Bryan DeAngelis, Partner & Head of Washington Office, Penta Group

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

Mark Rozell, Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Adrian Ang, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Mark J. Rozell, Dean, Schar School of Policy & Government, George Mason University

John S. Jackson, Visiting Professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Dr Adrian Ang, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Dr Rahul Mishra, Associate Professor at the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania

William Pesek, Columnist with Nikkei Asia

Wendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science, Brown University

Brian Hioe, Co-Founding Editor, New Bloom Magazine

Dr. Lee Chee Leong, Senior Lecturer, Institute of China Studies, Universiti Malaya

Dr Tricia Yeoh, CEO, IDEAS

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

Leena Rikkilä Tamang, Director for Asia and the Pacific, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)