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Alex Petersen

Alexandros Peterson was a former fellow of the Henry Jackson Society. He was killed in January 2013 in a Taliban bomb attack on a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan.Alexandros Petersen, Henry Jackson Society, 21 January 2013.
A 2008 biography of Petersen by Young Professionals in Foreign Policy stated:
::Alex is Senior ACD Researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He is also Section Director, Americas at the Henry Jackson Society and on the editorial board of Millennium: Journal of International Studies. In 2006, he was a Researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC and a Visiting Scholar at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies in Tbilisi. He has held research assistant positions at the King's College London Department of War Studies and the Western Policy Center, as well as an internship at the Council on Foreign Relations. His commentary and analysis regularly appears in newspapers and journals in the U.S., Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. He is currently pursuing a PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics, and received his BA in War Studies with First Class Honors from King's College London.About YPFP - Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, accessed 22 March 2008.
==Affiliations==
*Henry Jackson Society – staff
*Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
==Contact, References and Resources==
===Contact===
===Resources===
===References===
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Alex Rose

Alex Rose was an American trade unionist and political activist.
In the mid-1930s, Rose served as secretary of the Trade Union Red Cross for Spain, formed by the ILGWU.Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.137.
As a milliner's union official in the late 1930s, Rose was a key figure in the American Labor Party (ALP).Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.156. As the party's executive secretary, he sought to support the new deal while remaining separate from the Democrats.Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.173.
In 1942, he broke with the Democrats to support Dean Alfange for Governor of New York.Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.192.
Along with David Dubinsky, Rose led the Liberal Party of New York in the late 1940s.Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.249.
Dubinsky and Rose supported John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, although Dubinsky had to persuade Rose to overcome his initial doubts about Lyndon Johnson.Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.285.
Rose died in 1976.Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.340.
==Notes==
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Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond is the Scottish National Party (SNP) MP for Gordon, having won the seat in the May 2015 general election. SNP avalanche sweeps aside Douglas Alexander and Jim Murphy The Guardian, 8 May 2015, accessed 8 May 2015 
The previous SNP leader and first minister for Scotland, stood for the constituency of Gordon which had been held by the Liberal Democrats' Malcolm Bruce since 1983. Salmond was able to defeat the new Lib Dem candidate Christine Jardine with a majority vote of 8,687 having gained a share of 48 percent of the vote. Election 2015: Alex Salmond hails roar of 'Scottish lion' BBC News, 8 May 2015, accessed 8 May 2015 
Following his victory, Salmond declared that 'there is a lion roaring tonight, a Scottish lion. I don’t think any government, of any particular complexion, can ignore it.' Salmond is just one of fifty six SNP candidates who was victorious in the 2015 general election in May, the SNP won a 5 per cent share of the national vote. Election results: Conservatives on course for majority BBC News, 8 May 2015, accessed 8 May 2015 
==Life Outside Politics==
In January of 2015 the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments approved Salmonds request to accept contracts for writing columns and contributing regular articles to various national and local newspapers. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/salmond-alex-first-minister-of-scotland-acoba-recommendation/summary-of-business-appointments-applications-rt-hon-alex-salmond Summary of Business Appointments Applications - Rt Hon Alex Salmond]Gov.UK, 11 August 2015, accessed 22 September 2015 
==Staff==
===Current===
*Thomas Collins Overseas visit: 17-23 December 2015 to Iran as part of international trade delegation, funded by the Iranian Government. Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 25 April 2016 
*Cathel McLeod Overseas visit: 17-23 December 2015 to Iran as part of international trade delegation, funded by Iranian Government. Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 25 April 2016 
*Isobel Zambonini 
===Former===
*Kevin Pringle 2007-2012. Left Salmond to become a communications director with the Scottish National Party. Is now a partner at Scottish consultancy Charlotte Street Partners.
==Affiliations==
*All-Party Parliamentary China Group - Deputy chairChina APPG, www.parliament.uk', accessed 23 November 2015
==Notes==
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Alex Standish (Geographer)

Alex Standish (Geographer) is a US based academic associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network. He is not the Alex Standish (UK academic) who is an intelligence analyst and military expert. He has written for LM and Spiked, "Testing times for America’s school system", Spiked website, accessed 2 November 2010 participated in the Institute of Ideas "Education Forum Special Event", Institute of Ideas website, accessed 2 November 2010 and the Leeds and New York Salons "Global Citizenship in the School Curriculum", Leeds Salon website, accessed 2 November 2010 "Is America Still an immigrant nation?", NY Salon website, accessed 2 November 2010 and spoken at the Battle of Ideas. "Moralising the curriculum", Battle of Ideas website, accessed 2 November 2010 
==Resources==
:Profile Alex Standish Battle of Ideas
==Notes==
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Alex Sweeney

Alex Sweeney has worked for several companies that run immigration detention centres in the UK.'Alex Sweeney', LinkedIn, accessed 30 June 2015
==G4S==
Sweeney was "Head of Central Services" at G4S in the UK from September 2006 to May 2007.
==Geo Group UK==
Sweeney was a contract director for the Geo Group UK at Campsfield House IRC from May 2007 to April 2010. During 2009 he became centre manager. He had 'overall responsibility for the operational performance of the Centre, ensuring a safe and secure environment of those that live and work there, in line with the contract'. He was the 'youngest appointee as Contract Director by the Home Office in the history of the prison or detention estates'.
==Mitie Care and Custody==
Sweeney became business development director for Mitie Care and Custody in May 2010. His key responsibilities included 'tendering for procurement opportunities with the Ministry of Justice and Home Office'. His LinkedIn profile says Sweeney led Mitie's mobilisation lead for Campsfield House IRC. Mitie won the contract from the Geo Group in 2011.
==Notes==
Sweeney, Alex
Category:Detention Industry
Category:UK Immigration Detention Staff
Alex Thomson

Former CEO of Localis think tank, currently a director at lobbying firm Hanover Communications.
==Background==
:Alex provides strategic advice to a range of clients in the technology, infrastructure, energy, higher education and financial services sectors. Alex has been at the heart of key policy discussions for more than a decade. He ran Localis – the foremost think tank on issues related to devolution and local government – for six years, before which he developed the Conservative Party’s thinking on devolution, local government, housing and planning, and wrote the Party’s Green Papers Control Shift, Strong Foundations and Open Source Planning. He was also part of Boris Johnson’s successful 2008 Mayoral campaign team. Prior to working for the Conservatives, Alex was a civil servant in various Whitehall departments including DCLG and DEFRA.
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Alex Younger

Alex Younger was appointed as the next Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in October 2014.Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 3 October 2014.
Younger joined MI6 in 1991. He has had overseas postings in Europe and the Middle East and has filled a variety of operational roles.Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 3 October 2014. 
==Afghanistan Station Chief==
He was at one time the senior MI6 officer in Afghanistan.Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 3 October 2014.
==Head of counter-terrorism==
He led MI6 work on counter terrorism in the three years running up to the 2012 Olympic Games.Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 3 October 2014.
==Head of operations==
For the two years prior to his appointment as Chief of MI6 he oversaw the Service’s intelligence operations worldwide.Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 3 October 2014. 
==Notes==
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Alexander Alderson

Alexander Alderson is a Colonel in the British Army. He 'leads the team which is currently updating the British Army's counterinsurgency doctrine'. According to Alderson the team also includes Brigadier Gavin Bulloch, the Army's 'pre-eminent doctrine writer', Dr. Daniel Marston, leader of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst's COIN team, and Lieutenant Colonel Marcus GoodAlderson, A. 'Revising the British Army's Counter-indurgency doctrine', RUSI Journal August 2007, 152(4) All four are members of the King's College London, Insurgency Research Group which brings together serving military officers, academics and people from think tanks such as RUSI and mercenery firms such as Aegis.It should be noted that King's college incorporates the UK Defence Academy including the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham, meaning that the line between academia and the military is abolished.
==Quotes==
:A number of commanders make the point that minimum force does not mean not using force. If a bomb is required, use a bombAlderson, A. 'Revising the British Army's Counter-indurgency doctrine', RUSI Journal August 2007, 152(4)
==Affiliations==
*runs the Warfare Development Group at the Land Warfare CentreAlderson, A. 'Revising the British Army's Counter-indurgency doctrine', RUSI Journal August 2007, 152(4)
==Publications==
*Alderson, A. 'Revising the British Army's Counter-indurgency doctrine', RUSI Journal August 2007, 152(4)
*Alexander Alderson US COIN doctrine and practice: an ally's perspective Parameters, Winter, 2007 by
*Alexander Alderson Learning, Adapting, Applying: US Counter-Insurgency Doctrine and Practice RUSI Journal Dec 2007, Vol. 152, No. 6
*Alexander Alderson et al (2009) British Army Field Manual Volume 1 Part 10 Countering Insurgency, Army Code 71876 October 2009, Crown Copyright.
==Notes==
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Alexander Alvaro

