The Baroness Ramsay
of Cartvale
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords (2002-);
Former Committee Member on the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee);
Former Member of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.
Sir John Jenkins
Senior Fellow, Policy Exchange;
British Ambassador to Syria (2006-07), Iraq (2009-11), Libya (2011) and Saudi Arabia (2012-15) and Consul-General in Jerusalem (2003-06).
Ambassador Robin Lamb
Director General, Libyan British Business Council (LBBC);
Executive Director, Egyptian British Business Council;
British Ambassador to Bahrain (2003-06), Consul General to Basra (2006).
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
British Foreign Minister (1995-7) and Defence Minister (1992-95), Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee (2010-15);
Visiting Professor, King’s College London
Professor Brendan Simms
Professor of the History of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge;
Director, Forum on Geopolitics, University of Cambridge.
Professor David Abulafia
Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean History at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.
Professor Ali Ansari
Professor of Modern History at the School of History, University of St Andrews
Dr Damian Valdez
Lecturer in 19th and 20th century political and economic history at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge;
Director of Studies at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
Dr. Nina Ansary
UN Women Global Champion for Innovation;
Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace & Security;
Member of the Board of Trustees at Barnard College, Columbia University, the Iranian American Women Foundation (IAWF), and Persia Educational Foundation;
Internationally recognized women’s rights advocate, thought leader, scholar, public speaker and author
Professor François Heisbourg
Special Advisor, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique;
Chairman, Geneva Centre for Security Policy;
Chairman, International Institute for Strategic Studies (2001-18)
BG (Ret.) Assaf Orion
Former Head of Strategic Planning, Israel Defense Forces,
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS),
Military Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP).
Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian
Lecturer in the international politics of the Middle East and North Africa at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge,
Founding Member, Centre for the International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa (CIRMENA), Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge.