Dr Benjamin Barton, Head, School for Politics, History and International Relations, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Ben Suffian, Program Director, Merdeka Centre

Dr Taimur Rahman, Author, The Class Structure of Pakistan

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

Michael Montesano, Associate Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak InstituteErin Cook, Journalist for Southeast Asian Affairs

Dr Syaza Shukri, Associate Professor of Political Science, International Islamic University of Malaysia

Shinjiro Murata, General Director, MSF Japan

Muhammad Harish Kumar, President, Malaysia Society of Awareness

Denys Mykhailiuk, Chargé d'Affaires, Ukrainian Embassy in Malaysia

Adib Zalkapli, Independent Political Analyst

Mark Rozell, Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Shinjiro Murata, General Director, Médecins Sans Frontiéres (Japan)

Srabani Chakraborty, Activist, All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA)

Rahul Mishra, Associate Professor, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

H. E. Walid Abu Ali, Ambassador of Palestine to Malaysia