Gitanjali is currently working on a project which identifies emerging socio-economic and environmental trends in the Middle East. Her role includes preparing and writing research reports. She is also part of the Water Security Initiative for the Middle East and is responsible for assessing the current and future water situation in this region, with a specific focus on Israel, Palestine and Jordan. She was the principle researcher for SFG’s ‘Cost of Conflict in the Middle East’ report and organized the Zurich Workshop in Switzerland for the same. Gitanjali worked on the ‘Conference on Responsibility to the Future – Business, Peace and Sustainability’ where she was responsible for managing over 250 delegates from over 25 countries, including 50 speakers. She was also involved in SFGs ‘Emerging Issues’ report 2008, where she was awarded best performance in an internal research competition.
Gitanjali has completed her under graduate degree at Denison University, a liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio, USA, where she majored in comparative religion. While at Denison she completed research courses in the theory of international politics, Gandhian politics and the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
She has authored several articles on strategic, political and security issues in the Middle East, and has a particular area of interest in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Projects 2010 - 2011 :
- Water Security in the Middle East
- Middle East Monitor
Workshops / Conferences:
Workshop on the Cost of Conflict Middle East, Zurich, Switzerland (August 2008)
Conference on Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace and Sustainability (June 2008)
Publications:
Global Security & Economy: Emerging Issues, 2008
(Awarded best performance in an internal research competition)
Cost of Conflict in the Middle East (January 2009)
Inhouse Articles:
- Water - Shaping Civilizations of the Past and Future (May 2010)
- 'Engaging the Muslim World' - A Book Review (April 2010)
- Iraq Determines The Fate Of Afghanistan (December 2009)
- Israel’s Future Dilemma: the importance of ‘final status’ (October 2009)
- Ba’ath Troubles Reveal External Interference in Iraq (September 2009)
- Urbanity, Identity And The New Middle East (August 2009)
- In Search of 'Hidden Water': GCC Nations & Food Security (May 2009)
- Where Religion Meets Politics... (April 2009)
_ Building Houses on the Sand - Rehabilitation in Post-war Gaza (March 2009)
- Strategic Foresight Group Reports on the Environmental Cost of Middle East Conflicts (February 2009)
- Why Should We Care About Gaza? (January 2009)
- Polarization Breeds Terrorism (December 2008)
- Is No News Really Good News: Peace between Israel and Palestine in 2009 (November 2008)
- Blue Gold: Somalian Pirates in the Gulf of Aden (October 2008)
- Russia, Georgia & the Middle East: A re-thinking of cold war tactics (September 2008)
- Re-Baathification in Iraq? (February 2008)
- Are we Truly Serious about Democracy in the Middle East? (July 2007)
Interviews:
- Experiments in Arab Renaissance (February 2007)
Other Articles:
- From Black Gold to Blue Gold - increasing importance of hydro-politics in the Arab
world
Middle East Political and Economic Institute (MEPEI), July 12, 2010
- Can Gandhian Principles Solve the Palestine Conflict? Interview with Ziad Abu Zayyad
rediff news, October 7, 2009 |
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