Alexander Alvaro (born 26 May 1975, Bonn-Bad Godesberg) is a German MEP from the Free Democratic Party. He also served previous term at the parliament from the same party (20.07.2004 - 13.07.2009).European Parliament, MEP Directory: Alexander Alvaro, accessed 07 September 2010.
==Affiliations==
*Vice-Chairman, Committee on Budgets
*Member, Delegation for relations with Iran
*Substitute, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
*Substitute, Delegation for relations with India
===Former Affiliations===
*Member, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
*Member, Delegation for relations with India
*Member, Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council
*Substitute, Committee on Petitions
*Substitute, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
==Record and controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Alexander Alvaro, 12 January 2009, accessed 26 February 2009.European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Alexander Alvaro, 17 June 2009, accessed 16 November February 2009.
===Record of parliamentary votes===
====Election Campaign 2009====
Alexander Alvaro has not pledged to any of the four issues presented by the Election Campaign:
*to provide leadership in lobbying transparency and ethics,
*to provide leadership in reforming financial architecture,
*to promote a full-scale rethink of the EU trade policy,
*to promote corporate accountability.Election Campaign, Alexander Alvaro, accessed 02 April 2012.
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==Personal information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*Qualification in banking (1997).
*1. State law examination (2004). 
*Deputy Federal Chairman of the Young Liberals (since 2002). 
*Member of the Federal Executive of the FDP (since 2003).
===Contact===	
:Address:
:Parlement européen
:Bât. Altiero Spinelli
:10G242
:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
:Phone:
:+32 (0)2 28 45328
:Email:
:alexander.alvaro AT europarl.europa.eu
:Website: 
:http://www.alexander-alvaro.de
==Resources==
*European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Alexander Alvaro, 12 January 2009, accessed 26 February 2009.
*European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Alexander Alvaro, 17 June 2009, accessed 16 November February 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Alexander Alvaro, accessed 26 February 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Alexander Alvaro, accessed 07 September 2010.
==Notes==
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Alexander Crombie

Alexander 'Sandy' Crombie, (Date of Birth: 8th February 1949) is Group Chief Executive, Standard Life plc. Crombie 'has been with Standard Life for 41 years, holding various senior management positions.'
Standard Life gives the following account:
:Sandy gained responsibility for the investment team in 1994 as general manager and held additional responsibilities for the group’s overseas development activities in Ireland, Spain, Germany, India and China until 1996. In 1998 he was appointed Chief Executive of Standard Life Investments at its launch. Sandy was appointed Deputy Group Chief Executive in 2002 and became Group Chief Executive in January 2004.
:Sandy is Chairman of the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust and Vice Chairman of The Board of Governors of The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD).
:He was appointed The Prince’s Ambassador for Corporate Social Responsibility in Scotland in 2007, and is also a director of the Association of British Insurers.http://www.standardlife.com/media/biographies_sandy_crombie.html Directors' biographies Sandy Crombie, Group Chief Executive, Standard Life plc], accessed 28 February 2009
==Biographical Information==
===History===
===Current activities===
==Views==
==Affiliations==
==People==
==Funding==
==Clients==
==Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes==
===Publications===
===Contact===
:Address:
:Phone:
:Email:
:Website:
===Resources===
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Alexander Darwall

Alexander Darwall is a manager at private equity firm Jupiter, and heads its European growth team. 'Alexander Darwall bio', Citywire, accessed 20 May 2016 
==Education==
Darwall received his bachelors degree in history from Cambridge University. 
==Donations==
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
Date
Name of donor
Amount
Donated to 
 
04/09/2014 
Mr Alexander Darwall
£7,500.00
UKIP 
 
 
11/11/2014 
Mr Alexander Darwall
£9,500.00 
UKIP 
 
17/02/2015
Mr Alexander Darwall 
£1,000.00
UKIP
 
 
17/02/2015
Mr Alexander Darwall 
£8,999.00
UKIP 
 
07/04/2016
Mr Alexander Darwall
£8,000.00
UKIP
29/02/2016
Alexander Darwall
£15,000.00 
Vote Leave
 
25/04/2016
Alexander Darwall
£10,000.00
Vote Leave
 
Electoral Commission, Alexander Darwall Donation Search, accessed 17 June 2016
==Notes==
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Alexander Downer

The Hon Alexander Downer is the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
==Career==
Downer joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1976, serving at the Australian Embassy in Belgium, was elected to the Federal Parliament as a Liberal member for Mayo, South Australia in 1984 and held this seat until retirement from Parliament in July 2008. During his time in Parliament he was Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007. The Hon Alexander Downer profile Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, undated, accessed 25 September 2015 
He has held the position of the United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus.
Downer was appointed Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in March 2014.
He was an adviser to the Hakluyt International Advisory Board Ian Verrender, Be careful of the company you keep, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March 2012, accessed 25 September 2014 from From 1 May 2008 until 28 August 2014. Companies House. Company filing history for Holdingham International Advisory Board, Company no.03092560, accessed 12 September 2014 
==Education==
*BA Politics and Economics from Newcastle University.
==Affiliations==
*Resourcehouse - Downer is a director of this Hong Kong-based firm owned by Australian resources magnate and politician Clive Palmer 
*Policy Exchange - Trustee
==External resources==
*Ian Verrender, Be careful of the company you keep, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March 2012, accessed 29 September 2014. http://www.smh.com.au/business/be-careful-of-the-company-you-keep-20120330-1w35j.html 
==Notes==
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Alexander Duleba

