Luis Fernando Angosto-Ferrández, Lecturer, Departments of Anthropology & Latin American Studies, The University of Sydney

Dr Ali Riaz, Professor​ at the Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University

Brian Hioe, Co-Founding Editor, New Bloom Magazine

RN Bhaskar, Contributing Editor, Free Press Journal

Faraz Shauketaly, Editor, Ceylon Independent

Rodger Shanahan, Research Fellow, Lowy Institute

Dr. Ross Tapsell, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University

Radzi Razak, Journalist, Malay Mail

Dr. James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute