John Mearsheimer

John J. Mearsheimer is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute and the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. His books include "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics" (2001, 2014)  and "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" (with Stephen M. Walt, 2007).

Anne Kraatz

Anne Kraatz is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute and was until recently a Senior Fellow at the Institut Open Diplomacy, a French think tank. A dual French American citizen, she was an elected member of the Executive Committee of Democrats Abroad France, in charge of organizing and moderating public debates on US foreign affairs.

George Beebe

George Beebe directs the Grand Strategy program at the Quincy Institute. He spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst, diplomat, and policy advisor, including as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis and as a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney. 

Anatol Lieven (Moderator)

Anatol Lieven directs the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute. He was formerly a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London. From 1985 to 1998, Lieven worked as a journalist in South Asia, the former Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe.