Associate Editor of the Independent.

Shaadaab S. Bakht, who worked for famous Indian dailies The Telegraph, The Pioneer, The Sentinel and wrote political commentaries for Tehelka.com, is Gulf Today’s Executive Editor.

Senior fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

A Slovenian philosopher and sociologist.

Professor, writer, columnist and novelist.

Senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and the director of ECFR's European Power programme.

A postgraduate researcher in criminology and computer science at the University of Leicester.

Bloomberg Opinion Editor.

Peck is The Independent's Political Sketch Writer.

Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and shadow Culture Secretary.