Benjamin Nathans is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement, an acclaimed work that explores the individuals and ideas behind resistance to Soviet authoritarianism. Nathans’s research focuses on Russian and Soviet history, political dissent, and the struggle for human rights under authoritarian regimes.

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John Bolton is a veteran American diplomat and national security expert who served as the U.S. National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019. He previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and held multiple senior roles in Republican administrations, shaping American policy on arms control, international security, and diplomacy. Known for his outspoken views on U.S. foreign policy, Bolton remains a prominent voice on global conflicts, great power competition, and America’s role in the international system.

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Yukon Huang is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a leading authority on China’s economy and global financial relations. He previously served as the World Bank’s Country Director for China and Russia, giving him firsthand insight into the economic transformations of two major global powers. Huang’s work focuses on China’s growth model, U.S.–China tensions, and the evolving role of emerging markets in the global economy, making him a key voice in debates over trade, development, and geopolitics.

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