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Max Klaver

Max is Foreign Brief's managing director. A Latin America specialist, Max studies regional political and economic trends, focusing particularly on the Southern Cone.

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Trey Marks

Trey is the Managing Director of Foreign Brief’s Risk Analysis team. Formerly Foreign Brief's Southeast Asia Team Lead, Trey has also served as a research analyst and writer for Foreign Brief’s Current Developments division. He also contributed to the Daily Brief where he specialized in Southeast Asia’s political, economic, and security environments, particularly as they relate to US and Chinese foreign policy strategies.

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Charlie Schacher

Charlie is Foreign Brief’s Chief Technical Officer. From websites to apps, Charlie keeps the servers humming and spearheads new ways of delivering our content.

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Nick Giurleo

Nick is a Senior Analyst and Managing Editor of the Current Developments division. 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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John Milo

John is a senior Asia Pacific analyst in the Current Developments team. He contributes regularly to The Daily Brief.

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Ali Slimi

Ali is an analyst on the for Current Developments Team, contributing regularly to the Daily Brief. He focuses on political and development issues in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Chris Thomson

Chris is a research analyst and editor for the Current Developments team. Contributing regularly to the Daily Brief, he focuses on the political economies of North America, the United Kingdom and Oceania.

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Daniel Rice

Daniel is an analyst and editor with the Current Developments team. He focuses on the air, space and cyberspace domains of national security and has a strong interest in East Asian geopolitical issues.

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Wescott Yeaw

Wescott is an analyst on the Current Developments team who contributes regularly to the Daily Brief. His thematic focuses are international security, politics, economics and public policy.

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Can Eker

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Niko Le Mieux

An international finance and strategy professional, Niko serves on the Current Developments Team with a focus on global business and policy trends in order to understand the key drivers of international investment. Niko's specific interests are in energy, emerging and frontier markets, and trade policy; he contributes regularly to the Daily Brief

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Jon Adams

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James Himberger

James is an analyst on the Current Developments Team, where he specialises in European and Indian politics. He is a regularly contributor to the Daily Brief

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Sinan Hanioglu

Sinan is an analyst for the Current Developments Team and a regular contributor to the Daily Brief. A student of transatlantic affairs, he specialises in political, economic and energy affairs of Europe and the Middle East.

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Bilal Rahmani

Bilal is a chief editor, analyst and research lead for the Current Developments team. He holds a master’s degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University where he extensively researched the US war in Afghanistan. Previously, Bilal has worked independently throughout mainland China as a teacher and as a domestic political communications fellow with Murmuration.

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Mariah Franklin

Mariah is a senior analyst and managing editor within the Current Developments team. 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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Julian Kelly

Julian is a Research Analyst for The Daily Brief where he is a regular contributor. As a researcher and writer, Julian specializes in the political economy of East Asia and global macroeconomic developments.

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Valeria Vásquez

Valeria is a research analyst for the Current Developments team and a regular contributor to the Daily Brief. As the head of the Latin America – Caribbean research desk, she focuses on Latin American politics, foreign policy and security issues.

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Connor Elliott

Connor is a research analyst on the Current Developments team and a member of the Communications team. Contributing regularly to the Daily Brief, his primary research focus is Latin America

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Trey Marks

Trey is the Managing Director of Foreign Brief’s Risk Analysis team. Formerly Foreign Brief's Southeast Asia Team Lead, Trey has also served as a research analyst and writer for Foreign Brief’s Current Developments division. He also contributed to the Daily Brief where he specialized in Southeast Asia’s political, economic, and security environments, particularly as they relate to US and Chinese foreign policy strategies.

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Laura Portbury

Laura is a research analyst on the Current Developments team. Presently undertaking a Juris Doctor, her areas of expertise include human rights and international law. Laura contributes to the daily brief, typically on matters within Europe and the Asia-Pacific.

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Keegan Noronha

Keegan is an analyst on the Current Developments team. Contributing regularly to the Daily Brief, he focuses on on East Asian affairs.

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Antonia Robson

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Alex Avaneszadeh

Alex is an analyst on the Current Developments team 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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Ava Solow

Ava is a research analyst for the Current Developments team and a regular contributor to the Daily Brief. She focuses on political and economic developments across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Colin Blais

Colin serves on the current developments team as a research analyst. He has previously published research on China and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Contributing regularly to the Daily Brief, Colin's areas of focus include China, climate change, and ASEAN.

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Sili Tian

Sili is a research analyst with the Current Developments team. With a background in European political economy, Sili focuses on EU policy, integration, and development within Central and Eastern Europe.

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Nastia Kukunova

Nastia is a research analyst on the Current Developments team. She focuses on the former USSR region, specializing in security, Russian and Eurasian affairs.

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Dane Burrough

Dane is a managing editor and senior analyst on the Current Developments team. He specialises in geopolitics and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing particularly on Central America.

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Charlotte Morton

Charlotte is a research analyst on the Current Developments team. She focuses on Southeast Asia, with an eye to conflict as well as the private military and security industries.

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Christina Chatzitheodorou

Christina is an analyst for the Current Developments team. Contributing regularly to the Daily Brief, she focuses on security issues in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Camilo Daza Manga

Camilo is an analyst for the Current Developments Team and a regular contributor to the Daily Brief. He specialises in soft power and public diplomacy issues, with a particular focus on Latin America and Chinese influence in the region.

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Pratheek Cherukupalli

Pratheek is the director of research, data collection and analysis in the Current Developments team. Being a specialist in open source intelligence and online monitoring, he is responsible for conducting and coordinating research to identify critical political, economic and strategic developments around the world. Pratheek’s specific interests are in researching foreign policy and national security issues of the South Asian sub-continent.

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Emily McMullen

Emily is a researcher for the Current Developments team. She focuses on human security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Daniel Rice

Daniel is an analyst and editor with the Current Developments team. He focuses on the air, space and cyberspace domains of national security and has a strong interest in East Asian geopolitical issues.

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Mariah Franklin

Mariah is a senior analyst and managing editor within the Current Developments team. 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 Managing Director of Foreign Brief’s Risk Analysis team. Formerly Foreign Brief's Southeast Asia Team Lead, Trey has also served as a research analyst and writer for Foreign Brief’s Current Developments division. He also contributed to the Daily Brief where he specialized in Southeast Asia’s political, economic, and security environments, particularly as they relate to US and Chinese foreign policy strategies.

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Katherine Baughman

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Joshua Boyd

Josh is a Managing Editor and Analyst with the Risk Analysis division. His key interests include war-fighting technologies and strategic policy.

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Evan Freidin

Evan is an analyst on the risk analysis team. He focuses on political and developmental concerns in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly China.

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Colin Griffin

Colin is the Risk 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 for the risk analysis team. 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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Alan Marc Jeffery

Alan is an ASEAN and Southeast Asia risk analyst. He focuses on political dynamics and the geopolitics of infrastructure throughout the region.

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Alex Vaillancourt

Alex works as an analyst on Foreign Brief's Risk Analysis Middle East and Northern Africa team. His areas of interest include counterterrorism and insurgency.