Middle East
Introduction In Idlib, the Turkish counteroffensive is on the march. At least this is the message that Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to imprint in the minds of Syrian President Bashar ...
Economy
Energy
Canadian fossil fuel development: what role do Indigenous voices play?
In the past few months, the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline – the largest private sector investment in Canadian history– has been met with resistance from Indigenous groups across the ...
Energy
Decarbonizing Asia for a Cleaner future
“Moving towards the Sustainable Development Scenario for Asia would require effective concerted climate action across involving all parts of the energy sector’s stakeholders” – Tsewang Nuru Sherpa A despondent picture of power ...
Energy
The UK-Africa Summit is a sign of the green economy conundrum
The UK-Africa Summit, held last January in London, proved to be a policy conundrum. On the one hand, Boris Johnson’s opening speech stated that the country will refrain from investing ...
ECONOMY
The Global War on Austerity has begun
Recent protests around the world have captivated media attention. But they all have one thing in common. They are a response against global austerity, corruption, and a revolt against the ...
Diplomatic Life
Introduction Many authors seem to believe that quiet diplomacy helped to win the cold war, by gently maneuvering behind the scenes. Hence, I argue; if diplomats were able to bring ...
2019 was a year of demonstrations and protests. But what was even more noticeable is that many of these demonstrations were led by children. Never before have children been such ...
Security Conflicts
NATO turned seventy last year having been a stalwart of Western stability and peace since 1949. Its membership has grown from twelve to twenty-eight even affording former USSR countries the ...
Our Team
David Allouche
Founder
David is the President and founder of YoungDiplomats. He created YoungDiplomats five years ago. He is the head of the organization and has the final word when it comes to decision taking.
Noam Hakoune
Vice President
Noam is the Director of YoungDiplomats France but also a prominent member of the association. He handles the website and manages different projects worldwide.
Idriss Zackaria
Director of YD Africa
Idriss is the Director of YoungDiplomats Africa. He greatly contributed to the evolution of YoungDiplomats and contributed to the success of the association.
Claudia Renee
Director of YD Australia
Julia Pighetti
Director of YD Belgium
Mustafa Aydogan
Director of YD Turkey
Joyce Peronne-Gourdin
Director of YD Spain
After her degree in Sciences Po Paris, Joyce lived one year in India where she specialized in Asian geopolitics. In 2016 she taught geography in La Sorbonne, while giving conferences about Human rights in the Red Cross. She is now a new teacher in the ESADE (university of law and geopolitics) in Barcelona.
Mirza Jahanzeb Beg
Director of YD Asia
Mirza Jahanzeb Beg is a Renowned Human Rights Defender, Psychologist, Political Analyst and a Journalist. He has Studied International Law and United Nations Mechanism and worked with various International Organizations and spoken extensively on the Geopolitical issues of South Asia on various International Platforms.
Nacer Nafea
Director of YD Morocco
Nacer Nafea, an 18 years old moroccan citizen. He studies biology in the faculty of Sciences rabat.
He is currently working with NGO'S to achieve what the world is working on, such as: SDG's.
He had the opportunity to get accepted in many programs that offers workshops in soft and leadership skills.
Rajan Chohan-Jones
Director of YD UK
Rajan Chohan-Jones grew up in Bangkok under the controversial rule of Thaksin Shinawatra. Seeing public protests in a divisive political environment was one of his main inspirations for studying politics. Moving back to England Rajan’s family further involved him in historical and contemporary political discussions and quickly discovered politics and international relations was something he was passionate about.
Jyoti Ranjan Pradhan
Director initiatives and outreach
Jyoti has an MA in Political Science.
He is interested in Chinese History, modern Middle East, and role of technology in warfare.
He wants to learn Persian and Arabic.
He is constantly moving places and would love to live in Jordan.
Rozario Hernandez
Public Relations
Li Ruikang
China Representative
Li Ruikang, MA Graduate in Middle Eastern Studies from Tel Aviv University, Have a deep understanding of international politics, Sensitive to political events, especially those of Middle Eastern States.