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Nick Giurleo
Nick is the Director of the Daily Brief. A law student, his area of expertise primarily encompasses international law as well as security affairs in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
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Max Klaver
Max is Foreign Brief's Chief Executive Officer. A Latin America specialist, Max is an expert in regional political and economic trends, focusing particularly on the Southern Cone.
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Daniel Rice
Daniel is the Chief Operating Officer of Foreign brief. He oversees the production and publishing of all of Foreign Brief's products. His background is in the air, space and cyberspace domains of national security and Indo-Pacific geopolitics. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
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Mariah Franklin
Mariah is the Director of Analysis. A regular contributor to the Daily Brief, Mariah analyzes geopolitical and economic events in the states of the former Soviet Union.
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Trey Marks
Trey is the Chief Editor of Foreign Brief's Analysis division. He specializes in Southeast Asia’s political, economic, and security environments, particularly as they relate to US and Chinese foreign policy strategies.
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Pratheek Cherukupalli
Pratheek is the Chief Strategy Officer at Foreign Brief. He is primarily involved in the innovation and development of strategies for the medium and long-term growth of the organization. He leads Foreign Brief’s Research Core and oversees the recruitment and development of our Analysts.
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John Milo
John is an Analyst with an interest in Indo-Pacific geopolitics. Master of International Relations (Australian National University) graduate with study focus on the Indo-Pacific. Qualified lawyer (University of Auckland, NZ) with experience in post-colonial Pacific & NZ legal systems.
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Ali Slimi
Ali is a Copy-Editor and Analyst on Daily Brief team, contributing regularly to the Daily Brief. He also leads the Foreign Brief Week in Review multimedia team. He focuses on political and development issues in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Chris Thomson
Chris is a Content Editor and Analyst for the Daily Brief. His writing focuses on the political economies of North America, the United Kingdom and Oceania.
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Wescott Yeaw
Wescott is a Copy-Editor and Analyst on the Daily Brief team. His thematic focuses are international security, politics, economics and public policy.
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Jon Adams
Jon is a Content Editor for the Analysis division of Foreign Brief.
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Can Eker
Can is an Analyst with Foreign Brief and currently pursuing his PhD in the Department of History at Bighampton University. His research there primarily focuses on the 19th-century Balkan independence movements.
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Connor Elliott
Connor is a Content Editor and Analyst on the Daily Brief team and a member of the Communications team. His primary research focus is Latin America
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Cian Muenster
Cian is a Research Analyst within the Research Core and contributes to both Analysis and the Daily Brief. He specializes in Australian and European geopolitics with a particular interest in the strategic autonomy of the EU.
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Riley Green
Riley is an Analyst and a regular contributor to the Daily Brief, he focuses on security issues in Europe and the Middle East/North Africa.
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Alex Avaneszadeh
Alex is an Analyst focusing on political events in the post-Soviet space. With a background in international law and diplomacy, his expertise lies in the geopolitical, economic and energy security dynamics of the South Caucasus.
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Sabrine Donohoe
Sabrine is an Analyst for Foreign Brief and a graduate student at Yonsei University in South Korea, specializing in foreign policy and security in East Asia. Previously, she contributed as a freelance writer for online publications and worked as a sub-editor for the Daily NK.
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Madeline McQuillan
Madeline McQuillan is an Analyst for Foreign Brief and a contributor to the Daily Brief. Her expertise is in European politics and transatlantic relations, and she’ll be pursuing a Master’s in European and International Public Policy at the London School of Economics starting in Fall 2022.
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Andrew Nicholas Prado-Alipui
Andrew Nicholas Prado-Alipui is a graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. He has contributed to the Daily Brief as an analyst focusing on developments in Sub-Saharan Africa He will be pursuing a Master's degree at the University of South Carolina beginning in Fall 2022.
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Ava Solow
Ava is an Analyst and regular contributor to the Daily Brief. She focuses on political and economic developments across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Margaux Nijkerk
Margaux is an Analyst and regular contributor to The Daily Brief, specializing in geopolitical and security issues in the Middle East.
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Kyle Rose
Kyle is an Analyst on the Analysis team. He specializes in foreign policy and human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a particular focus on Mexico and Central America.
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Keely Dion
Keely is an Analyst with regional expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. A weekly contributor to the Daily Brief, she specializes in conflict dynamics and geopolitics in West and Central Africa.
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Gabbi Sembenini-Tato
Gabbi is the Recruitment and Outrech Coordinator at Foreign Brief. She also writes for the Daily Brief where her regional focus centers on Europe and the former USSR. Gabbi's specialization is in intelligence and international law.
