Ahmed Badran is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and former Department Head at Department of International Affairs College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University. He holds a PhD degree in Politics (Public Policy) from the University of Exeter, the United Kingdom.
Ashraf Mishrif is the founding chair of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry Research Chair for Economic Studies, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Prior to that he was Associate Professor at King’s College London and taught at several universities in the United Kingdom and the Gulf countries. He also served as Cultural Advisor for the Egyptian Embassy Cultural Bureau in London, and industrial development consultant, UNIDO, Vienna. He is an expert in economic development and the political economy of the Middle East and has authored more than 90 books, chapters, and peer-reviewed papers.