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AMBASSADORS
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SIR CHRISTIAN TURNER KCMG CVO
HM Ambassador to the US
DAME KAREN PIERCE DCMG
Special Envoy to the Western Balkans
SIR NIGEL SHEINWALD GCMG
Fmr HM Ambassador to the US
Fmr Permanent Representative to the EU
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
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DAME MARIOT LESLIE DCMG
Fmr Permanent Representative to NATO
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VICE ADM. IAN CORDER KBE CB
Fmr Military Representative to NATO
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SIR TIMOTHY MARK HITCHENS KCVO CMG
Fmr HM Ambassador to Japan
SIR RODRIC BRAITHWAITE GCMG
HM Ambassador to the Soviet Union
ALASTAIR KING-SMITH
HM Ambassador to the Czech Republic
JANE MARRIOTT CMG OBE
UK High Commissioner to Pakistan
STEPHEN HICKEY CMG
HM Ambassador to Italy
SIR IVOR ROBERTS KCMG FCIL
Fmr HM Ambassador to Italy, Ireland and Yugoslavia
PAUL JOHNSTON
Fmr HM Ambassador to Ireland and Sweden
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CHARLES CRAWFORD CMG
Fmr HM Ambassador to Poland
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MATTHEW BARZUN
Fmr US Ambassador to the UK and Sweden
ANTHONY GARDNER
Fmr 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
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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
GOVERNMENT
LORD JOHN REID PC
Fmr Home and Defence Secretary
SIR MALCOLM RIFKIND KCMG
Fmr Foreign and Defence Secretary
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RORY STEWART OBE FRSGS FRSL
Fmr International Development Secretary
BARONESS PAULINE NEVILLE-JONES DCMG PC
Fmr Minister of State for Security and Counterterrorism
ROBERT COURTS KC
Fmr Chair, Defence Committee, House of Commons
SIR RICHARD OTTAWAY
Fmr Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons
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ANGUS ROBERTSON
Fmr Scottish Constitution Secretary
MIKE ROGERS
Fmr US Representative (R-MI)
Fmr Chair, House Intelligence Committee
LINCOLN DAVIS
Fmr US Representative (D-TN)
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DAVID PRICE
Fmr US Representative (D-NC)
PETER SUTHERLAND GCIH KCMG KCSG MRIA SC
First Director-General, World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Fmr Chair, Goldman Sachs
AMY POPE
Director-General, UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
MARTIN ZIGUÉLÉ
Fmr Prime Minister, Central African Republic
KRISTÓF SZALAY-BOBROVNICZKY
Fmr Defence Minister, Hungary
BRIG. GEN. EFRAIM SNEH
Fmr Transport Minister, Israel
VANESSA RUBIO-MARQUEZ
Mexican Senator
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LORD MARK SEDWILL GCMG FRGS
Chair, Rothschild Geopolitical Advisory & Rothschild Saudi Arabia
Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Fmr Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser
SIR MARK LYALL GRANT GCMG
Fmr National Security Adviser
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LT. GEN. H.R. MCMASTER
Fmr US National Security Adviser
SIR MICHAEL QUINLAN GCB
Fmr Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence
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SIR KEVIN TEBBIT KCB CMG
Fmr Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence
Fmr Director, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
SIR IAN ANDREWS CBE
Fmr Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence
LORD BERNARD HOGAN-HOWE
Fmr Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
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DAME CRESSIDA DICK
Fmr Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
DAME LYNN OWENS DCB CBE QPM DL
Fmr Director-General, National Crime Agency (NCA)
DIPESH SHAH OBE
Fmr CEO, UK Atomic Energy Authority
COL. RICHARD D. HOOKER JR.
