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• Current Chief International Advisor to former President Barack Obama
• President Obama’s National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speech Writing (2009-2017)

• Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS
• An expert in foreign defense policy and international defense
• Former Senior China Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Professor Dennis Wilder served for 36 years in intelligence and policy positions as one of the U.S. government’s foremost experts on China and the Indo-Pacific region. Since retiring from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2016, he has been … Continued

Heino Klinck is the founder and principal of Klinck Global LLC. He is a global strategist, business executive, retired U.S. Army Colonel, former diplomat, and international policy expert. His extensive experience includes 2+ decades abroad; leading global strategy efforts in … Continued

Alastair Iain Johnston (PhD University of Michigan, 1993) is the Gov. James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professor of China in World Affairs in the Government Department at Harvard University. He has written on socialization theory, identity and political behavior, … Continued

• Editor-at-large at SupChina
• Consultant and Author
• Author of the critically-acclaimed The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present
• Author of Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China
• Formerly the Beijing bureau chief and editor with The Washington Post

Dr. Jung H. Pak is a Distinguished Associate Fellow at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy, and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Dr. Pak was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, where she was responsible for overseeing relations with Australia, New Zealand, and the … Continued

• Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, NUS
• Founding Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
• Former President, UNSC (Jan 2001 and May 2002)
• Former Permanent Secretary (CEO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
• Honorary International Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Visiting Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Logan Wright is a Partner at Rhodium Group and leads the firm’s China Markets Research work. Logan is also a Senior Associate of the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Previously, … Continued

• Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Former director of Asian affairs at National Security Council (NSC)
• Member of the American Council on Foreign Relations