The Secretary of State’s approach to Beijing risks confirming its suspicions about U.S. subversion while simultaneously alienating the very Chinese people that he aspires to “engage and empower.”
Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe, The New York Times; Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times; Nahal Toosi, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO
Stefan Kornelius, Foreign Editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung; Carla Anne Robbins, Adjunct Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations; Philip Stephens, Chief Political Commentator, Financial Times
Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference; Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow on Foreign Policy, Brookings
Melissa Bean, Former United States Representative, 8th Congressional District, Illinois; Bob Dold, Former United States Representative, 10th Congressional District, Illinois
Yifei Li, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, NYU Shanghai; Judith Shapiro, Director, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, American University
Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Peter Spiegel, US Managing Editor, Financial Times; Giles Whittell, World Affairs Editor, Tortoise Media
Sharon M. McGowan, Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director, Lambda Legal; Ryan Thoreson, Researcher, LGBT Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
Karen DeYoung, Senior National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post; Matt Kaminski, Editor in Chief, POLITICO; Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times
Adrian Woolridge, Political Editor and Bagehot Columnist, The Economist; John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg News
Karen DeYoung, Senior National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post; Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times; Prashant Rao, International Editor, The Atlantic
Heather Gerken, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale University; Eugene Ludwig, Founder and CEO, Promontory Financial Group; Ameya Pawar, Former Alderman, Chicago’s 47th Ward; Michael Moskow (Introductory Remarks), Vice Chair and Distinguished Fellow, Global Economy
Carla Anne Robbins, Adjunct Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations; Peter Spiegel, US Managing Editor, Financial Times; Giles Whittell, World Affairs Editor, Tortoise Media
Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times; Susan Glasser, Staff writer, The New Yorker
Martin Indyk, Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
Karen DeYoung, Senior National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post; Stefan Kornelius, Foreign Editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung; Vijay Vaitheeswaran, US Business Editor, The Economist
Raja Krishnamoorthi (Introductory Remarks), United States Representative, 8th Congressional District, Illinois; Thomas Pickering, Former US Ambassador to Russia (1993-1996); Alexander "Sandy" Vershbow, Former US Ambassador to Russia (2001-2005)
