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PAST GUESTS
A Huge thanks to all PAST guests
THOMAS BARR - BROWN UNIVERSITY
SUMAYYAH SAYED - US STATE DEPARTMENT
BRIAN GYLNN WILLIAMS - CIA ADVISOR
RAKI AP - THE UNITED NATIONS ENVOY
JANET STEEL - GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
JASON MACLEOD - FREE WEST PAPUA
GRAHAM COOKE - FINDER.COM.AU
ALEX SAUNDERS - NUGGETS NEWS
PETER TINLEY MLA - MINISTER FOR HOUSING FOR WA
JAKOB MADSEN - UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
HELEN LACKNER - OXFORD UNIVERSITY
LAURA KASINOF - NEW YORK TIMES
THOMAS SMALL - OXFORD UNIVERSITY
PETER SLOMAN - UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
IMKE HENKEL - UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN
ALAN WAGER - KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
TYRONE SHAW - UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN VERMONT
DMITRI TOKAREV - UNIVERSITY OF TIRASPOL
KRISTAPS ANDREJSONS - UNIVERSITY OF RIGA
ANDREW HINDMOOR - UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
JAKE HANRAHAN - HOST OF THE POPULAR FRONT
CHRISTOPHER SCHWARTZ - UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN
ERICA MARAT - NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY
ALEXANDER COOLEY - DIRECTOR OF THE HARRIMAN INSTITUTE
HILAL KHASHAN - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
HRVOJE MORIC - NAZARBAYEV INTELLECTUAL SCHOOL
JEFFREY MEISER - UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND
RAPHAEL COHEN - THE RAND CORPORATION
MATT MCDONALD - UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
TESS NEWTON CAIN - TNC PACIFIC CONSULTING
WILL CLAPTON - UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
JALEL HARCHAOURI - CLINGENDAEL INSTITUTE
TAREK MEGERISI - EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
JONATHON WINER - DEPUTY ASSISTANT US SECRETARY OF STATE
GIANCARLO FIORELLA - BELLINGCAT INSTITUTE
NICK MUTCH - CONFLICT JOURNALIST
CHRISTOPHER SABATINI - CHATHAM HOUSE
SEAN MCFATE - NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY
ALEX KIRTSCH - HOST OF DEPTH OF PERSPECTIVE
SAHAR KHAN - THE CATO INSTITUTE
CANDACE RONDEAUX - NEW AMERICA THINK TANK
STEPHEN LIOY - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, BBC
MARLENE LAURELLE - INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN, RUSSIA STUDIES
STEPHANIE PEZARD - THE RAND CORPORATION
PAUL JOSEPHEN - COLBY COLLEGE
ROB HUEBURT - UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
ALAN BOSWELL - CRISIS GROUP/TIME MAGAZINE
AHMED SOLIMAN - CHATHAM GROUP
JOHN CAMPBELL - FMR US AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
ERIC GOMEZ - CATO INSTITUTE
JACOB BOGEL - ACCESSDPRK
SOO KIM - RAND CORPORATION/CIA
SVANTE CORNELL - INST FOR SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT
THOMAS DE WAAL - CARNEGIE SENIOR FELLOW
PETER LEONARD - EDITOR OF EURASIANET
NAZ NAZAR - DIRECTOR OF RADIO FREE EUROPE (TURKMENISTAN)
IVELAW GRIFFITHS - IISS
BRITTANY KAISER - CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA/OWN YOUR DATA
MICHAEL UNBEHAUEN - US STRATEGIC FORCES/ACAMAR
AARON JED REBENA - PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SERVICE
SHEENA GREITENS - BROOKINGS INSTITUTE
ORIANA MASTRO - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
DEREK GROSSMAN - RAND CORPORATION
FREDERIC WEHREY - CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
MARIJA RISTIC - BALKAN INSIGHT
BODO WEBER - DEMOCRATIZATION POLICY COUNCIL
VESSELA TCHERNEVA - EURO COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
MATT WHEELER - CRISIS GROUP
JOSH KURLANTZICK - COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
JOHN COYNE - AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE
SWAMINATHAN AIYAR - CATO INSTITUTE
DHRUVA JAISHANKAR - ORF/LOWY INSTITUTE
HARSH V PANT - KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
OMAR MAHMOOD - CRISIS GROUP
DEGAN ALI - ADESO AFRICA
ALEX DE WAAL - TUFTS UNIVERSITY
JOHN GLASER - CATO INSTITUTE
JARRETT BLANC - CARNEGIE CENTRE/US STATE DEPARTMENT
MORRIS ROBASSI - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
ANDREW LEUNG - INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT
JULIAN DIERKES - UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
KEVIN RUDD - FORMER AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER
BILL MARCELLINO - RAND CORPORATION
EUGENE CHAUSOVSKY - CENTER FOR GLOBAL POLICY
STANISLAV PRITCHIN - EXPERT CENTER FOR EURASIAN DEV
ROBERT M CUTLER - NATO CANADA
KYLE SPRINGER - PERTH US ASIA CENTRE
NATALIE SAMBHI - VERVE RESEARCH
GORDON FLAKE - UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ALEX RAUFOGLU - EURASIA JOURNALIST
CAREY CAVANAGH - US STATE DEPARTMENT
LAURENCE BROERS - CHATHAM HOUSE
ALLISON FEDIRKA - GEOPOLITICS FUTURES
TED PICCONE - BROOKINGS INSTITUTE
JOHN HEATHERSHAW - UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
EDWARD LEMON - OXUS SOCIETY
MATHIEU BOULEAGUE - CHATHAM HOUSE
ROBERT D KAPLAN - EURASIA SOCIETY
STEVEN PIFER - BROOKINGS INSTITUTE
GUSTAV GRESSEL - ECRF
THOMAS GRAHAM - YALE UNIVERSITY
TOMASZ ROLBIECKI - UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK
VINCENT FOUCHER - CNRS
GUILLAUME PITRON - LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE
JULIE KLINGER - UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
TEAGUE EGAN - ENERGYX
SOFIA KALANTZAKOS - NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
JAMES LEBOVIC - GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
DIYAR AMEEN - EU MISSION TO KURDISTAN
JOSEPH VOTEL - US CENTRAL COMMAND
AYESHA JALAL - TUFTS UNIVERSITY
ADAM WEINSTEIN - QUINCY INSTITUTE
ANDREW SMALL - GEORGE MARSHALL FUND
NATIA SESKURIA - RUSI
NEIL HAUER - CONFLICT JOURNALIST
GERARD TOAL - GEOPOLITICS AUTHOR
VICKI ASSEVERO - ATLANTIC COUNCIL
VICTOR BULMER THOMAS - CHATHAM HOUSE
STEPHEN ZUNES - CORNELL UNIVERSITY
RICCARDO FABIANI - CRISIS GROUP
TOM UREN - AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE
BRANDON VALERIANO - CATO INSTITUTE
JODY WESTBY - GLOBAL CYBER RISK
BRUCE SCHNEIER - HARVARD UNIVERSITY
JOANNA LILLIS - THE ECONOMIST
NIKITA MAKARENKO - UZBEK JOURNALIST
BRUCE PANNIER - RADIO FREE LIBERTY
OWEN SWIFT - ASPI
JOHN NILSSON WRIGHT - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
BILAL Y SAAB - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE/US PENTAGON
BRAD BROOKS RUBIN - THE SENTRY
RUSSELL SHOR - MINERALS JOURNALIST
SHAMISO MTISI - KIMBERLEY PROCESS
KJETIL TRONVOLL - BJORKNES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
CHRISTOPH HARIG - HAMBURG HSU
VICTOR POUGY - INTERCEPT BRAZIL
MADALINA VACARI - GEOPOLITICS WRITER
ANDREAS THEOPHANOUS - UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA
MATTHEW BRYZA - ATLANTIC COUNCIL
SCOTT RAULAND - FMR US AMBASSADOR
HEATHER CONLEY - CSIS
BLEDDYN BOWEN - UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
ALEXEY MURAVIEV - CURTIN UNIVERSITY
JOHN B SHELDON - POLICY EXCHANGE THINK TANK
SEBASTIAN STRANGIO - THE DIPLOMAT
HUONG LE THU - ASPI
ROBERT S. FORD - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
CATRINA DOXSEE - CSIS
ANDREAS KREIG - KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
DAVID SHLAPAK - RAND CORPORATION
ASANGA ABEYAGOONASEKERA - APCSS
THARAKA BALASURIYA - MINSTER FOR REGIONAL COOP
THAMIL ANANTHAVINAYAGAN - UNI OF NOTTINGHAM
