William Easterly

Professor of Economics at New York University; Co-Director, Development Research Institute

Vali Nasr

Professor of International Affairs & Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power (Religion and Global Politics)

Daniel W. Drezner

Professor of International Politics at Tufts University; Writer at The Washington Post

Michael Greenstone

Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics & Director of the Becker Friedman Institute

Thomas Pickering

Vice Chairman of Hills & Company, an International Consulting Firm