Faculty

Doctorate from the University of Geneva; degrees in Political Science from Concordia University (Canada) and the University of Toulouse (France); postgraduate in European Studies from the European Institute at the University of Geneva. Dr. Csurgai has taught geopolitics, geoeconomics and competitive intelligence at various universities. Publications include La nation et ses territoires en Europe centrale (Peter Lang, 2005), Les Enjeux géopolitiques des ressources naturelles (L'Age d'Homme, 2006), Geopolitics: Schools of Thought, Method of Analysis and Case Studies (Ed., 2009) and Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Analysis of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Issue (2011).

Ph.D. in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Lead researcher on the OSCE at the Graduate Institute, project officer at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), and civil servant at the Swiss Federal Department of Defence. He provides independent policy advice to the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation, including its operations in the Western Balkans, South Caucasus and Central Asia, and has published widely on international politics, history and security.

Ph.D. on Geopolitical Schools of Thought and Master's degrees in Political and Social Sciences (University of Antwerp) and European Public Administration (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium). Assistant Professor in Belgian and Comparative Foreign Policy at the University of Antwerp; has taught Geopolitics at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels. Research areas: geopolitical schools of thought, geopolitics of energy, regionalism and sub-state diplomacy. Author of an in-depth study of the history of geopolitical thought from 1890 to the present (Garant/Maklu) and of Regional Sub-state Diplomacy Today (Martinus Nijhoff).

Doctorate in Political and Diplomatic Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Former Professor at the Graduate Institutes of International Studies and Development Studies, Geneva. A world-renowned scholar of contemporary Iran, Middle-East conflicts and the geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Publications include Géopolitique de la nouvelle Asie centrale (PUF, 2003), Géopolitique de l'Iran (Complexe, 2005), Histoire de l'Iran contemporain (La Découverte, 2010) and Les Relations internationales (PUF, 2012).

Doctorate from the University of Grenoble. Teaches Geopolitics at the American Graduate School in Paris and at Sorbonne University; has also taught in Lyon and at LUISS in Rome. Editorial staff of Outre-terre (Paris) and Geopolitical Affairs (London), and a collaborator of Limes. Author of Essential Geopolitics: A Handbook, Holy War and Holy Alliance (Columbia University Press, 2017) and What Is a Border? (Stanford Briefs, 2018).

BA and Ph.D. in Law from the University of Fribourg. Former expert to the European Commission and President of the Culture Committee at the Council of Europe. Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Lausanne's Institute of Political and International Studies. Publications include L'Art de la guerre au XXIe siècle (L'Age d'Homme, 1998), Guerre et hégémonie (Georg, 2002) and Une nouvelle Guerre de Trente Ans ? (Le Polémarque, 2011).

Doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences and History from the University of Geneva and the University of Lyon 2. An expert on global arms development and trade, consultant to several Swiss media and scientific Director of Hepta Aero. He leads research teams for the Swiss Academy of Science and Technology and the Swiss Military History Commission, and is Chief Editor of the Swiss Military Review (RMS).

Graduate of the University of Nice, holding two doctorates — one in historical demography and mentalities, the other in ethnology. Specialised in demography, geopolitics, anthropology and the history of European culture. Former Professor at Stiftsschule Einsiedeln and, from 2001 to 2017, Director of the Institute and Museum of the Swiss Abroad in Geneva. Author and editor of numerous books and scientific publications in German, French and Italian.

Doctorate and Master's in International Relations from the University of Geneva; postgraduate diploma in American Studies from Smith College (USA); BA in Sociology from the University of Belgrade. Former Head of the International Relations Department at the International University in Geneva and Director of the Center for Audiovisual Media and Contemporary History at the Graduate Institute. Professor of International Relations at the International University in Geneva, teaching globalisation, geopolitics, foreign policy, political communication and strategic foresight.