Garima Mohan is a Brussels-based senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific program and the lead of GMF's India Initiative. Her research focuses on Europe-India ties, EU foreign policy in Asia, and security in the Indo-Pacific. Prior to joining GMF, she was the acting team leader and coordinator for the EU’s Asia-Pacific Research and Advice Network, which supports EU policymakers on issues concerning the Asia-Pacific. She also led the Global Order program at the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin.

Garima holds a PhD from the Freie Universität Berlin and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics. She was a nonresident fellow at Carnegie India, an Asian Forum for Global Governance Fellow, and a 2017 Raisina Young Fellow. She has published widely on Indian foreign and security policy, EU-Asia relations, Germany-India ties, and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, and is a frequent commentator for European and Indian media including the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, The Hindu, The Wire, and Deutsche Welle. 

Daniel Hegedüs is a senior visiting fellow with GMF and deputy director of the Institute for European Politics (IEP) in Berlin.

His research focuses on democratic and rule-of-law backsliding within the EU, the intersection of autocratization and foreign policy, and the European and foreign policies of the Visegrad countries.

Hegedüs previously served as GMF’s regional director for Central Europe and held variousresearch and lecturing positions at institutions including the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Freedom House, the Institute for Eastern European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, and Eötvös Loránd University.

Hegedüs studied political science, history, and European law, is the author of more than 80 academic and policy papers, and is a frequent contributor to international media.

Muddassar Ahmed is a visiting fellow with GMF’s Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives with a focus on advancing inclusive leadership. He is managing partner at Unitas Communications Ltd, a British strategic communications consultancy, where he has led on projects for the United Nations, Amnesty International, the NFL, the Arab League, the U.S. State Department, and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), among many others.

Oliver Gnad is the co-founder and managing director of the Bureau für Zeitgeschehen (Bureau of Current Affairs), a Berlin-based think-and-do-tank specialized in strategic foresight and scenario planning. He is a member of the pan-European Think Tank “New Pact for Europe,” a fellow of the Dahrendorf Forum and a certified senior instructor of Globalytica Ltd., a Washington-based thought leader in building analytic cultures.