Fmr Senior Director, US National Security Council (NSC)
ROBERT BELL
Fmr Senior Director, US National Security Council (NSC)
Fmr Assistant Secretary-General, NATO
STEPHEN EVANS
Fmr Assistant Secretary-General, NATO
Fmr HM Ambassador to Afghanistan
NICK WITNEY
First CEO, European Defence Agency
EVITAR MATANIA
First Director-General, Israel National Cyber Directorate
MILITARY
F.M. LORD CHARLES GUTHRIE GCB GCVO OBE DL
Fmr Chief of the Defence Staff
GEN. MIKE JACKSON GCB CBE DSO DL
Fmr Chief of the General Staff
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ADM. MARK STANHOPE GCB OBE ADC
Fmr First Sea Lord, Royal Navy
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ADM. PHILIP JONES GCB DL
Fmr First Sea Lord, Royal Navy
AIR MSHL. PAUL GODFREY CB OBE
First Commander, UK Space Command
LT. GEN. ROBERT FRY KCB CBE
Fmr Deputy Commanding General, Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF-I)
ADM. STUART MUNSCH
Fmr Commander, US Naval Forces in Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF)
LT. GEN. BEN HODGES
Fmr Commanding General, US Army Europe
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DR. WILL ROPER
Fmr Assistant Secretary, US Air Force
LT. GEN. CHRISTOPHER MILLER
Fmr Deputy Chief of Staff, US Air Force
LT. GEN. SEAN MACFARLAND
Fmr Commander, III Corps
GEN. ADRIAN BRADSHAW KCB OBE DL
Fmr Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), NATO
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GEN. RICHARD SHIRREFF KCB CBE
Fmr Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), NATO
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VICE ADM. PETER HUDSON CB CBE
Fmr Commander, NATO Allied Maritime Command
INTELLIGENCE
SIR JOHN SCARLETT KCMG OBE
Fmr Chief, Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)
SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE KCMG OBE
Fmr Chief, Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)
SIR FRANCIS RICHARDS KCMG CVO DL
Fmr Governor of Gibraltar
Fmr Director, GCHQ
ROBERT HANNIGAN CMG
Fmr Director, GCHQ
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AIR MSHL. CHRIS NICKOLS CB CBE DL FRAES
Fmr Chief of Defence Intelligence
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AIR VICE MSHL. SEAN CORBETT CB MBE
Fmr Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), UK Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ)
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GEN. MIKE HAYDEN
Fmr Director, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA)
MATTHEW BERRETT
Fmr Assistant Director, CIA
MATTHEW OLSEN
Fmr US Assistant Attorney General (National Security)
MAJ. GEN. AHMAD MAHMOOD HAYAT
Fmr Director-General, Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
THINK TANK
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DR BASTIAN GIEGERICH
CEO, IISS
LESLIE VINJAMURI
CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
JOHN NAGL
Fmr President, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
ELIZABETH DIBBLE
Fmr COO, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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MICHAEL WESLEY
Fmr Executive Director, Lowy Institute
MICHAEL CLARKE
Fmr Director-General, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
MARK FITZPATRICK
Fmr Executive Director IISS-Americas
JAMES CRABTREE
Fmr Executive Director, IISS-Asia
NIGEL GOULD-DAVIES
Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia, IISS
Fmr HM Ambassador to Belarus
HANS PUNG
President, RAND Europe
JOURNALISTS
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BILL EMMOTT
Fmr Editor-in-Chief, Economist
Fmr Chair, IISS
GIDEON RACHMAN
Chief foreign affairs columnist, Financial Times
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HELENE COOPER
Pulitzer-winning correspondent, New York Times
STEVEN ERLANGER
Chief diplomatic correspondent, New York Times
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JAMES MILES
China writer-at-large, Economist
SHASHANK JOSHI
Washington bureau chief, Economist
ARKADY OSTROVSKY
Russia editor, Economist
SCHOLARS
JOHN MEARSHEIMER
Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN KCMG CBE FBA
Member, Iraq Inquiry
NETA CRAWFORD
Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
PETER FEAVER
Professor of Public Policy, Duke University
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TIMOTHY GARTON ASH
Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford