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Founder, Syria Deeply; Innovative Journalist

Nathan J. Brown

Professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, is a distinguished scholar and author of six books on Arab politics

George Yip

Leading Authority on Global Strategy, Marketing & Internationalization; Managing Global Customers; Governance and Strategy Focusing on Asia-Pacific

Sonia Nassery Cole

Filmmaker and Philanthropist

Irwin Kula

Irwin does challenge the status quo in the American spiritual landscape.

Rami George Khouri

Executive Editor of Lebanese Newspaper, The Daily Star

Thomas Carothers

The vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Brother Ali

Hip Hop Artist

James Traub

Global Affairs & Politics Writer

Peter Arvai

Founder & CEO of Prezi.com; Expert in Media Technology

Maz Jobrani

Comedian & Founding Member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Group

Bret Stephens

U.S. Foreign Policy Expert & Highly-Awarded Columnist for The New York Times

Azadeh Moaveni

Associate Professor, Writer, Journalist & Author

Woman. Life. Freedom. Iran's Feminist Movement

Josef Joffe

Marc and Anita Abramowitz Fellow in International Relations at the Hoover Institution; Publisher/Editor of Die Zeit.

Regina Spektor

American Singer-Songwriter and Pianist

Elliott Abrams

Expert in Foreign Policy; Special Representative for Venezuela at the Department of State

Michael Leiter

Former Director of National Counterterrorism Center; Counterterrorism, Cybersecurity & National Security Analyst for NBC News

Bruce Weinstein

Professional Ethicist Known as "The Ethics Guy;" BusinessWeek.com Columnist & Huffington Post Contributor

Aaron David Miller

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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