The Team

Bernd W. Kubbig is Project Director at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and Adjunct Professor at Goethe University, Frankfurt. Since 1999 he directs the internet program on Missile Defense Research International and since 2006 he has been coordi¬nating the international expert groups "Multilateral Study Group on the Establishment of a Missile Free Zone in the Middle East" and Academic Peace Orchestra Middle East. He specializes in US Foreign and Security Policy, especially on the Middle East, missile defense, and space.

Lisa Weis is a Research Assistant at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and on the staff of the Academic Peace Orchestra Middle East. She holds a MA in International Studies/Peace and Conflict Studies from the Universities of Frankfurt and Darmstadt, as well as a BA in International Relations from the University of Dresden. Her studies included a stay at the Central Philippine University, Philippines.

Sophia Wenzel is a Research Assistant at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and on the staff of the Academic Peace Orchestra Middle East. She is currently enrolled in the BA Program Political Science and Philosophy of the Goethe University, Frankfurt.