Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki is the Deputy Director at the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) and a Vice-Chair at the International Relations Department of Istanbul Kültür University.

Dr. Stefanos  Vallianatos holds a Ph.D. from the Lancaster University (U.K.) in International Politics . He is a external research associate at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, specializing in Middle Eastern Affairs, coordinator of the Greek National Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, and teaches Middle East Politics at the International Centre for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies.

Richard Gillespie holds the Chair of Politics at the University of Liverpool. His research interests include: Spain, Morocco, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, and EU external relations. He teaches courses in European politics, Spanish politics, the International Politics of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and Europe and the world. He is Founder and Editor of the journal Mediterranean Politics.

Dr. Lučka Lorber is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Vice-Dean for International Affairs and Development at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Maribor, Slovenia. In addition, she is also Coordinator of the geographical network GeoRegNet and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies.