Global Issues
Terrorism
Foreign Relations Expert & Fmr. Consul General of Israel
With nearly two decades of experience in foreign affairs, Ambassador Alon Pinkas has devoted his career to Israeli international relations. |
National Security Advisor & Musician
A Grammy-winning guitarist with the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, Jeffrey Baxter now advises Congress, the defense industry and the military. He speaks on challenging assumptions and adapting to change. |
Correspondent & Military Author
An expert on national security and geopolitical issues, speaker Bing West is a media correspondent and was Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan Administration. |
Foreign Policy Expert
The former director of policy planning for the US State Department, speaker Anne-Marie Slaughter also wrote "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" for The Atlantic. |
Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Columnist
A Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, Kristof is an extraordinary thinker, human rights advocate, and astute chronicler of humanity. As a seasoned journalist who has traveled China, Africa... |
Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl
Pearl is a unique and versatile award-winning journalist who has written A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl, a gripping and profound narrative of her experience and the pursuit... |
Crisis Management and Security Expert
Livingstone, author and world-renowned crisis management expert, is Chairman and CEO of GlobalOptions. He has spent more than two decades providing clients in the U.S. and abroad with extraordinary services. |
Investigative Reporter
Seymour Hersh is widely acknowledged as the most influential and acclaimed investigative reporter of the past 35 years. His special focus is, and has always been, the abuse of power in the name of national security.... |
Vice President, Public Safety And Homeland Security
Paul M. Joyal is responsible for supporting client market services in the public safety, intelligence, and security vertical on the State, Local, and Federal levels as the Vice President of Public Safety and Homeland... |
Executive Director of The Center of Bioterrorism
Speaker Neal Cohen has overseen and diligently responded to the West Nile virus outbreak, the consequences of the World Trade Center tragedy, and the outbreaks of anthrax. |
Foreign Correspondent & Author
A graduate of Harvard Divinity School and a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans, he writes and speaks extensively on war, religion and the conflict... |
CNN Chief National Correspondent
John King is the anchor of CNN's John King, USA, offering in-depth analysis, discussion & commentary on a blend of politics, national & world affairs, and social, cultural & media trends. |
Award-winning Correspondent / Author
Kinzer is an award-winning correspondent who has reported from more than 50 countries on four continents. His book, Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, is an account of the... |
Former First Female Director General of M15
Dame Stella Rimington was the first woman to hold the post of Director General of MI5, the UK’s Security Service. She also made history as the first Director General whose name was publicly announced on appointment... |
Counter-Extremism Activist
Maajid Nawaz is a former member of the Islamic political group Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the co-founder and executive director of Quilliam, the world's first counter-extremism think tank. He is also the co-founder of Khudi... |
Conservative Political Strategists & Fmr. White House Aides
Recher & McMarlin have served as aides to prominent US officials, creating major media & strategy campaigns for the likes of George W. Bush & Sarah Palin. |
Award-Winning Investigative Reporter
Five-time Emmy winner Peter Lance has written such acclaimed books as 1000 Years for Revenge and Triple Cross, both of which explore the mistakes made after 9/11. |
Iranian Writer & Journalist
A celebrated poet and filmmaker, Hakakian’s recent film, Armed and Innocent, takes a close look at the involvement of underage children in wars around the world. Speaking on the Middle East and the importance... |
Columnist / Author
George Packer is a novelist and columnist for the New Yorker . He has written Blood of the Liberals and The Assassins Gate, an in depth look at the war in Iraq through the eyes of ordinary... |
Best-Selling Author & Atlantic Monthly Correspondent
Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for New American Security in Washington, DC, and a national correspondent for The Atlantic. In 2011, he was recognized on Foreign Policy magazine's Top... |