JAMES KER-LINDSEY - LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
MAJDA RUGE - ECRF
TIM MARSHALL - CONFLICT JOURNALIST
NEIL MELVIN - RUSI
NATASHA KUHRT - KINGS COLLEGE
JEFFREY EDMONDS - CNA
MICK MULROY - LOBO INSTITUTE
MATTHEW LEVITT - WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
ALEX KOKCHAROV - IHS MARKIT
HUGH WILLIAMSON - HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
EVAN ELLIS - US ARMY WAR COLLEGE
PERRI GRACE - THE RED LINE
JOSHUA LANDIS - UNI OF OKLAHOMA
DOUG BANDOW - CATO INSTITUTE
CHARLES LISTER - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
BAL KAMA - AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
MICHAEL SHOEBRIDGE - ASPI
PHIL BREEDLOVE - FMR CMD OF NATO
SOPHIA BESCH - CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN REFORM
GEORGE FRIEDMAN - GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES
EBENEZER OBADARE - COUNCIL ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HENNIE STRYDOM - UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
MICHAEL RUBIN - AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
CALVIN ALLEN - UNIVERSITY OF SHENDONNAH
COLBY CONNELLY - ENERGY INTEL
BRUCE REIDEL - BROOKINGS INSTITUTE
WILLIAM REINSCH - CSIS
KATE BAUER - WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
CHRIS MILLER - TUFTS UNIVERSITY
JOHN PARACHINI - RAND CORPORATION
MARGARET MYERS - INTER AMERICAN DIALOGUE
PAUL ANGELO - COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
DENNIS DELETANT - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
MATEI ROSCA - REPORTER.LONDON
MICHAEL KUGLEMAN - WILSON CENTRE
MICHAEL WESLEY - UNI OF MELBOURNE
LUCA ANCHESCHI - UNI OF GLASGOW
HARI SESHASAYEE - THE WILSON CENTRE
JAMES DOBBINS - RAND CORPORATION
ROBIN M FROST - SIMON M UNIVERSITY
FOEKE POSTMA - BELLINGCAT
ANDREW FUTTER - UNI OF LEICESTER
GABY DEBELLIS - HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER
MARTINA VANDENBERG - THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGAL CENTER
DRACHINIFEL - DRACHINIFEL NAVAL HISTORY
SAM ROGGEVEEN - LOWY INSTITUTE
ROBERT FARLEY - PATTERSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY
ROMAN OSUDCHUK - ATLANTIC COUNCIL
YURIY SHCHYHOL - SSSCIP UKRAINE
GAVIN WILDE - CEIP
JAMES LEWIS - CSIS
GONUL TOL - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
RICH OUTZEN - ATLANTIC COUNCIL
JAMES JEFFREY - WILSON CENTRE
MIN ZAW OO - CSIS
BENJAMIN STRICK - MYANMAR WITNESS
JASON TOWER - USIP
SHARON BURKE - ECOSPHERICS
JOHN CONGER - THE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE SECURITY
LAWRENCE WILKERSON - CoS TO COLIN POWELL
BORGES NHAMIRRE - ISS AFRICA
IRIANA TSUKERMAN - WASHINGTON OUTSIDER
EMILIA COLUMBO - CSIS AFRICA
LOU MUNDEN - MISSION CLIMATE PROJECT
KEVIN RUDD - FMR PRIME MINSTER OF AUSTRALIA
ERIN SIKORSKY - CENTRE FOR CLIMATE AND SECURITY
ERIK SOLHEIM - CHINA'S GREEN BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
TIM CROSS - THE ECONOMIST
BOB GUTERMA - THE CHINA PROJECT
JORDAN SCHINEIDER - RHODIUM GROUP
BEN BOWIE - MISSION CLIMATE PROJECT
ROBY BARRETT - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
JANE KINNENMONT - EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK
SANAM VIKAL - CHATHAM HOUSE
JASON STEARNS - CONGO RESEARCH GROUP
BEN RADLEY - UNI OF BATH
BOSSISSI NKUBA - UCBUKAVU
DARON ACEMOGLU - MIT
ALEX VINES - CHATHAM HOUSE
MAX LAWSON - OXFAM
THERESA SABONIS-HELF - GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
JOHN CALABRESE - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
HENRY SANDERSON - BENCHMARK MINERAL INTELLIGENCE
TEMUR UMAROV - CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR PEACE
