Elliott Abrams
Senior Fellow
Council on Foreign Relations

Odeh Aburdene
President
OAI Advisors

Mohamed Ali Ahmed
Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain

Jessica Ashooh
Nonresident Senior Fellow,
Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
Atlantic Council

Khalid Al Assaf
First Secretary
Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Jennifer Bird
Professional Staff Member
House Committee on Armed Services

Carolyn Clark
Political Advisor
Pentagon Joint Staff J5 Middle East

Anthony H. Cordesman
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Kevin Cosgriff
Former Commander,
US Naval Forces Central Command/US Fifth Fleet
US Navy

Melissa Dalton
Senior Fellow and Chief of Staff,
International Security Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies

David B. DesRoches
Associate Professor,
Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies
National Defense University

Kristin Diwan
Senior Resident Scholar
Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

Michael Eisenstadt
Kahn Fellow and Director,
Military and Security Studies Program
Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Michael Elleman
Consulting Senior Fellow for
Regional Security Cooperation
International Institute for Strategic Studies

Elisa Catalano Ewers
Nonresident Senior Fellow,
Middle East Peace and Security Initiative,
Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council

F. Gregory Gause
John H. Lindsay ’44 Chair, Head of International Affairs Department,
Bush School of Government and Public Service
Texas A&M University

Karen Elliott House
Senior Fellow,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School

Caroline Hurndall
Head, Middle East Team
British Embassy

Deborah K. Jones
Former Ambassador to Kuwait and Libya
US Department of State

Elisabeth Kendall
Nonresident Senior Fellow,
Middle East Peace and Security Initiative,
Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council

Mark Kimmitt
Defense Consultant
MTK Consultants

Ellen Laipson
Distinguished Fellow and President Emeritus
The Stimson Center

Hassan Lawati
Managing Partner
IbdaaTek

Richard LeBaron
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council

Timothy Lenderking
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Gulf Affairs,
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
US Department of State

Jeffrey Lightfoot
Nonresident Senior Fellow,
Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council

James N. Miller
President
Adaptive Strategies LLC

John W. Miller
Former Commander,
US Naval Forces Central Command/US Fifth Fleet
US Navy

Alireza Nader
Senior International Policy Analyst
RAND Corporation

Barry Pavel
Senior Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair, and Director,
Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council

Abdulaziz Al Qadfan
First Secretary
Embassy of the State of Kuwait

Bilal Y. Saab
 Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense and Security Program
Middle East Institute

Musab Al Saud
Director of the Office of Political and Congressional Affairs
Embassy of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Danny Sebright
President
US-UAE Business Council

Jean Francois Seznec
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center
Atlantic Council

Michael Singh
Managing Director
Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Ali Tulbah
Managing Director
McLarty Associates

Alex Vatanka
Senior Fellow
Middle East Institute

Marcelle M. Wahba
President
Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

William Wunderle
Chief, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Counter-ISIL Division
Pentagon Joint Staff J5 Middle East

Karen Young
Senior Resident Scholar
Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

Dov Zakheim
Senior Fellow
CNA Corporation

Susan Ziadeh
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Gulf Affairs,
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
US Department of State