Geopolitics speakers

Sophal Ear
Political Scientist and Senior Associate Dean


Stefan Dercon
Former Chief Economist of DFID

Xiao Geng
President of the Hong Kong Institution for International Finance

Karen Greenberg
Author and expert on national security

Wang Xiangwei
Former editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post

Weijian Shan
Chairman of PAG and author of "Out of the Gobi"


James Bacchus
Former Chief Judge of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization


Carl Bildt
Prime Minister of Sweden,
Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs,
World Health Organization's Special Envoy - Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT Accelerator)

James Fok
Government advisor and author of 'Financial Cold War'


Willis Sparks
Expert on US politics and Foreign Policy,
Director - Global Macro practice at Eurasia Group,
Senior Editor - Signal,


Ivo Daalder
U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2009-2013)

Jason Schenker
Top Economic Forecaster & Futurist

Tim Willasey-Wilsey
Senior British diplomat and Member of Council at Chatham House

Ivan Krastev
Award winning author and renowned Political Scientist

Matthew Pottinger
U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor (2019-2021)

Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer - UK (2019-2020)

Janine di Giovanni
CEO of The Reckoning Project

Bill Emmott
Informed insights on geopolitics and geoeconomics.

Robert D. Kaplan
Bestselling Author, Foreign Correspondent, Geopolitical Analyst

Juan Manuel Santos
Chair of The Elders; 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; President of Colombia (2010-2014; 2014-2018)