) in Egypt, Research & Studies Support (Egyptian)

BrigGen (Ret). Ahmed Abdelghaffar
Crisis Management & Homeland Security Consultant & Operations Officer at IGSDA (Egyptian)

Georgios Kiourktsoglou
Maritime Security Expert, Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, UK, (Greek)

Colonel (Retd) Ralph Thiele
Security & Defense Expert, Chairman at Political-Military Society, Germany

Rear Admiral, USN(Ret) Gary W. Rosholt
Senior Strategist, President, L3 Technologies Saudi Arabia LLC (American)

(Late) Dr. Chikara HASHIMOTO
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations at The University of Sharjah, UAE, (Japanese)

Ahmed Kamel al-Beheiri
Political analyst and researcher, al-Ahram Center for Political & Strategic Studies, Cairo (Egyptian)

Major General (ret). Yasser Hashem
Senior Researcher and Lecturer of National Security & Defence (Egypt)

Serge Stroobants
Director of Operations for Europe & MENA of the Institute for Economics and Peace team., Assistant-Professor at Vesalius College in Brussels, Belgian

Brigadier General Giuseppe MORABITO
Italian, Army, Director of the Rome Capital Civil Protection Department

Major General (Retd) Ahmed Kamel
Senior Strategist, Security & Defence – Advisor, Military Doctrine at C&SC (Egypt)

Major General (Ret). Hamdy Bekhiet
Advisor and Emeritus Professor (National Security & Strategic Defense) at Nasser’s Higher Military Academy, Former Member of The Parliament of Egypt

Major General (Retd) Mohamed Abdel Salam
Senior Researcher, Military Education & Doctrine at C&SC (Egypt)

Sayed Ghoneim
PhD, MG(Ret.), Chairman IGSDA (UAE), Visiting Scholar at Royal Military Academy, Brussels, (Egyptian), located at Abu Dhabi

Prof. Sameh S. Ali
Global Health Security Expert – Head of the Research Unit – Oncology – Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357, Cairo (Egyptian)

JMSDF RADM (Ret.) Susumu NAKAMURA
Ph.D. Visiting senior staff member of Keio University Global Research Institute (Japan)

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Italian Army (Bat) Giorgio Battisti
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Italian Army (Bat) Giorgio Battisti

Prof. Marc Lavergne
Emeritus Head Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research, Arab and Mediterranean Studies Dept, University of Tours (France)

Dr. Samir Farag
Senior Strategist, Security & Defense Advisory Board of Egypt, Major General Egypt Army(Retd), Former Governor of Luxor, (Egyptian)
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