Tan Chuan-Jin
Few have led at the intersection of crisis command, national governance, and commercial enterprise — and fewer still have spent equal energy working in the community, teaching, and service. Tan Chuan-Jin has done both, and he speaks from the full weight of that experience. As a Brigadier-General in the...
Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad
Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad is a German-Iranian political scientist, author, and geopolitical analyst specializing in Iran, the Middle East, international security, and the evolving global order. He is the Founder and Director of the Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG), a Berlin-based think tank focused on geopolitical transformations...
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been at the centre of European and global politics for more than three decades, shaping international security, transatlantic relations, and democratic cooperation. He served as Secretary General of NATO(2009–2014), Prime Minister of Denmark (2001–2009), Danish Minister of Economic Affairs, and a leading member of the...
Klaus Dodds
Klaus has worked for many years in higher education, initially at the University of Edinburgh and more recently Royal Holloway University of London. He has held two visiting fellowships at Oxford. For much of that time, he has been in demand as an expert adviser to UK government departments,...
Bilahari Kausikan
Bilahari Kausikan is one of Singapore’s most experienced diplomats and a leading voice on international affairs in Asia. Over a distinguished career in the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he held several senior appointments that placed him at the centre of the country’s foreign policy formulation and external engagement...
Sina Azodi
Dr. Sina Azodi is a distinguished scholar and expert in Middle East politics, specialising in the intricate intersection of international security, nuclear non-proliferation, and the historically complex relationship between the United States and Iran. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at The...
Anthony Gardner
Anthony Gardner was the recent US Ambassador to the European Union from 2014-17. Gardner has extensive knowledge on the workings of the European Union and has invested a decade of his career in the centre of European business. Previously, Gardner served as an Executive Director in the leveraged finance...
John Bercow
The Rt Hon John Bercow served as a Member of Parliament for 22 years, the last 10 of which were as Speaker of the House of Commons. When he retired on 31st October 2019, he had become one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics, and...
Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Niinistö was the 12th President of the Republic of Finland. He was inaugurated on 1 March 2012 and was re-elected for another six-year term in January 2018. His second term in office began on 1 February 2018. Sauli Niinistö was born in Salo on 24 August 1948. He...
Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and bestselling author. He is Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo, the leading AI-powered geospatial analytics platform. AlphaGeo’s mission is to future-proof global investing in an age of rising volatility. Dr. Khanna is the internationally bestselling author of seven books...