Greg Hansen has worked as a UN Volunteer in Georgia and as a civilian observer in the former Yugoslavia. He has conducted peace research in Lebanon and Mozambique and in 1982 served with a Canadian contingent of UN peacekeeping forces in Cyprus. In recent years Hansen was a trainer and field liaison for the Local Capacities for Peace Project and a consultant on Caucasus issues to the Humanitarianism and War Project.
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Paula Garb is Associate Director of Global Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Irvine. She has facilitated a series of meetings on environmental issues and citizen diplomacy with Abkhaz and Georgian NGOs.
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Dmitrii Danilov is the Head of the Department for European Security Studies at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Previously he worked as a senior researcher in the analytic unit of the General Staff. He has published extensively on EastāWest relations.
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Bruno Coppieters is Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and has facilitated a number of academic dialogue initiatives with individuals from Georgia and Abkhazia.
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Christine Bell is Professor of Constitutional Law and Assistant Principal (Global Justice) University of Edinburgh and Director of the Political Settlements Research Programme. Her research interests lie in the interface between constitutional and international law, gender and conflict, and legal theory, with a particular interest in peace processes and their agreements.
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Mara Stankovitch is a freelance writer and editor based in London.
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Accord Issue 6: Philippines-Mindanao
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Soliman M Santos is a Filipino lawyer and peace advocate currently on a masteral law scholarship at the University of Melbourne.
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Macapado A Muslim is Professor in Politics and Public Administration and Chancellor of Mindanao State University-General Santos City. In an unofficial capacity, he advised MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari during the peace talks.
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Eric Gutierrez is a journalist and Deputy Director of the Institute for Popular Democracy, Manila.
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Rufa Cagoco-Guiam is Associate Professor in Public Administration and Director of the Research and Development Center, Mindanao State University-General Santos City.
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