Global Outlook & International Affairs

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Max Baucus

  • U.S. Ambassador to China; Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Board of Ingram Micro
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Ban Ki-moon

  • Secretary-General of the UN; President & Chair of Global Green Growth Institute; & Founder of Ban Ki-Moon Centre for Global Citizens
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Alan Dershowitz

  • Renowned Defense Attorney, Bestselling Author, and Prominent Scholar on U.S. Constitutional & Criminal Law
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Daniel Kurtzer

  • Critical Voice on the Middle East, Israel & Egypt
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Ehud Barak

  • Fmr. Israeli PM, 2x Minister of Defense; Board Member, CIFC Asset Management
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Natan Sharansky

  • Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Prominent Human Rights Advocate, and Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Dambisa Moyo

  • Member of the United Kingdom House of Lords; Executive: Versaca Investments; NYT Bestselling Author: 'Edge of Chaos'
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Jim Yong Kim

  • Former President of World Bank Group, Co-Founder of Partners in Health, and Activist Physician
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Andrew Young

  • Civil Rights Activist, Former Ambassador to the UN, Congressman, Mayor of Atlanta, and Author of 'An Easy Burden'
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Wolf Blitzer

  • Emmy-Winning Journalist, Lead Political Anchor for CNN, and Anchor of 'The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer'
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Dan Gillerman

  • Chairman of Blackstone Israel, Chairman & CEO of Gillerman Global, and Former Israeli Amb. to UN
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General Mark Milley

  • 20th Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff; Fmr. Military Advisor to President, SecDef, & NSC
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Richard Lapchick

  • Sportswriter; President, The Institute for Sport & Social Justice; Director, Institute for Diversity & Ethics in Sport
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John J. Sullivan

  • Former United States Ambassador to Russia (2019-2022) and Former United States Deputy Secretary of State (2017-2019)
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Her Majesty Queen Noor

  • Global Humanitarian & Activist, Philanthropist, and Founding Member of Global Zero
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Iuliia Mendel

  • Ukrainian Journalist, and Former Press Secretary and Spokesperson for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Paul Tucker

  • Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (2009-2013); Author of 'Unelected Power', and Chair of the Systemic Risk Council
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Amos Hochstein

  • Senior Advisor to the President for Energy and Investment (2022-2025), Special US Envoy, Lebanon (2022-2025); Executive Vice President at Tellurian Inc. (2017-2020)
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General Tim Haugh

  • Former Director of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command
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Mohamed ElBaradei

  • Former Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Laureate, and Expert on Geopolitics & Global Security
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Mika Brzezinski

  • Celebrated Commentator and Co-Host of 'Morning Joe', Founder of Know Your Value, and NYT Bestselling Author
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Steve Forbes

  • Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Expert on Global Economy and Monetary Policy, and Bestselling Author
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Laura Blumenfeld

  • Prize-Winning Middle East Correspondent, NYT Bestselling Author, and Former Policy Advisor
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Julia Gillard

  • Former Prime Minister of Australia, Author, and Inaugural Chair of Global Institute for Women's Leadership
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Capricia Marshall

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Jane Lute

  • Fmr. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; Fmr. Advisor to UN Secretary General; Board Member: Shell, Union Pacific, Marsh McLennan, the Atlantic Council, & CIS
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Karen Hughes

  • One of the World's Foremost Communication Strategists, PRWeek Hall of Famer, and Counselor to President Bush
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David Makovsky

  • Expert on U.S. Policy in the Middle East, Fmr. Sr. Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State, and Award-Winning Journalist and Author
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Dick Cheney

  • Former U.S. Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and White House Chief of Staff; Renowned Statesman and Bestselling Author
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Rahm Emanuel

  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2021-2025), 55th Mayor of Chicago (2011-2019), White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama (2008-2010), U.S. Congressman (D-IL) (2002-2008)
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Gary Cohn

  • Vice Chairman of IBM; Fmr. Director of National Economic Council; Fmr. President & COO of Goldman Sachs
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Joyce Banda

  • Fmr. President of Malawi; Africa's Second Female President; Member of the UN Council of Women Leaders
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Lawrence Summers

  • Fmr. Treasury Secretary; Fmr. White House National Economic Council; OpenAI Board Member
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Will Hurd

  • Cybersecurity Executive, Former CIA Officer and U.S. Representative (R-TX), and Author of ‘American Reboot’
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Norman Pearlstine

  • Renowned Journalist, Former Executive Editor of the LA Times, and Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group
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Elliott Abrams

