Ambassador Akbar Ahmed

American University

John Hofmeister

President and CEO, Shell Oil Company

Dr. Robin Edward Poulton

United Nations Institute

The Honorable Richard Lee Armitage

Former Deputy Secretary of State

W. Nathaniel Howell

Ambassador to Kuwait

Colonel Tang Pusheng

Attaché for the Chinese Embassy

Ambassador L. Paul Bremer

Former Chief Administrator of Iraq

His Excellency Wolfgang Ischinger

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

Ambassador Anthony Quainton

Ambassador to Peru, Kuwait, Nicaragua and the Central African Republic

Dr. Sheila Carapico

University of Richmond

His Excellency David Ivry

Ambassador of Israel

Hasan Abdel Rahman

Ted  Galen Carpenter

The CATO Institute

Eason Jordon

CNN International

Philip T. Reeker

Bureau of Public Affairs

His Excellency Naresh Chandra

Ambassador of India

Karen Kasmauski

National Geographic

His Excellency Kunihiko Saito

Ambassador of Japan

His Excellency Raymond Chretien

Ambassador of Canada

Mr. Alain de Keghel

Consul General of France

Stephen Schwartz

Author, Journalist, and Senior Policy Analyst

Dr. Patrick Clawson

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Stephen Kinzer

New York Times

Dr. Simon Serfaty

Georgetown University

Mihailo Crnobrnja

William and Mary College

Ambassador Bruce Laingen

Principal Officer and Hostage Spokesperson during the Iranian Hostage Crisis from 1979-1981

Joseph J. Sisco

Under Secretary of State

Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Honorable James Leach

Former Congressman, R-Iowa

The Honorable Sheila Sisulu

Ambassador of South Africa

The Honorable Lawrence S. Eagleburger

Secretary of State

Ambassador James Lilley

Ambassador to China

Ambassador Richard Sklar

Representative to the United Nations

Susan Eisenhower

Senior Fellow, The Eisenhower Institute

Ambassador Mohammed Mahallat

Ambassador of Iran

The Honorable John Snow

Former Secretary of the Treasury

His Excellency François Bujon de l’Estang

Ambassador of France

Sir David Manning

British Ambassador

His Excellency T.P. Sreenivasan

Embassy of India

Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat

Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Charles McDowell

Syndicated Columnist

Dr. Ashley J. Tellis

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Thomas F. Farrell, II

President and CEO, Dominion Resources

His Excellency Sir Christopher Meyer

Ambassador of the United Kingdom

His Excellency Volkan Vural

Ambassador of Turkey

Linda Fasulo

NBC News

William Millsaps

Richmond Times Dispatch

The Honorable Mark Warner

Former Governor of Virginia

Ambassador Robert L. Gallucci

Georgetown University

The Honorable Marwan Jamil Muasher

Ambassador of Jordan

Caspar Weinberger

Secretary of Defense

The Honorable Donald P. Gregg

Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

Michael Mussa

International Monetary Fund

Lt. General Samuel V. Wilson (Ret.)

Director of Defense Intelligence

His Excellency Jesus Silva-Herzog

Ambassador of Mexico

The Honorable Paul H. Nitze

Deputy Secretary of Defense

Roger Winter

U.S. Committee for Refugees

Frederick Hitz

Inspector General, CIA

Don Oberdorfer

Retired Diplomatic Columnist for the Washington Post

Dr. Adrian Wooldridge

The Economist

Ambassador P. Lynne Pascoe

Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs

His Excellency Shunji Yanai

Ambassador of Japan

Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering

Ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria and Jordon

Minister Counselor Dai Yunlou

Republic of China

Honorable Li Zhaoxing

Ambassador of China