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Meet our advisory board



Ambassador/Lawyer 
The Rand Corporation; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus


Former US Ambassador to Turkey, and Thailand


Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Investment banker;Ìý

Hakan Altinay
President of the Global Civics Academy and Director of the European School of Politics in Istanbul


Professor, School of Law, University of Georgia


Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies
 University of California at Santa Barbara



Journalist/Author
 Professor, University of California at Riverside

David Axeen
Emeritus Professor, American Studies ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥; Former ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Dean


Professor, School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University



Retired Director, Center for Strategic & International Studies/Africa Program; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus


US Ambassador to China



Deputy Director, Institute for International Studies at Stanford University; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus, Retired

Larry Caldwell
Emeritus Professor of Political Science, ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥


Former Foreign Minister, Government of Mexico
; Professor, New York University

Wellington Chan
Emeritus Professor of History, ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥

Nayan Chanda
Director, Publications Center for Study of Globalization at Yale University; author


Professor, School of Journalism, Columbia University; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author



Former Dean, USC Annenberg School of Communication and former Head of Voice of America


Former Acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy; Coordinator of International Information Programs


Former Ambassador to NATO; President, Chicago Council on World Affairs

Glyn Davis
Director, the Prime Minister's Office Canberra, Australia

Faisal Devji
University Reader in Modern South Asian History and Director, St Antony's College Asian Studies Centre, Oxford University


CEO, Common Wealth Club of California; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus & Trustee


Professor, National War College; Former US Ambassador to Zambia

Erik Eckholm
Former National Legal and Foreign Correspondent of the New York Times, ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus


Economist and Professor of Business, UCLA; Henry Ford II Professor of Economics, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA

John Emerson
Vice Chairman, Capital International, Inc.; Former US Ambassador to Germany


Associate Professor of International Political Economy and European Politics, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver


Chancellor, Australian National University; Former Foreign Minister of Australia

Richard Falkenrath
Former New York City Deputy Commissioner, Counterterrorism; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus

Admiral William Fallon
US Navy (Retired), Former Head of US Pacific Command and Central Command


Admiral/Supreme Commander (Retired); Her Majesty’s Navy, UK

Glen Fukushima
Former President & CEO, Airbus K.K. (Japan); Fellow, Center for American Progress

Kelly Sims Gallagher
Professor of Energy & Environmental Policy and Director, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus

James Glabraith
Professor, University of Texas, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Leon Grice
Former Consulate General of New Zealand in Los Angeles



Partner, Triad Consulting, LLC; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus


International Peace Program, Former Director of ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ at the U.N., Former US Ambassador to Sierra Leone


Director, Strategic Partnerships, Hudson Institute; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus

Jane Jaquette

Emeritus Professor, Political Science and International Relations, ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥


Entertainment Attorney and Principal, Planet Illogica; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus and Trustee

Wiliam Kahane
Managing Director, GF Capital Management

Ann Kerr
Fulbright Coordinator, University of California Los Angeles; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus


Associate Professor of History and Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford University


Former U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia


Former Special Advisor to the Director General, World Health Organization; Former US Ambassador to Norway


Former Warden, Saint Anthony’s College, Oxford University

Michael Mahdesian
Chairman of Servicon Systems, Inc., Retired

Terry McCarthy
Former President and CEO, Los Angeles World Affairs Council

Ian McKinnon

Former Managing Director, Ziff Brothers Investments; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus


Former Los Angeles Times Foreign Editor; Managing Editor for Latin America – The Associated Press

Susan Mallory
Vice President, Northern Trust; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus & Trustee

Rana Mitter
Professor of US-China Relations Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government


Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University

Ambassador Cameron Munter
Former CEO & President of EastWest Institute; Former US Ambassador to Pakistan


Current interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette in Portland, OR; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus


Professor of Geography and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California

Juergen Pelzer
Emeritus Professor, German Studies ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥



Professor, MIT Security Studies Program; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus



President, Carnegie Corporation

Simon Rofe
Professor of Diplomacy, Leeds University


Founder & President, The Nexus Institute, The Netherlands


Co-Founder of NatureShare; Trustee, ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus



Former Special Advisor and envoy to Iran, US State Department


Former Head of Global Business Development, WestLB Asset Management; Former Australian Ambassador to US



Former Director, World Policy Institute; author

Catherine Young Selleck
Former Chair of ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Board of Trustees, daughter of John Parke Young; ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Alumnus

Anthony Spires
Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong



Fellow, German Marshall Fund

Strobe Talbott
Former President, Brookings Institution; Former Deputy Secretary of State

Celeste Wallander
Former President & CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs


Assistant Professor, San Diego State University, Director, San Diego State University Center for Skateboarding Diplomacy


Novelist and Poet


Research Professor, The Hoover Institute, Stanford University, Leading author on U.S. IntelligenceÌý

Andrew Zimbalist
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Smith College, Leading sports economist and author

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