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Assistant Managing Editor at Forbes

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Former President & CEO of New America Foundation; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Ghost Wars"

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Michael Auslin

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Adrienne Brodeur

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William Dalrymple

Award Winning Best Selling Author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal Asiatic Society, Founder and Co-Director of the Jaipur Literature Festival

David French

Senior Writer for National Review & TIME Magazine Columnist; Bestselling Author of "Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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Damon Young

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John W. Dower

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