Past Speakers
Former Ambassador Deputy Spokesperson, State Dept
U.S. Ambassador for Syria Engagement
Former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Asia, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at Atlantic Council
Foreign Policy Advisor, U.S. Cyber Command, Former U.S. Ambassador to Malta, Former NESA Director for Arabian Peninsula, National Security Council-White House
Former Ambassador, Former NSC Official
Former U.S. Ambassador
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the United States
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States
U.S Ambassador to NATO (Former)
US Ambassador to Syria (Former)
Iranian Ambassador (Former)
Syrian Foreign Affairs Ministry Official (Former)
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine-Uzbekistan (Former)
Iraq Foreign Ministry (Ret.Ambassador)
Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry Official (Former)
UK Foreign Affairs Ministry/EU (Retired)
Former German Amb. to NATO
Former Turkish Amb. to Lebanon and ICAO., Director General for Bilateral Political and Maritime-Aviation-Border Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey)
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Past THO Speaker
Retired Navy Admiral-Former EU NATO Commander
Senior Military Adviser, State Department
34th Commander of U.S Marine Corps General
Retired United States Army Lieutenant General, Former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Senior Counselor for International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
26th Turkish Joint Chief of Staff General
Retired Brigadier General -16th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
Turkish Air Force Major General (Ret.)
Turkish Navy Rear Admiral (Ret)
Turkish Brigadier General (Ret.)
Turkish Military General(Ret)
General Commander of the Turkish Land Forces(Ret)
Brigadier General (Retired)
President of National Defense University Foundation
U.S. Army War
Military Judge (Former)
Turkish Air Force (Former)
Turkish Admiral (ret.), Director of Koc University Maritime Forum, Former THO Speaker
Former Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff
Turkish Navy Vice Admiral (Ret.)
U.S. Air Force (Brig. Gen. Ret.)
Professor of International Affairs in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University, Former White House Official
Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Chief Operating Officer, EastWest Institute
Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Regional Deputy Director of Europe, International Republican Institute
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute; Research Professor, Georgetown University; and Commissioner, Women’s Refugee Commission
Fellow, Hudson Institute; former intelligence officer with over 28 years of experience, including at CENTCOM; Fox News commentator
President, Global Policy Institute
Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political Military Analysis at Hudson Institute
Research Professor, U.S. Army War College; Senior Fellow, Center for Global Policy
Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School
Professor of political science and sociology at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville
Senior Fellow at Center for Naval Analyses, former Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council
Adjunct Prof., Columbia University
Rector, Altinbas University
Johns Hopkins University
Bilkent University
Executive Board Member of the Council of Higher Education of Turkey
President of Koc University
President of Bogazici University
MEF University
Spokesperson, Syrian Negotiations Commission
CATO institute
Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council
AIPAC Official (Former)
Director, Atlantic Council Turkey
Georgetown University
Georgetown University & Atlantic Council
German Marshall Fund & Georgetown University
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
President, Bay Atlantic University
Rep. of the Syrian National Coalition to the United Nations
VP, American Enterprise Institute
Brookings Institute
Institute of International Education (IIE)
Princeton University
CNAS
Coastal Carolina University & German Marshall Fund
Istanbul Bilgi University
New York University
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Visiting Fulbright Scholar, SAIS Johns Hopkins
A member of Yekiti Party and the Political Commission of ENKS
Independent Syrian Kurdish Association, President
Syrian Activist, Co-Founder of Syrian Cultural House
Policy and Advocacy Officer, Syrian American Council
White Helmets Volunteer From Idlib
National Board Chairman, Syrian American Council
Department Head of International Security Studies, National Defense University
Chairman of the Executive Committee, World Uyghur Congress Director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)
CEO of Emgage Foundation and former advisor at the U.S. Department of State
Executive Director, Council of United Syrians and Americans
CEO, Gulf State Analytics
Senior Navy Fellow, Atlantic Council
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus
Co-Chair, US-Europe Alliance
Senior Fellow & Director, The Iraq Initiative, Atlantic Council
Dept. of International Relations, Middle East Technical University
Senior Fellow in the Middle East Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Professor of Middle East Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College
Director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies and Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation, E.W. Richardson fellow
Chair of the College of International Security Affairs at the National Defense University
Visiting Professor at George Mason University
President of the North Free Doctors Syndicate
Dept. of International Relations at Uludag University
Professor of Political Science at Boston College, and Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University
China Director at Human Rights Watch
Director of Global Advocacy at Uyghur Human Rights Project
President of Med Global
Faculty Director of Innovate Health, Yale University
Professor at the Jackson Laboratory
Former Congressman, Turkish Caucus Co-Founder
Former Congressman, Turkish Caucus Co-Founder
Co-Chairman of Turkish Caucus, Former Members of Congress
Former Senior Director, National Security Council
Honorary President of Assembly of European Regions
Former Assistant Secretary of Energy
Former Assistant Secretary of Treasury
Turkey’s Deputy Under Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources
Turkey’s Minister of Treasury and Finance
Turkish Minister of Trade
Turkish Foreign Minister
Senior Advisor to the President of Turkey
Vice President of Turkey
Prime Minister(Former)
Deputy Prime Minister(Former)
AFAD President
Former Congressman
President of Turkish Red Crescent
UNHCR
USAID (Former Chief Economist)
Department of Defense (Former Official)
Senior Vice President, Atlantic Council, Former NSC Official
National Defense University
VP at Albright Stonebridge Group, Former State Department and White House Senior Official, Special Advisor to the Vice President for Europe and Eurasia
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for House Affairs, State Department
Mayor of Gaziantep and President of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey
Former Political Advisor, US Central Command
Turkey’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Co-Founder & CEO, Syrian Forum - First Head of an Interim Government
IMF Executive Director
US Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Peterson Institute for International Economics
President of ATC
US Representative, Invest Turkey
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in China
Nonresident Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economic
National Security Team Leader, The Washington Times
CNN National Security Analyst; Director of Communication, Center for a New American Security
Washington Correspondent, Daily Sabah
Editor and Writer, The Washington Post
Milliyet & Posta Newspaper
CNN
Al Arabiya
CNN Turk
CCTV America
TRT World
TRT World
Filmmaker&Lawyer
Pentagon Correspondent, Foreign Policy
Middle East Correspondent, TRT World