  • Longtime Presidential Advisor on National Security in the Middle East and Venezuela and U.S. Dept. of State Special Representative
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Julia Ioffe

  • Puck' Founding Partner; Journalist on Russian-American Relations
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Ambassador Terry Branstad

  • Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Longest-Serving Governor in U.S. History, and President of The World Food Prize Foundation
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Kay Bailey Hutchison

  • Former U.S. Senator and Ambassador to NATO, Advisor on Foreign and Security Policy, Voice for Bipartisan Policy Solutions
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Hillary Rodham Clinton

  • 67th Secretary of State of the United States; Fmr. U.S. Senator & First Lady; 10x NYT Bestselling Author
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Felipe Calderon

  • Fmr. President of Mexico (2006-2012); Founder of The Global Commission on the Economy & Climate
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William J. Bratton

  • Former Commissioner of New York City & Boston Police Department; Former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
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Suzanne Malveaux

  • Award-Winning Journalist, CEO and President of Malveaux Global Media
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William J. Burns

  • Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2021-2025), Deputy Secretary of State (2011-2014), US Ambassador to Russia during the Bush Administration (2005-2008)
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Bret Stephens

  • Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist; Fmr. EiC, The Jerusalem Post; Columnist, NYT
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Jack Lew

  • Secretary of the Treasury (2013-2016), White House Chief of Staff (2012-2013), Director Office Management & Budget (2010-2012), Citigroup Senior Executive, COO, New York University & United States Ambassador to Israel (2023-2025)   
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Al Gore

  • Fmr. U.S. Vice President, Founder & Chairman of The Climate Reality Project, and Nobel Laureate
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Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

  • White House Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor (2021-2025); Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy (2014-2017); Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Distinguished Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Vicente Fox

  • Fmr. President of Mexico; Co-President of Centrist Democrat International; Advisory Board Member at Inolife Sciences
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President Bill Clinton

  • 42nd President of the United States & Founder of the Clinton Foundation
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Rick Santorum

  • U.S. Senator and Member of the Armed Services Committee, Republican Presidential Candidate, and Advocate for Conservative Values
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Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro

  • Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel; Senior Director for the Middle East & North Africa, National Security Council
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Mohamed El-Erian

  • Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz; President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge; Board Member (Under Armor); Author of Permacrisis
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Eric Schlosser

  • Investigative Journalist & Documentary Filmmaker; NYT Bestselling Author: 'Fast Food Nation,' 'Reefer Madness,' & 'Command and Control'
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Daniel Gordis

  • SVP, Shalem Center; Founding Dean, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism; National Jewish Book Award-Winning Author: 'Israel'
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David Horovitz

  • Founding Editor, The Times of Israel (2012-present), Former Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post (2004–2011),Author of 'A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel' and 'Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism', Recipient of the U.S. National Jewish Book Award & the Bnai Brith Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalism
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Timothy Snyder

  • #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author of 'On Tyranny' and 'Our Malady' and Renowned Historian of Fascism, Communism, and Modern Tyranny
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Olivier Blanchard

  • Former Chief Economist for IMF; Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
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Ed Balls

  • UK Shadow Chancellor and Chief Economic Advisor to the UK Treasury (2010-2015)
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Kim Ghattas

  • Strategic Advisor on Geopolitics & Leading Middle East Expert; NYT Bestselling Author: 'The Secretary' & 'Black Wave'
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Sanna Marin

  • Former Prime Minister & Head of Government of Finland (2019-2023)
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Ron Klain

  • Chief of Staff to President Biden (2021-2023) & Longest Serving First Chief of Staff for Any Democratic President
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Asaf Kochan

  • Co-Founder & President of Sentra; Former IDF Commander of Unit 8200 (Israeli NSA)
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Jake Sullivan

  • U.S. National Security Advisor (2021-2024), Director of Policy Planning, US Department of State (2011-2013), Deputy Chief of Staff,  US Department of State (2009-2011)
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Dan Goldin

  • NASA'S Longest-Tenured Administrator; Founder: Cold Canyon; Senior Advisor, Cerberus Capital Management
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Kevin McCarthy

  • 55th Speaker of the House
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Ronan Farrow

  • Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter; Fmr. State Department Diplomat; #1 NYT Bestselling Author: 'Catch & Kill
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David Miliband

  • CEO of the International Rescue Committee, Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (UK)
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Mark Gitenstein

  • US Ambassador to the European Union (2021-2025), US Ambassador to Romania (2009-2012)

Jack Perkowski

Jennifer Granholm

  • 47th Governor of Michigan (2002-2011), Secretary of Energy (2021-2025)

