Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: 　 Shirin Akiner. Late Research Associate, Near and Middle East Section, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and Associate Fellow, Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), London, United Kingdom. John Anderson. Professor, School of International Relations and Centre for Russian, Soviet, Central and Eastern European Studies, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom. Anders Åslund. Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA and Adjunct Professor, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. Kamil Całus. Research Fellow, Department for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia (Marek Karp Centre for Eastern Studies), Warsaw, Poland, Editor of Spojrzenie na Wschód quarterly. Laure Delcour. Associate Professor, Institut d’Etudes européennes, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, Paris, France. Pál Dunay. Professor of NATO and European Security Issues, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. Maxim Edwards. Eurasia Editor at Global Voices, former editor of openDemocracy Russia (oDR). Journalist and translator specializing in Eastern Europe and the post- Soviet space. Payam Foroughi. Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, American University of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, and Thesis Supervisor, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Philip Hanson. Emeritus Professor at University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), London, United Kingdom. Galina Kolodzinskaia. Visiting Research Fellow and member of Research Group for Russia, Asia and International Trade, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, Norway Taras Kuzio. Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, and Non-Resident Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA. Eric Lepisto. Anthropologist specializing in sociopolitical transformations in the former Soviet Union. Robert E. Looney. International consultant specializing in economic development and Distinguished Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. Elene Melikishvili. Analyst in political risk and international relations. Rasmus Nilsson. Teaching Fellow in Russian Foreign and Security Policy, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, United Kingdom. Vladimer Papava. Professor of Economics, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia, Senior Fellow, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, Tbilisi, Georgia, and Senior Associate Fellow of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Andrew Ryder. Researcher and consultant on regional economic development, regional geography, and sustainability. Ann-Mari Sätre. Associate Professor of Economics and Research Director, IRES Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden. Anna Savchenko. Political scientist, researcher specializing in Kazakhstani politics, citizenship, statelessness, gender and social modernization. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan. Associate Professor, Chair of the Political Science and International Affairs Program, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. Michael Tokmazishvili. Senior Researcher, Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE-Transcaucasus), Tbilisi, Georgia and Head of Macroeconomic Division- Budget Office, Parliament of Georgia.