Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore

Dr James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania

Peter Beattie, Political Economist & Political Psychologist, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Fellow, Nusantara Academy of Strategic Research

Bryan DeAngelis, Partner and Head of the Washington Office, Penta Group

Muhyuddin Ahsan, Debater | Lee Yan Cheng, Debater | Emellia Shariff, CEO, Malaysian Institute For Debate and Public Speaking

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

Sebastian Strangio, Southeast Asia Editor, The Diplomat

Associate Professor Dr Lee Kuok Tiung, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Dr Oh Ei Sun, Principal Adviser, Pacific Research Centre

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

Dr Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow, ISEAS- Yusof Ishak Institute

Hafiz Noor Shams, Economist and Author of The End of the Ninety Nineties

Peter Beattie, Political Economist, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Kusaaliny Mahendran, Councillor, Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ)

Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Fellow, Nusantara Academy of Strategic Research