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H.E. Carlos Jose Arguello, Ambassador of Nicaragua, Dean of the Diplomatic corps. H.E. Roberto Canzadilla, Ambassador of Bolivia, vice-Dean of the Diplomatic corps. H.E. James Lambert, Ambassador of Canada. H.E. Huynh Minh Chinh, Ambassador of Vietnam. H.E. Martin Valentino, Ambassador of Malta. H.E. Yasumasa Nagamine, Ambassador of Japan. Minister-Counselor Dr. Eugenio Matos Gomez, former Charge d’affaires a.i. Dominican Republic Embassy in The Hague.
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Other distinguished Contributing writers:
Mr. Ankie Broekers-Knol, President of the Senate of the Netherlands; Hans van Baalen MEP, Member of the European Parliament, Head of Delegation VVD; Marjolein de Jong, Deputy Mayor for culture, inner city and int’l affairs, The Hague; Ambassador Petru Dimitriu, Permanent Observer of the Council of Europe to the United Nations; Steven van Hoogstraten, International Affairs.
Associate Editors:
Ellen J. Brager, The Hague. Professor Richard Griffiths, Leiden University, The Hague. Keith Dinnie, Brand Horizon, The Hague. Mitesh D. Mistry, London, UK. Benjamin Miller, University of Ottawa, Canada. Joe Ray, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Legal and Diplomatic Adviser in Brussels Baron Henri Estramant. Legal Adviser Mitchel Martis, Amsterdam.
Our Columnists:
Barend ter Haar, Clingendael Institute of International Relations, former Netherlands Ambassador to UNESCO. Jhr. Alexander W. Beelaerts van Blokland, Justice in the Court of Appeal & Special Advisor International Affairs, Municipality of The Hague. Peter Knoope, ICCT, Director International Centre Counter-Terrorism, The Hague. Professor Eelco H. Dykstra, MD International Emergency Management. Dr. Huub Ruël, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences – Zwolle. Sunday Oyinloye, West Africa Editor. Professor Anís Bajrektarević, Head of Department and Professor of International Law and Global Political Studies at the University of Vienna. Corneliu Pivariu, former first deputy for military intelligence (two stars general) in the Romanian MoD, retired, founder of INGEPO.
Diplomatic Academic Research Professor Richard Griffiths, Leiden University, The Hague; Prof. Jan Melissen, Senior Research Fellow Clingendael Institute, The Hague; Biljana Scott, Oxford University, Senior Lecturer at DiploFoundation and Visiting Professor at the London Academy of Diplomacy; Dr. Aaron Matta, Senior Researcher in EU Law, Academic Programme Coordinator of CLEER, T.M.C. Asser Instituut; Willem Post, International affairs, Municipality of Den Haag; Petra van der Ham, University for Peace (United Nations), Peace Palace, The Hague; Paramijt Sahai, Former Indian ambassador; DiploFoundation & University of Malta; Dr. Christophe Paulussen, Senior researcher. ASSER Institute; Dr. Bob van der Bos former Member of Parliament (First and Second Chambers), former staff member Clingendael Institute; Dr. Luis Ritto Former EU Ambassador to the Holy See and the Order of Malta and former EU Permanent Representative to the United Nations Organisations, ISPD Emeritus Professor and expert on diplomacy, diplomatic protocol and world affairs. John Kennedy Stewart, Independent Academic Diplomatic researcher in London. Dr. Davor Jancic, Senior Researcher in EU Law T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague.
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