International Affairs & Security speakers

Nick Bostrom
Director, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford

Paul Wolfowitz
Former President of the World Bank

Lanre Akinola
Editor of This Is Africa for the Financial Times

Afua Hirsch
Social Affairs & Education Editor, Sky News

Chris Hunter
Counter-terrorist Bomb Disposal Specialist

Stuart Tootal
Decorated Commanding Officer

Xan Smiley
Middle East & Africa Editor, The Economist

Frank Gardner
BBC Security Correspondent

Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Expert on Indian Politics

Sanjaya Baru
Expert on Indian Affairs

Timothy Garton Ash
Leading Historian & Political Essayist

Norman Davies
Iconoclastic Historian of Europe

Tony Brenton
Former UK Ambassador to Russia

Richard Dannatt
Expert on Military Affairs & Leadership

Maybrit Illner
Award-winning Current Affairs Journalist

Antony Beevor
World-Renowned British Historian

Jeremy Paxman
Highly Regarded British Journalist & Moderator

Ashley Tellis
Expert on Asian Strategic Issues

Mark Mardell
Veteran Political Commentator

Jeremy Greenstock
Former Diplomat & Expert on Middle East Relations