This is a very special U.S. elections podcast, in cooperation with the Trocadéro Forum and Mediterranean Sustainability Partners. with experts weighing in from their regions . Here are their biographies : Nurşin Ateşoğlu Güney graduated in Political Science from State University College in 1979 and earned her MA (1985) and PhD (1992) in International Relations from Istanbul University. She has held various academic roles at Marmara University and is now affiliated with the National Intelligence Academy. Additionally, she is a security and nuclear energy expert at the Bilge Adamlar Center for Strategic Studies. Prof. Güney has authored numerous works on the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, security studies, and more. Rebel Hanna is the Chairman of Mantra Tourus Group (OOO, Holding), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dexter Capital Risk Management Services L.L.C., BoD member of JHT SARL, entrepreneur with 35+ years of professional experience in the International Business Development, Commercial, Investment, Corporate and Private Banking industry. Dr. Rebel Hanna served as well as Deputy General Manager at a reputable Bank in the UAE, Managing Director of the unique Investment Bank in Lebanon specialized in Securitization; he was managing the First SPVs in the MENA region and the First ABCP Conduit. Prior to that, he occupied different Senior Managerial Positions in the banking industry. In addition to his professional profile, Dr. Rebel Hanna is Lecturer at different reputable universities and speaker in International Conferences. He is as well researcher in Management Sciences, Geopolitics and Geoeconomics. Omar Samad is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. He is also the founder and president of Silkroad Consulting, LLC. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Samad was a senior Afghan expert in-residence with the Center for Conflict Management at the US Institute of Peace from January 2012 to January 2013. He also served as Ambassador of Afghanistan to France from 2009 to 2011 and Ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2009.