Yanitha Meena, Analyst, Institute of Strategic & International Studies Malaysia (ISIS Malaysia)

Dr Dr Anas Iqtait , Assistant Professor, Central Asia Studies of Australian National University

Gerald Feierstein, Senior Fellow on U.S. Diplomacy, Middle East Institute

Phyllis Bennis, Fellow, The Institute for Policy Studies

Raja Khalidi, Director General, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute

Gordon Fairclough, World Coverage Chief, Wall Street Journal

Professor Dwight H. Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

Jean Encinas-Franco, Professor in the Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines

Ben Bland, Director of the Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House

Michael Montesano, Associate Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Dr James Gomez, Regional Director, Asia Centre

Lucas Myers, Senior Associate for Southeast Asia, Wilson Center's Asia Program

Selina Cheng, Reporter, Wall Street Journal

Keeran Sivarajah , Partner, The Bridgespan Group

Brian Hioe, Editor, New Bloom Magazine

Greg Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies