International Affairs & Security speakers

Stein Ringen
Authority on Democratic Quality & "Good Government"

Bettina Wassener
Leading Moderator on Asian Affairs

José Manuel Barroso
President European Commission (2004-2014) - Prime Minister Portugal (2002-2004). Chairman of the Board, GAVI.

Richard Barrett
Former Head of MI6 Counter-Terrorism

Michael McFaul
Former US Ambassador to Russia

Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Former Secretary General, NATO

Jamie Bartlett
Specialist in Online Culture & Technology

Oren Yakobovich
Human-rights Activist & Social Entrepreneur

Michael Oren
Israeli Ambassador, United States (2009-2013)

Justin Marozzi
Expert commentator on ISIS and conflict in the Middle East

Patrick French
Specialist on the Future of India

Ernst-Jörg von Studnitz
Former German Ambassador to Russia

Eric Cantor
Former Majority Leader, US House of Representatives

Dominique Moïsi
French Political Scientist and Writer

Xuewu Gu
Expert on the social, economic and political ambitions of contemporary China

Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Former President of Brazil

John Lee
Prolific Commentator on Chinese & South East Asian Affairs

Tom Newton Dunn
Political Editor, The Sun

John Mearsheimer
World famous authority on geopolitics and war

James Jones
Former U.S. National Security Advisor