Alexander Duleba is Director of Research, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) in Bratislava and a Member of the Academic Board of the School of Political Sciences and International Relations, University of Matej Bel in Banska Bystrica. Mr Duleba has served as Honorary Foreign Policy Adviser to President of the Slovak Republic, Rudolf Schuster (2003 - 2004).EU-Russia Centre, Advisory Board, accessed 21 January 2009. He specialises mainly on Russia, Ukraine, and the former USSR countries.EU-Russia Centre, accessed 21 January 2009.
==Affiliations==
*Director of research, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Bratislava)
*Member, advisory board of EU-Russia Centre
==Resources==
*EU-Russia Centre, accessed 21 January 2009.
==Notes==
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Alexander Fedorov

==Background==
Alexander Fedorov is the President of the Russian Association for Media Education. He is also vice-rector of the Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute, Russia and the main editor of Russian pedagogical magazine ‘Media Education” (‘Mediaobrazovanie’).
==Biographical Information==
===History===
===Current activities===
==Views==
==Affiliations==
* Member of the Advertising Education Forum, Academic NetworkAdvertising Education Forum AEF Academic Network (AAN), accessed 1 August 2007.
* Member of the International Research Forum On Children and Media, Australia (IRFCAM)
* Member of the UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media
* Member of the Russian National Academy for Film Arts and Sciences
* Member of the International Federation of Film Crtics (FIPRESCI)
==Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes==	 
===Publications===
* Fedorov, A. (2005). Media Education of Future Teachers. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 314 p. ISBN 5-98517-008-X.
* Fedorov, A. (2004). Media Education and Media Literacy. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 340 p. ISBN 5-98517-007-1.
* Fedorov, A. (2004). Children’s Rights and the Problem of Violence on the Russian Screen. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 414 p. ISBN 5-98517-003-9.
* Fedorov, A. (2003). Media Education and Media Literacy: Experts’ Opinions. In: MENTOR. A Media Education Curriculum for Teachers in the Mediterranean. Paris: UNESCO.
* Fedorov, A. (2003). Media Education in the Western World. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 238 p. ISBN 5-901625-08-0.
* Fedorov, A. & Chelysheva I. (2002). Media Education in Russia: Short History of Development. Taganrog: Poznanie, 265 p. ISBN 5-94673-005-3. 
* Fedorov, A. (2001). Media Education: History, Theory and Methods. Rostov: CVVR, 708 p. ISBN 5-94153-011-0.
===Contact===	
:Address:
:Phone:
:Email:fedor@pbox.ttn.ru
:Website: 
===Resources===	 
===Notes===
Fedorov, Alexander
Category:Foodspin Scientists
Alexander Gauland

Alexander Gauland has been described as an 'elder'Gone boy on the right, The Economist, 24 January 2015 and 'vice-chairman'Anton Troianovski, Upstart German Party Considers Anti-Islam Stance], Wall Street Journal, 28 January 2015 of the Eurosceptic party Alternative for Germany (AfD).
In May 2016, the AfD vice-chairman sparked controversy when he asserted that "people wouldn't want Boateng as a neighbor," referring to German national team defender Jerome Boateng, whose father is from Ghana. Von Alan Posener, 'Bei Gauland hat die „FAS“ Fehler gemacht', Die Welt, 06 June 2016. Accessed 14 September 2016. Co-chairwoman Frauke Petry distanced herself from that statement at the time, but an interview in September 2016 with "Die Welt" similarly prompted accusations of racism - even from within her own party. Jefferson Chase, AfD co-chair Petry wants to rehabilitate controversial term, Die Welt, 11 September 2016. Accessed 14 September 2016. 
==Views==
===On PEGIDA===
Gauland has declared AfD ‘the natural allies' of the anti-Islam PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West) movement and attended one of its demonstrations in December 2014Adam Withnall, Germany sees 'visible rise' in support for far-right extremism in response to perceived 'Islamisation' of the West, The Independent, 15 December 2014, accessed 5 Jan 2015
===On Muslim immigration===
Gauland has called for a stop to the migration into Germany of Muslims from the Middle East who 'aren’t willing or able to integrate'.
==Affiliations==
*Alternative for Germany
*PEGIDA
==Notes==
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