Dr. Emir Hadžikadunić received his doctorate in the field of international relations at the International University in Sarajevo. He has published two books: From Dayton to Brussels and Why Iran, including several articles in scholarly journals on foreign policy, geopolitics and European integration. He is a columnist for domestic and foreign media such as Al Jazeera Balkans, Al Jazeera English, Fair Observer and others. He is currently employed as a professor at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, as well as a guest lecturer at the University of Commerce in Istanbul and Sultan Zainal Abidin University, and is also an associate at the MARA University of Technology in Malaysia. He is a member of the Institute for Geopolitics, Economy and Security. He is the former ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Iran and Malaysia.