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AMBASSADORS
SIR IVOR ROBERTS KCMG FCIL
Fmr HM Ambassador to Italy, Ireland and Yugoslavia
SIR KEVIN TEBBIT KCB CMG
Fmr Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence; Fmr Director, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
PAUL JOHNSTON
Fmr HM Ambassador to Ireland and Sweden; Fmr Permanent Representative to NATO
SIR NIGEL SHEINWALD GCMG
Fmr HM Ambassador to the US; Fmr Permanent Representative to the EU
SIR CHRISTIAN TURNER KCMG CVO
HM Ambassador to the US
DAME KAREN PIERCE DCMG
Fmr HM Ambassador to the US and Afghanistan; Fmr Permanent Representative to the UN
SIR CRISPIN TICKELL GCMG KCVO FZS
Former Permanent Representative to the UN
SIR JEREMY GREENSTOCK GCMG
Fmr Permanent Representative to the UN; Fmr HM Special Representative to Iraq
SIR STEPHEN WALL GCMG LVO
Fmr Permanent Representative to the EU
SIR ADAM THOMSON GCMG
Fmr Permanent Representative to NATO
DAME MARIOT LESLIE DCMG
Fmr Permanent Representative to NATO
MATTHEW BARZUN
Fmr US Ambassador to the UK and Sweden
ANTHONY GARDNER
Former US Ambassador to the EU
LT. GEN. DOUGLAS LUTE
Fmr US Permanent Representative to NATO; Fmr US Deputy National Security Adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan
VILJAR LUBI
Estonian Ambassador to France
JUKKA SIUKOSAARI
Fmr Finnish Ambassador to Argentina, Denmark, Japan and the UK
ITAMAR RABINOVICH
Fmr Israeli Ambassador to the US and Chief Negotiator with Syria
NG TECK HEAN
Singapore High Commissioner to the UK
IZTOK MIROŠIČ
Slovenian Ambassador to the US
SIR RODRIC BRAITHWAITE GCMG
HM Ambassador to the Soviet Union
CHARLES CRAWFORD CMG
Fmr HM Ambassador to Poland
SIR FRANCIS RICHARDS KCMG CVO DL
Fmr Governor of Gibraltar
JANE MARRIOTT CMG OBE
High Commissioner to Pakistan
ALASTAIR KING-SMITH
HM Ambassador-designate to the Czech Republic
SIR TIMOTHY MARK HITCHENS KCVO CMG
Fmr HM Ambassador to Japan
STEPHEN HICKEY CMG
HM Ambassador to Italy
MILITARY
LT. GEN. BEN HODGES
Fmr Commanding General, US Army Europe
LT. GEN. H.R. MCMASTER
Fmr US National Security Adviser
GEN. ADRIAN BRADSHAW KCB OBE DL
Fmr Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), NATO
GEN. RICHARD SHIRREFF KCB CBE
Fmr Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), NATO
ADM. PHILIP JONES GCB DL
Fmr First Sea Lord, Royal Navy
ADM. MARK STANHOPE GCB OBE ADC
Fmr First Sea Lord, Royal Navy
AIR MARSHAL CHRIS NICKOLS CB CBE DL FRAES
Fmr Chief of Defence Intelligence
AIR MSHL. PAUL GODFREY CB OBE
First Commander, UK Space Command
LT. GEN. SEAN MACFARLAND
Led the coalition against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
MAJ. GEN. AHMAD MAHMOOD HAYAT
Fmr Director-General, Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
VICE ADMIRAL SIR SIMON LISTER
Fmr Chief of Materiel (Fleet), Royal Navy
INTELLIGENCE
MATTHEW BERRETT
Fmr Assistant Director, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
MATTHEW OLSEN
Fmr US Assistant Attorney General (National Security)
ROBERT HANNIGAN CMG
Fmr Director, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE KCMG OBE
Fmr Chief, Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)
AIR MARSHAL CHRIS NICKOLS CB CBE DL FRAES
Fmr Chief of Defence Intelligence
MAJ. GEN. AHMAD MAHMOOD HAYAT
Fmr Director-General, Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
GOVERNMENT
ROBERT BELL
Senior Director, Clinton-era National Security Council (NSC)
LINCOLN DAVIS
Fmr US Representative (D-TN)
DAVID PRICE
Fmr US Representative (D-NC)
PETER FEAVER
Fmr Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council
DR. WILL ROPER
Fmr Assistant Secretary, US Air Force
LORD BERNARD HOGAN-HOWE
Fmr Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
DAME LYNN OWENS DCB CBE QPM DL
Fmr Director-General, National Crime Agency (NCA)
SIR MALCOLM RIFKIND KCMG
Fmr Foreign and Defence Secretary
HANS PUNG
President, RAND Europe
INDUSTRY
MIKE ROGERS
Fmr US Representative (R-MI); Fmr Chair, House Intelligence Committee
EVITAR MATANIA
First Director-General, Israel National Cyber Directorate
IAN LEVY
Fmr Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS), Ministry of Defence
PETER SUTHERLAND
Fmr Chair, Goldman Sachs; First Director-General, World Trade Organisation (WTO)
GIDEON RACHMAN
Chief foreign affairs columnist, Financial Times
HELENE COOPER
Pulitzer-winning correspondent, New York Times
STEVEN ERLANGER
Chief diplomatic correspondent, New York Times
BILL EMMOTT
Fmr Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
ARKADY OSTROVSKY
Russia editor, The Economist
JAMES MILES
China writer-at-large, The Economist
SHASHANK JOSHI
Washington, DC bureau chief, The Economist
HALA GORANI
ANTONIO MISSIRSOLI
DR NICHOLAS REDMAN
DR SEAN MCFATE
THINK TANKS
JOHN NAGL
Fmr President, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
LESLIE VINJAMURI
CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
ELZABETH DIBBLE
Fmr COO, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
MICHAEL WESLEY
Fmr Executive Director, Lowy Institute
BILL EMMOTT
Fmr Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
DR BASTIAN GIEGERICH
CEO, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
NIGEL GOULD-DAVIES
Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
MICHAEL CLARKE
Fmr Director-General, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
HANS PUNG
President, RAND Europe
SCHOLARS
JOHN MEARSHEIMER
Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
NETA CRAWFORD
Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN KCMG CBE FBA
Member, Iraq Inquiry
TIMOTHY GARTON ASH
Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford