Nataša Stanojević is a researcher at the Institute of International Politics and Economics in Belgrade (Serbia). She holds a PhD from the Faculty of International Economics in Belgrade. The most important area of her research is international economics, with a particular interest in the transition economies in East and Southeast Europe, East Asia and the Middle East. Stanojević is an author of ten books and monographs, dozens of articles in top-ranking scientific journals and in international conferences in Tehran, Tenerife, New Delhi, Yinchuan, Belgorod, etc.