Nathalie Tocci

Dr. Nathalie Tocci is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, part-time professor at the European University Institute, and Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen. She has served as Special Advisor to EU High Representatives Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell, authoring the European Global Strategy and aiding its implementation. Dr. Tocci is also an independent non-executive director of multi utility company, Acea.

Wu Xinbo

Dr. Wu Xinbo is a Professor and Dean at the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University where he focuses on China’s foreign and security policy, Sino-U.S. relations, and U.S. Asia-Pacific policy. Dr. Wu is a member of the policy advisory board of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and serves on the editorial boards of The Washington Quarterly and the European Journal of International Security. 

Christopher Sabatini

Dr. Christopher Sabatini is senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House, and was formerly a lecturer in discipline in the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. Dr. Sabatini is also on the advisory boards of Harvard University’s LASPAU, the Advisory Committee for Human Rights Watch’s Americas Division and of the Inter-American Foundation. 

Naledi Pandor 

Naledi Pandor is the former Minister for International Relations and Cooperation for the Republic of South Africa. She served as a cabinet minister in the South African government from 2004-2024, previously serving as Minister of Education (2004 – 2009), Minister of Science and Technology (2009 –2012), Minister of Home Affairs (2012 – 2014), Minister of Science and Technology (2014 – 2018) and Minister of Higher Education and Training (2018 – 2019). 

Fyodor Lukyanov

Fyodor Lukyanov has been the Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs since 2002, a platform for dialogue among Russian and foreign experts on shared development in a changing world. He is also the Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and teaches at the Higher School of Economics. 

Antonio de Aguiar Patriota

Antonio Patriota is the current Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom. He served as Brazil’s Foreign Minister from 2011 to 2013 and as Deputy Foreign Minister from 2009 to 2010. His diplomatic career includes positions as Ambassador to the United States (2007-2009), Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2013-2016), Ambassador to Italy (2016-2019), and to Egypt (2019-2023). 

Aslı U. Bâli

Dr. Aslı U. Bâli is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School, focusing on public international law, human rights, and comparative constitutional law, especially in the Middle East. Before her academic career, she worked for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb, specializing in international transactions and sovereign representation.

Michael Mazarr

Dr. Michael Mazarr is a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Prior to coming to RAND he served as Professor of National Security Strategy and Associate Dean at the U.S. National War College, special assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, president and CEO of the Henry L. Stimson Center, senior vice president for strategic planning at the Electronic Industries Alliance, legislative assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives, and senior fellow and editor of The Washington Quarterly at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. 

Moeed W. Yusuf

Moeed Yusuf is the Vice Chancellor of Beaconhouse National University. Yusuf previously served as National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan with the rank of Federal Minister. Before his stint in government, he was the associate vice president of the Asia center at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C.