Dr Justin Vaughn, Associate Professor, Coastal Carolina University

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

John S. Jackson, Visiting Professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Farlina Said, Fellow, Cyber and Technology programme, ISIS Malaysia

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

John Zogby, Founder, Zogby Strategies

Dr Rahul Mishra, Associate Professor at the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania

Kenneth Cheng, Teoh Beng Hock Association For Democratic Advancement

William Pesek, Columnist with Nikkei Asia

Wendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science, Brown University

Louw Nel, Senior Political Analyst, Oxford Economics Africa

Subin Dennis, Economist, Tricontinental Research (India)

Brian Hioe, Co-Founding Editor, New Bloom Magazine

Dr. Lee Chee Leong, Senior Lecturer, Institute of China Studies, Universiti Malaya