H. E. Md. Shameem Ahsan, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Malaysia

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Dr Ali Riaz, President, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies

Dr Niaz Asadullah, Professorial fellow, North South University in Bangladesh

Michael Kugelman, Director, Wilson Center's South Asia Institute

Faisal Mahmud, freelance journalist