Dr James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania

Prof. Emeritus Khoo Boo Teik, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo

Robert Lau, Former Senator

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

Bunn Nagara, Director and Senior Fellow, Belt & Road Initiative Caucus for Asia-Pacific, Honorary Fellow, Perak Academy

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia

Wendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science, Brown University

Regidor Esguerra, Registered Nurse, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Peter Beattie, Political Economist & Political Psychologist, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Tai Zee Kin, Digital Political Communications Consultant

Dr Firdausi Suffian, political economist