Global Perspectives
Why are geopolitical insights particularly important in 2024 and beyond?
View our related Speakers

Peter Zeihan
Geopolitical Strategist and Author - focusing on energy, demographics and security


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


Exclusive
Kurt Volker
U.S Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations (2017-19) - US Ambassador to NATO (2008-09)

Alec Ross
American technology policy expert

Katty Kay
Lead Anchor, BBC World News America


Exclusive
Anne Applebaum
Pulitzer prize winning author and acclaimed writer on International Affairs and Foreign Policy

Michael Beschloss
Historian, bestselling author, Emmy winner, speaker, and NBC and PBS NewsHour contributor

Toomas Ilves
Former President of Estonia


Kersti Kaljulaid
President of the Republic of Estonia between 2016-2021


Robert Reich
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Bestselling Author & Influential Voice on Economic & Social Issues


Exclusive
Gregory C. Allen
Director AI & Advanced Technology, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Matthew Kroenig
Vice President and Senior Director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security


Naftali Bennett
13th Prime Minister of Israel (2021-22),
Defense Minister of Israel (2019-20),
Leader - Jewish Home (2012-18) and the New Right (2018-22)

Mark Updegrove
Presidential Historian for ABC News, Author, CEO of the LBJ Foundation

Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Former Secretary General, NATO

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Former Head of NATO

Andrei Kozyrev
Former Foreign Minister of Russia


Mary Robinson
President of Ireland (1990-1997), Campaigner on Climate Justice and Human Rights


George Friedman
New York Times bestselling author and geopolitical forecaster

Andy Haldane
Former Chief Economist at The Bank of England

KT McFarland
Prominent Conservative Foreign Policy Expert in the U.S.


Gérard Araud
Ambassador of France to the United States (2014-2019)

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Prime Minister of Denmark (2011-2015)


Paul Polman
CEO, Unilever (2009-18) - Co-Founder and Chair, IMAGINE

Alexander Stubb
President and Former Prime Minister of Finland

Bill Browder
British based Financier, Political Activist & Author

Aaron David Miller
Middle East Analyst & Author

Bob Woodward
Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist & Author of 23 Bestsellers