RAFFAELLO PANTUCCI - RSIS
BRUCE BENNETT - RAND CORPORATION
CHAD O'DONNELL - NKNEWS
MICHAEL GREEN - CSIS
JOANNE CUMMINGS - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
WLADIMIR VAN WILGENBURG - K24 ENGLISH
JOANNA CHIU - TORONTO STAR
LOGAN WRIGHT - RHODIUM GROUP
DAVID DOLLAR - BROOKINGS INSTITUTE
PHIL GUNSON - CRISIS GROUP
BEN NORTON - GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY
ALEX CLARKSON - KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
PERUN - DEFENCE ANALYST
JAMES BLACK - RAND EUROPE
TIM HEATH - RAND CORP
DANIEL DARLING - FORECAST INTERNATIONAL
MARK CANCAIN - CSIS
GEORGI GOTEV - EURACTIV
VESSELA TCHERNEVA - ECRF
JORGE CASTAÑEDA - FMR FOREIGN SEC OF MEXICO
VANDA FALBEB-BROWN - BROOKINGS
SCOTT MISTLER-FERGUSON - ORGANISED CRIME ANALYST
STEVEN DUDLEY - INSIGHT CRIME
KEITH MASBACK - USGIF
GEORGE NACOUZI - RAND CORP
MIRETTE F MABROUK - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
DAVID BUTTER - CHATHAM HOUSE
BEN FISHMAN - WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
VICKY PRYCE - CEBR
MAXIMILIAN HESS - FPRI
ANDERS ÅSLAND - ECONOMIST
STEVE SWERDLOW - USC
CATHERINE GEGOUT - UNI OF NOTTINGHAM
ELISABETH BRAW - AEI
MARKO MIKHAILSON - ESTONIAN MP
FLORENT GEEL - FIDH AFRICA
H.I. SUTTON - COVERT SHORES
SAMUEL BENDETT - CNA
BRUCE JONES - BROOKINGS INST
PAUL DORFMAN - NUCLEAR CONSULTING GROUP
DAVID SCHLISSEL - IEEFA
JAMES ACTON - CEIP
CHRIS CLARY - UNI OF ALBANY
ARZAN TARAPORE - CISC
CHRISTINE FAIR - GEORGETOWN UNI
ROBERT GUEST - THE ECONOMIST
NIK McNALLY - THE RED LINE
ALEX VATANKA - THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
FARZIN NADIMI - THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
STEPHEN BLANK - FPRI
JOHN FOWLER - INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE
DAN HARRIS - HARRIS SLIWOSKI
ANDREI SOLDATOV - CEPA
GREG MILLER - WASHINGTON POST
DAVID SCHENKER - WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
MIKE SEXTON - MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
TIM FISH - SHEPHERD MEDIA
WILDER ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ - JANES
KEVIN FLEMING - KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
WILL BROWN - CSIS
JOE SIEGEL - AFRICA CENTER
WILL CARTER - NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL
NICK CHILDS - IISS
MARK GALEOTTI - RUSI
VELINA TCHAKAROVA - FACE CONSULTING
ASHOKA MODY - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
ARJUN RAMANI - THE ECONOMIST
MUJTABA RAHMAN - EURASIA GROUP
MICHAL BARANOWSKI - GMF
EDWARD HUNTER CHRISTIE - FIIA
WILLIAM ALBERQUE - ISSS
DONALD JENSEN - USIP
MARLENE DAUT - YALE UNIVERSITY
JESSICA DIPERRO OBERT - INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST
NICHOLAS MARSH - PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO
FRANZ J. MARTY - SWISS INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS
MARK BROMLEY - SIPRI
JOHN BLAXLAND - ANU
COLLIN KOH - RSIS
KEIR GILES - CHATHAM HOUSE
CATHERINE PUTZ - THE DIPLOMAT
DEREK BISACCIO - FORECAST INTERNATIONAL
FABIAN VILLALOBOS - RAND
ARIEL COHEN - THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL
SISONKE MSIMANG - ACTIVIST AND WRITER
MARTIN PLAUT - INSTITUTE OF COMMONWEALTH STUDIES
CARIEN DU PLESSIS - THE AFRICA REPORT
KEJAL VYAS - WALL STREET JOURNAL
GISELA SALIM-PEYER - THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE
CARL PETERSON - MILITANT WIRE NETWORK
NICK THOMPSON - ANDURIL
ALESSANDRO ARDUINO - KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
PAUL O'NEILL - RUSI
PVT. GORA - FINNISH GROUND FORCES
ERIC CRAMPTON - THE NEW ZEALAND INITIATIVE
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