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

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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

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

Dr Azmil Mohd Tayeb, Associate Professor, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Eddin Khoo, Author, Rukunegara: A Brief Introduction

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Robert Shapiro, Professor of Government, Columbia University