Flynt Leverett

Flynt Leverett is an expert on the Middle East and international energy issues with insider credentials and a willingness to be outspoken.

Dov Waxman

Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Israel Studies at Northeastern University. Expert on Middle East Politics, US-Middle East Policy, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and Israeli Politics and Foreign Policy.

Henry Hogger

Former British Ambassador to Syria

Shibley Telhami

Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland

The Peace Puzzle: America's Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989–2011

Alex Warren

Author, businessman and Expert of Middle East and Africa

Ray Takeyh

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

Rashid Khalidi

Palestinian-American Historian, Award-Winning Author & Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University

Rashid Khalidi on why memory of the Nakba is stronger than ever

Kevin Abdulrahman

Inspirational & Motivational Keynote Speaker Available.

Shahram Chubin

Nonresident senior associate in the Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program. Based in Geneva, Chubin’s research focuses on nonproliferation, terrorism, and Middle East security issues.

Avi Issacharoff

Israeli Journalist; The Times of Israel's Middle East Analyst

Dawn Chatty

Anthropologist & Author of "Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East Cambridge"

Robert Wexler

Former U.S. House Representative (Dem. FL); President of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace

Scott Bates

Middle East and National Security Expert

Emma Sky

British Expert on the Middle East, Former Political Advisor in Iraq, Current Director of Yale World Fellows

Majid Rafizadeh

Middle East Expert & Human Rights Activist

Jonathan Schanzer

Senior Vice President for Research at Foundation of Defense for Democracies

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Author, Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute; Former Special Assistant to President Obama

Neeshad Shafi

Sustainability Futurist, Social Change Advocate & Expert on Climate Policy in the Middle East; Founder of Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar

Judith Kipper

Judith Kipper is co-director of the Middle East Studies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Aaron David Miller

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace