Analyst Profiles for Media
Crisis Group's expert analysts and senior staff are generally available for media interviews and background briefings for journalists. Analyst profiles listing areas of expertise are available from the links below, arranged by region and country.
Africa
Africa (overall)
Comfort Ero (@EroComfort), Program Director, Africa
Central Africa (Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda)
Thierry Vircoulon, Project Director, Central Africa
Marc Andre Lagrange, Senior Analyst, Central Africa
Edward Dalby, Analyst, Central Africa
Horn of Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan)
EJ Hogendoorn, Project Director, Horn of Africa
Fouad Hikmat, Special Advisor, African Union and Sudan
Zachary Vertin, Analyst, Sudan
Southern Africa
Piers Pigou (@PiersPigou), Project Director, Southern Africa
West Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone)
Gilles Yabi, Project Director, West Africa
Rinaldo Depagne, (Côte d'Ivoire)
Kunle Amuwo, Senior Analyst
Vincet Foucher, Senior Analyst, West Africa
Titi Ajayi, Fellow, West Africa Project
Asia
Asia (overall)
Robert Templer, Program Director, Asia
Michael Shaikh, Senior Analyst, Asia Program
Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Paul Quinn-Judge, Central Asia Project Director
North East Asia
Daniel Pinkston (@dpinkston), Senior Analyst (North East Asia Deputy Project Director)
Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, Project Director, North East Asia & China Advisor
South East Asia (Indonesia, Myanmar/Burma, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste)
Jim Della-Giacoma, Project Director, South East Asia
Sidney Jones, Senior Adviser, Asia Program
Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat, Analyst, South East Asia
Bryony Lau, Analyst, Philippines
Cilian Nolan, Analyst, Timor-Leste
South Asia (Afghanistan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
Samina Ahmed, Project Director, South Asia
Candace Rondeaux, Senior Analyst, Afghanistan
Anagha Neelakantan (@anaghaneel), Senior Analyst, Nepal
Sophie Desoulieres, Analyst, South Asia
Jacob Rinck, Analyst, South Asia
Europe
Europe (overall)
Sabine Freizer, Program Director, Europe
Balkans
Marko Prelec, Project Director, Balkans
Caucasus
Lawrence Sheets @LawrenceSSheets, Project Director, South Caucasus
Turkey
Hugh Pope, Project Director, Turkey/Cyprus
Latin America
Latin America (overall)
Javier Ciurlizza, Program Director, Latin America & Caribbean
Mark Schneider, Senior Vice-President & Special Adviser on Latin America
Colombia/Andes
Silke Pfeiffer, Project Director, Colombia/Andes
Christian Voelkel, Analyst, Colombia/Andes
Guatemala
Mary Speck, Senior Analyst, Guatemala
Haiti
Bernice Robertson, Senior Analyst, Haiti
Middle East and North Africa
Middle East and North Africa (overall)
Robert Malley, Program Director, Middle East & North Africa
Joost Hiltermann, Deputy Program Director, Middle East & North Africa
William Lawrence, Director, North Africa Project
Peter Harling, Project Director, Iraq, Lebanon & Syria
Sahar Atrache, Analyst, Middle East & North Africa
Robert Blecher, Director, Arab-Israeli Project
April Longley Alley, Senior Analyst, Yemen
World
Louise Arbour, President & CEO
Mark Schneider, Senior Vice-President
Alain Délétroz, Vice-President, Europe
Nick Grono, Deputy President, Chief Operating Officer
Fabienne Hara, Vice-President, Multilateral Affairs
Jon Greenwald, Vice-President, Research & Publications
Jennifer Leonard, Washington Advocacy Director
Andrew Stroehlein, Communications Director
Kimberly Abbott, Communications Director, North America
Gabriela Keseberg Dávalos, Senior Communications Officer