Dr. Frederick Kliem, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford

S. Arutchelvan, Deputy Chairperson, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)

Law Yao Hua, Science and Environmental Journalist, and Editor, Macaranga

Khor Yu Leng, Independent Political Economist, Director, Segi Enam Advisors

Assistant Professor Peter Beattie, Media Researcher , Chinese University of Hong Kong

David Yoong, Chairman, Stakeholders cum Residents Against PJD Link (SCRAP Highway)

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

Dr Edmund Terrence Gomez, Former Professor of Political Economy, Universiti Malaya

Dr. Chulanee Attanayake, Research Fellow Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia

Dr Bridget Welsh, Honorary Research Associate, University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute-Malaysia Tricia Yeoh, CEO, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)

Zhun Xu, Associate Professor of Economics, John Jay College and Graduate Center, CUNY