Wendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science, Brown University

John S Jackson, Visiting Professor, Southern Illinois University

Greg Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Sebastian Strangio, Southeast Asia Editor, The Diplomat

Robert Shapiro, Professor of Government, Columbia University

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

Richard McGregor, Senior Fellow, Lowy Institute

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

Robert Shapiro, Professor of Government, Columbia University

Wayne Tan, Oil Analyst, Bloomberg NEF

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore

Alexey Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University

Dr Adrian Ang, Research Fellow in the US Program, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Daniel Moss, Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion

Professor Rouben Azizian, Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies