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About the Authors
Stefan Bielański, is a professor at the Institute of Political Sciences
of Pedagogical University (UP) in Kraków and Director of the
International Center for Research “Mediterraneum” (Pedagogical
University). From 2000 to 2014 he was a member of the Scientific
Committee for the Master’s in European Studies: “The Process of
Building Europe”. From 2014: a member of the Polish Geopolitical
Society (PTG). He is the author of numerous books and articles.
Carmen Claudín is a Senior Research Fellow Associate at CIDOB,
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, where she has been the
Director of Research since 1998 and Deputy Director from September
1999. She was awarded a MA in Philosophy from the Sorbonne,
Paris, where she also specialized in Russian and Soviet history.
Before moving to Barcelona, she lived in Moscow and Paris for
several years. She is an expert on the Soviet system and an analyst of
the post-Soviet area.
Nicolás de Pedro is a Research Fellow at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre
for International Affairs) where he is in charge of the post-Soviet
space (Central Asia, Russia) and India. He is Associate Professor at
the Institut Barcelona de d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) and Visiting
Professor at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. He has
participated in international Electoral Observation Missions for the
OSCE in Russia (2011), Kyrgyzstan (2009, 2010), Tajikistan (2010)
and Ukraine (2010, 2014). Furthermore, Nicolás has carried out
fieldwork and travelled extensively throughout the Central Asian
region and Xinjiang (China), including a 24-month stay in
Kazakhstan (2005-2007).
Aldo Ferrari (PhD) teaches Armenian Language and Culture,
History of Caucasus and Central Asia, and History of Russian Culture