Participants and Biographies

Professor Hyde-Price (UK) was educated at the Royal Hospital School, Ipswich He joined the Department of European Studies and Modern Languages in April 2007 as Professor of International Politics. His research area is International Security, particularly European security, and he is currently engaged in an EUFP7 funded collaborative international research project studying peace-building and conflict management. His research within the project is focused on Europe and the Middle East. He teaches International Security at undergraduate and master’s levels, and convenes the first year introductory module ‘International Relations and Global Politics’. At Masters level, he contributes to modules on ‘Power and World Order’ and the ‘CFSP’. Professor Hyde-Price formerly served as Head of Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester, and has previously taught at the Universities of Birmingham, Southampton and Manchester. He has also been a Research Fellow on the International Security Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London. He graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth with a First Class Honours degree in Politics, and received his PhD from the University of Kent. His research interests are diversified and has published many important publicatiopns. He is a member of the advisory board of the Forum for Security Studies at the Swedish National Defence College, and has been visiting Research Fellow at the Stockholm Institute of International Affairs; the Department of Politics at Lund University; the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Bonn; and the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Bonn. Professor Hyde-Price is on the editorial board of the journal Democratization.

Satish G Inamdar (India) is a retired Air Marshal was commissioned in the Indian Air Force, in March, 1963. Basically a combat jet fighter pilot, he is also a Test Pilot. He has 4700 hours of accident free flying experience on 28 different types of aircraft which also includes transport aircraft and helicopters. At the point of his retirement from the IAF in Jan 2003, as an Air Mshl at 59 years of age, he was the oldest serving air force officer to have carried out free-fall Para Jumps from 13,000 ft. A graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, College of Defence Management, College of Air Warfare and the National Defence College, he has served as Chief Instructor at the first, at Wellington. He was on deputation to the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd as a Test Pilot from 1974 to 1977and, later, also served a full term on its Board of Directors. He also served as a flying instructor on deputation to the Iraqi Air Force in their Fighter Leader School, for over two years, in 1983-85. Air Mshl Inamdar commanded a fighter squadron (No 7, the ‘Battleaxes’), The Aircrew Examination Board (AEB) and a fighter base (Kalaikunda) and has to his credit every major professional military career qualification besides holding a first-class M Sc degree from Madras University and Fellowship of the Aeronautical Society of India. He has successfully held all four crucial top-level IAF appointments for full terms, namely, Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) of Central Air Command; Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS); Air Officer Commanding-in Chief (AOC-in-C) of Eastern Air Command and, finally, Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS). As the Deputy Chief, he headed the Govt of India’s Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer Negotiations Committee and brought to a successful conclusion the extraordinarily protracted AJT acquisition process which had eluded India and the British Aerospace for over two decades. In his last appointment as the Vice Chief, he was primarily responsible for the smooth, flawless and effective IAF build-up during ‘Op PARAKRAM’ on the Western front. He has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) by the President of India in recognition of his ‘outstanding service of an exceptional order’. He was nominated as Hon’ble Member, Union Public Service Commission, by the President Participants Biographies 70 of India, upon his retirement from the IAF in 2003. Presently, the Air Mshl is on the Executive Council of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, a member of the United Service Institution.

Kazem Jalali (Iran) is a member of the Islamic Shoura Assembly of Iran (Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly).

Issam S. Jalham (Jordan) is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and currently is the Vice- Dean of Graduate studies for Scientific & medical Faculties at the University of Jordan. His research interest includes composite materials, biomaterials, Industrial Engineering (Management, Planning, Economy), and Production & Manufacturing Engineering (Modeling, Prototyping). He has published a lot of research papers and a book, supervised many graduate theses and graduation projects, and participated in organizing many conferences. He also attended a training course on “Materials characterization using nuclear ion beam accelerators with concentration on PIXE, PIGE, RBS, and other techniques”, Organized by the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) in Beirut, Lebanon and participated in the workshop on Applications of Synchrotron Radiations, organized by the SESAME Jordanian National Committee. In addition to his academic experience, he participated in solving many industrial problems locally and regionally. He worked as a consultant to the Specialized Training Institute for Metals Industry and headed the steel standardization comities. He was also a member of the Jordanian Laboratories Accreditation Comity for four years and a member of several comities at the University of Jordan. Moreover, he is a member of many local and international societies.

Khalid Jabour (Jordan) currently serves as General Surgeon and head of the Emergency Department at Zarqa Governmental Hospital. In the past, he worked as head of the Surgical Department at Mafraq Governmental Hospital and as General Surgeon at Meade Medical Outpatient Clinic. Dr. El-Jbour has also been involved in peace missions to Baghdad and to Jenin (West Bank) as part of the Jordanian Field Hospital’s team. He holds a degree in General Medicine from Rostock University, Germany, a specialty degree as a General Surgeon from the Postgraduate Berlin Academy, and a PhD in General Surgery from Berlin Academy.

Tiffany Johnston (US) graduated from the University of San Diego with a B.A. in International Relations and Spanish in 2009. Her area of research focuses on politics in the Middle East and Latin America, with an emphasis on human security, sustainable development, and nuclear proliferation. She is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the United States National Political Honor Society. In January of 2009, she was involved in a study abroad program with the University of San Diego providing a comparative analysis on the politics of immigration, terrorism, and arms control in Spain, Belgium, France, and Morocco entitled “Europe and the Islamic World”. In May of 2009, she served as a reporter and senior editor for the Energy Futures Symposium at the University of San Diego.

Mohammad Ali Jukhan (Jordan) is a Major in the Jordanian Armed Forces’ Royal Engineering Corps/Chemical Support Unit. He is assigned as a chemical company commander and has served manly roles in the Armed Forces in the past, including a post as a chemical staff officer at the division level, and CBRN trainer and acting CBRN staff officer at the Royal Engineering School. Major Jukhan has extensive experience with national institutions and agencies in fighting CBRN threats and terrorist activities which endanger national stability. He has conducted CBRN field exercises related to protection, detection, and mass casualties decontamination operations. Major Jukhan served on UN peacekeeping missions in Ethiopia & Eritrea and Cote d’Ivoire. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.

Ali Karami (Iran) is the Head of the Research Center of Molecular Biology at Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, a position he has held since 2006. He conducts research on medical biodefense through the improvement of education, prevention, treatment, decontamination, threat reduction, threat assessments, and threat analysis. He has worked for more than twenty years on issues related to BW and BTW. He has attended multiple BTWC expert meetings along with state party meetings regarding biosecurity, biosafety, bioethics, and the ethical use of science and technology. Not only does he take a keen interest in bioweapon nonproliferation activities at the national, regional, and international levels, he also conducts national programs on preventing the misuse of science and technology for WMD, specifically in regards to bioweapons and bioterrorism. Dr. Karami obtained a B.A. with honors in Medical Lab Technology and a Master’s degree in Medical Microbiology from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1984 and 1990 respectively. He received his Ph.D. from the Panume Institute at Copenhagen University in 1995; after completing a thesis on the genetic characterization of borrelia burgdorferi (a Lyme Disease Agent) and protection from it by the recombinant OspA vaccine, which was presented in the International Congress of Lyme Disease in June 1996.

Ayman Khalil (Jordan) is the director of the Arab Institute for Security Studies (ACSIS), a position he has held since 2002. ACSIS is chaired by HRH Princess Aisha bin Al-Hussein and operates in Jordan as well as various parts of the Middle East. It pursues specialized research on WMD proliferation, cooperative security mechanisms, foreign policy analysis, legislative infrastructure of disarmament treaties as well as other tracks. ACSIS is active in introducing curriculums on security studies, produces a radio documentary on “security terms and terminology” and liaise between military colleges in the Arab region. Dr. Khalil is a physicist by training and holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Reading University (UK). He served as chair of the National Initiative on Environmental Security, joined the United Nations for five years, and was commissioned to lead a UN goodwill mission to Turkey and Cyprus in 1999. Known for his extensive relations throughout the MENA region with emphasis on GCC countries, Dr. Khalil’s role was instrumental in concluding bilateral agreements with the League of Arab States as well as establishing liaison offices for UN special programs in the Gulf region. He is the editor of various books, and the author of many papers and articles, including “White Paper on Jordanian Foreign Policy.”

Mohammad Khalili (Jordan) serves currently as senior specialist in occupational health and safety for the Jordanian Ministry of Health. Dr. Khalili holds a number of advanced degrees including an M.Sc, a Diploma in Child Health and an MD.

Jonathan Knight (UK) was educated in Berkshire, before moving to Scotland and earning a Master of Arts degree (with Honours) in Politics and International Relations from Aberdeen University. A former member of the Royal Air Force, he served in Northern Ireland before leaving Her Majesty’s Forces to join the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Based in London, Jon works in the Counter Proliferation Department and provided the policy lead on the team which organised the London International Nuclear Fuel Cycle conference in March of this year.

Suk Chun Kwak (South Korea) is affiliated with Cornell University, a College Scholar focusing on Near Eastern Studies and history. He has worked with the Korea International Cooperation Agency in Jordan training volunteers, and is currently an intern at the Arab Institute for Security Studies.