Michael Gordon is a national security correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and author of “Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trum...

Elliot Ackerman is a former Marine Corps special operations team leader and author of "The Fifth Act: American's End in Afghanistan."

Dr. Sean Ekins is the CEO of Collaborations Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Filippa Lentzos is a senior lecturer in the science & international security at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.

Fraser Cain is a science journalist, publisher of Universe Today, and co-host of Astronomy Cast.

Will Hurd is an American politician and former CIA clandestine officer who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district from 2015 to 2021.

Leah Sottile is a freelance journalist and the author of "When the Moon Turns to Blood."

Marsin Alshamary is a research fellow with the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Oleksandra Povoroznik is a Kyiv-based journalist, film critic and translator.

Christo Grozev is lead Russia investigator with Bellingcat, focusing on security threats, extraterritorial clandestine operations, and the weaponization of information.

Marita Sturken is an American scholar, author, professor, and critic.

Sean Williams is a British reporter and photographer based in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. His subjects range from human rights and conflict to sport, culture and tech.

Leigh Baldwin is the editor of the non-profit investigative journalism organization SourceMaterial. He was previously a corruption investigator for Global Witness and a reporter for Bloomberg News.

Rupert Stone is an Istanbul-based freelance journalist working on South Asia and the Middle East.

Enrique (Ric) Prado is a paramilitary, counter-terrorism, and special/clandestine operations specialist, with a focus on international training operations and programs. He is a former CIA Operations Offi...

Geoffrey Berman is an attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. He is author of the book, “Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminen...

Alex Abdo is the litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.

Joseph Nunn is counsel in the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program. He focuses on issues surrounding the domestic activities of the U.S. military, including martial law and the Insurrec...

Eric Jay Dolin is an author who writes history books, which often focus on maritime topics, wildlife, and the environment, and formerly a Fisheries Policy Analyst at the National Marine Fisheries Service...