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,
Bruce Jones is director and a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings
Jon Temin is the director of the Africa program at Freedom House, overseeing the organization’s efforts to advance democracy and human rights
W. Gyude Moore is a Senior Policy Fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD). He previously served as Liberia’s Minister of Public Works
Gary Grappo is a former U.S. ambassador and currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Middle East Studies at the Korbel School for
Dr. Karen Donfried is president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening