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Katherine Baughman
Katherine is an Analyst and a long-time contributor to long-form Analysis with Foreign Brief.
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Shravan Krishnan Sharma
Shravan is an Analyst at Foreign Brief and a graduate student at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po, where he is developing specialties in Asian Studies and Intelligence. His specific interests are in military affairs, international security, space law and nuclear disarmament.
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Scott Benigno
Scott is an Analyst at Foreign Brief and a Program Associate (Africa Division) at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative. His specific interests are geopolitics, regional conflict and governance, and political and economic developments in both MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Htet Thadar
Prior to joining Foreign Brief, Htet interned at the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, where she worked on peacebuilding and conflict resolution efforts in Myanmar, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. During this time, she also oversaw and arranged program activities regarding Indigenous land issues in the Connecticut River Valley. In addition, she participated in the Young Professionals Program at the East-West Center where she wrote short articles on US-Asia local relations for the Asia Matters for America website. Htet is a current MA candidate at the Johns Hopkins University of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), focusing on Southeast Asia and international development, climate, and sustainability.
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Joseph Egidio
Joseph is a Current Developments Analyst with regional expertise in Northeast Asia. He focuses primarily on South Korean-Japanese geopolitics.
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David Song-Pehamberger
David is an Analyst focusing on East Asia. He primarily writes on economic, political, and social issues and how they relate to the geopolitical environment.
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Marcos Wilson
Marcos is an Analyst who specializes in International Diplomacy and Security. He focuses on significant developments within the MENA region.
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Joshua Boyd
Josh is the Deputy Chief Editor and Analyst with the Analysis division. His key interests include war-fighting technologies and strategic policy.
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Promod Tandan
Promod is an Analyst on the Analysis team.
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Simran Sharma
Simran Sharma is an Analyst and a second-year graduate student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy concentrating on security studies and international negotiations. Prior to her degree at Fletcher, she worked in the international development space in India as a Gandhi Fellow with the Piramal Foundation. Her regional interests include the rise of China and the great power competition in South Asia with a focus on maritime issues in the Indian Ocean Region and South China Sea.
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Laurence Dynes
Laurence is an Analyst and weekly contributor to The Daily Brief, he focuses on geopolitical and economic issues occuring in Europe and Eurasia.
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Colin Griffin
Colin is the Analysis division’s all-rounder editor, specialising in counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency issues.
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Nicolas Reeves
Nicolas is a Middle East and North Africa Analyst. He focuses primarily on North Africa and the Levant, and his thematic interests include analyzing resource disputes, governance issues, and power dynamics between different actors in intra- and inter-state conflicts.
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Robin Vochelet
Robin Vochelet is an Analyst specializing in political developments and social movements in the Asia-Pacific region
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Alan Marc Jeffery
Alan is an ASEAN and Southeast Asia Analyst. He focuses on political dynamics and the geopolitics of infrastructure throughout the region.
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Matthew Teasdale
Matthew is an Analyst specializing in Europe and Africa. Currently working in global advisory, his thematic interests are Transatlantic Relations, the European Union, and NATO as well as French-speaking Africa.
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Cian Muenster
Cian is a Research Analyst within the Research Core and contributes to both Analysis and the Daily Brief. He specializes in Australian and European geopolitics with a particular interest in the strategic autonomy of the EU.
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Matt Spengler
Matt is a Research Specialist with the Research Core. He focuses on geopolitical developments across eastern European, with particular expertise on disinformation and authoritarianism.
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Tristan Chatton
Tristan is a Research with the Research Core who focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Jared Tupuola
Jared is a researcher within the Research Core.
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Melanie Goldberg
Melanie is a researcher in the Research Core.
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Sujitha Sundaram
Sujitha is a Research Specialist on the Research Core team and tracks geopolitical developments across the Asia Pacific. Her regional expertise lies in South Asia, with a key focus on understanding India and its emerging role in the Indo-Pacific. She is interested in climate security and policy making.
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Gabbi Sembenini-Tato
Gabbi is the Recruitment and Outrech Coordinator at Foreign Brief. She also writes for the Daily Brief where her regional focus centers on Europe and the former USSR. Gabbi's specialization is in intelligence and international law.
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Justin Schuster
Justin is a Producer and Copy-Editor for Foreign Brief’s video series the Week in Review.
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Jake DePinto
Jake is a Producer and Video Editor for Foreign Brief’s video series the Week in Review.
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Oluwasegun Akinshola Lawrence
Oluwasegun is a Product Strategist, currently the Associate Product Marketing Manager at Foreign Brief. He researches the company's product performance over time and strategizes how to optimize them for growth. He is the self-published author of the book; A Song of Train Wreck.
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