Ambassador William B. Taylor is vice president, Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019, he served as chargé d’affaires at the
George Lewis was an NBC News correspondent for 42 years. He retired from the network in 2012 and is now working on book projects, blogging and
Jason Pack is the Senior Analyst for Emerging Challenges at the NATO Defense College Foundation; author of “Libya and the Global Enduring
Sergiy Kudelia’s research has focused on three sub-fields of comparative politics: (1) the onset and dynamics of insurgencies and civil wars; (2)
Sam Greene is Director for Democratic Resilience at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). Sam is also a Professor of Russian Politics
Lucan Ahmad Way’s research focuses on global patterns of democracy and dictatorship. His most recent book (with Steven Levitsky),
Jonathan Kaufman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who has written and reported on China for thirty years for The Boston Globe, where he
Thomas Wright is director of the Center for the United States and Europe and a senior fellow with the Project on International Order and Strategy
Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) where he focuses on Iranian security and political
Michael Singh is the Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and Managing Director at The Washington Institute and a former senior director for Middle East
Dr. Eric Bordenkircher is currently a research fellow at UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development (CMED) and lectures in the political
Mona Yacoubian’s work centers on conflict analysis and prevention in the Middle East with a specific focus on Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon. In 2019,
