Dr. Jakob Lempp is Professor of Political Science with a focus on International Relations at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve, Germany. He was a research fellow at Kazakh-German University in Almaty, Kazakhstan and at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He has previously worked at the University of Technology in Dresden and at the Boston Consulting Group in Munich. His research focuses on politics in Central Asia and Europe and on European integration.
Dr. Sebastian Mayer is DAAD Associate Professor of International Relations at the OSCE Academy and Associate Fellow at the American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He has held positions at the Free University of Berlin, the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy in Hamburg, and the University of Bremen. His research focuses on transatlantic, European, and Eurasian security, particularly regional security organizations and security issues in Central Asia.