Lindsey Hilsum

International Editor at Channel 4 News & Author of "In Extremis"

Ellen Knickmeyer

Foreign Policy and National Security Reporter for the Associated Press

Nazira Karimi

Afghan Reporter & Journalist

Zarghuna Kargar

Afghan Born Award-Winning Journalist for BBC World News

John W. Nicholson Jr.

Commander of American & NATO Forces in Afghanistan 2016-2018

Vijay Prashad

Historian, Journalist & Author; Director of Tricontinental Institute & Chief Editor of LeftWord Books

Carter Malkasian

Historian, Author, Former Civilian Advisor in Iraq & Afghanistan

James B. Cunningham

American Diplomat; Nonresident Senior Fellow in the South Asia Center; Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan

Yalda Hakim

Presenter Of The BBC World News’s "Impact"

Stephanie Busari

Supervising Producer at CNN; Founder of TEDxBrixton

Ed Balls

Global Economist, Former Chair of the International Monetary Fund & Former Chief Economic Advisor to UK Treasury

Cecile Shea

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Security & Diplomacy for The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Bjorn Vang Jensen

Vice President of Global Logistics at Electrolux

Don Gips

CEO of the Skoll Foundation; Former US Ambassador to South Africa

Ger Duany

Actor & Goodwill Ambassador to UN Refugees Agency

Omer Aziz

Former Policy Advisor to Canada's Foreign Minister

Amir Dossal

Yinuo Li

Director of China Country Office of the Gates Foundation

Tolu Olubunmi

Founder & CEO of Lions Write

Paul A. Kramer

Historian & Writer