Hooman Peimani (Ph.D.) is the Head of the Energy Security Division at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore. He specializes in energy (energy security) and security (regional/international), particularly related to the South and West Asia, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. He has held a number of senior positions in academia (e.g., Geneva School of Diplomacy & International Relations), energy corporations (e.g., Nord Stream, Zug/Switzerland), and international institutions (e.g., UNICEF, UNCHR, UNRISD and WHO). His employment experience includes over 20 years of research activities working for institutes such as Jane’s Defence/UK, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Centre for International Cooperation and Security/UK and Arab Petroleum Research Center/France. He also has years of experience as a freelance journalist working for many newspapers (e.g., South China Morning Post and Moscow Times) and news agencies (e.g., Inter Press Service/Berlin, International Relations and Security Network/Zurich and Eurasianet/New York).
Email: esihp@nus.edu.sg (office); peimani@singnet.com.sg (private)
Phone: (Office) +65 6516 7083
Web site: http://hoomanpeimani.wordpress.com/
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