Jeremy Rifkin

  • Author, Economic and Social Theorist, Advisor to the European Union and Heads of State, and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends

Katty Kay

  • U.S. Special Correspondent for BBC Studios, Award-winning Journalist, and Bestselling Author

Martha Raddatz

  • ABC News' Chief Global Affairs Correspondent & Co-Anchor of ABC'S This Week

Martin Luther King, III

  • Civil Rights Activist & Global Humanitarian

Juan Manuel Santos

  • President of Colombia (2010-2018), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2016), and Advocate for ESG Investing & Sustainable Development

Josh Linkner

  • Serial Entrepreneur, New York Times Bestselling Author, and Venture Capital Investor

Bill Gertz

  • Award-Winning, Internationally Recognized National Security Journalist

Peter R. Orszag

  • Member of President Obama’s Cabinet and Director, Office of Management and Budget (2009-2010)

Elan Carr

  • Attorney, Politician, and Former U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

Bob Woodruff

  • Renowned ABC News Anchor and Correspondent; Co-Founder Bob Woodruff Foundation; Best-Selling Author of 'In an Instant'

Zainab Salbi

Gary Rosenblatt

George Papandreou

  • Prime Minister of Greece (2009-2011)

Catherine Herridge

  • Emmy Award-Winning Investigative Correspondent

Edward Fishman

  • Leading Authority on Economic Statecraft, Author of 'Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare', Former Top Sanctions Official at the U.S. State Department, Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University

Henry Waxman

  • Leading Legislator in Congress on Issues of Health, Energy & Environment

Pippa Malmgren

  • Former Presidential Economic Advisor and Bestselling Author

Stuart Eizenstat

Minxin Pei

  • Expert in China, Taiwan, East Asia and Democracy; Author of 'From Reform to Revolution'

Itamar Rabinovich

Delano Lewis

  • Former Ambassador to South Africa and Former President and CEO at NPR

Amy Myers Jaffe

Daniel Yergin

Jason Ma

  • Founder, CEO and Chief Mentor of ThreeEQ; Leading Member of The B20 for The G20

Yamiche Alcindor

  • PBS NewsHour White House Correspondent & Award-Winning Journalist

Keren Elazari

Sallie Krawcheck

Aaron Keyak

  • Former Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Council on Foreign Relations Term Member

Dr. Mark T. Esper

  • Former U.S. SecDef, Bestselling Author of 'A Sacred Oath', and Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review

Laura Tyson

  • First Female Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors (1993-1995); Director of the National Economic Council (1995-1996)

Nancy Soderberg

Ertharin Cousin

  • Executive Director, World Food Programme (2009-2017)

Fred Burton

  • Global Terrorism and Security Expert and New York Times Bestselling Author

David Daokui Li

  • Director, Center for China in the World Economy

Robert Rebhan

Reena Ninan

  • Television Journalist

George Friedman

  • Internationally Recognized Geopolitical Forecaster

Ashish J. Thakkar

  • Africa's Youngest Billionaire

Jamie Metzl

  • Expert on Asian Economics and Politics, Genetics Revolution

John E. McLaughlin

Nancy Spielberg

  • Accomplished Producer, Businesswoman, Fundraiser & Philanthropist

Agnia Grigas

  • Energy and Political Risk Expert

Tipper Gore

Timothy Geithner & David Miliband

Anil Gupta

Florence Eid-Oakden

Daniel Hoffman

  • CIA Russian Operations Expert, Former CIA Senior Executive, Expert in Cyber Security and Counterterrorism

Moises Naim

Ian Bremmer

  • President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media

Todd Buchholz

Jason Schenker

  • President of Prestige Economics, Top Forecaster by Bloomberg in 47 Categories, Bestselling Author of 15 Books on Future Trends, Forbes Contributor and LinkedIn Top Voice

Izzy Ezagui

  • Author; Inspirational Speaker; Veteran

Leonard Frank McCarthy

Anderson Cooper

Muhammad Yunus

  • Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Economist and Author

Anthony Gardner

Doug Jones

  • First Democrat to win a Senate seat in Alabama in 25 years; Celebrated Civil Rights Prosecutor

Tamer Elnoury

  • Former Undercover FBI Operative, New York Times Bestselling Author of 'American Radical', and Expert in Human Connection

Jessica Chen Weiss

  • Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies at Cornell University, Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute, Center for China Analysis, Author of 'Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China's Foreign Relations

Joseph McMonigle

  • Former Secretary General of the International Energy Forum, Global Energy Expert, International Affairs & Geopolitics Analyst, Saudi Arabia Expert