Professor Robert Johns, Professor of Politics, University of Southampton

Grant Duncan, Independent Political Analyst

Maalini Ramalo, Director of Social Protection, Development of Human Resources for Rural Areas

Dr Frederick Kliem, Managing Director, Episteme Consultants

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

Dr Juliette McIntyre, Law Lecturer, University of South Australia

Dr Lau Zhe Wei, Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science, International Islamic University Malaysia

Emmanuel Samarathisa, Journalist and Founder, The Malaysianist

Jerald Joseph, Former Commissioner, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM)

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

Jerry Goh, ASEAN Equities Investment Manager, ABRDN (Aberdeen)

Dr Shankaran Nambiar, Head of Research, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research

Dr Azmil Tayeb, Political Scientist, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Dr Assal Rad, Scholar of Middle East History

Aziff Azuddin, political researcher