Formerly supervised all facets of support for U.S. Coast Guard human capital, engineering, acquisitions, and information technology programs. Former congressional fellow for homeland security and drug control policies, and military aide in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.

Former national security adviser to President Barack Obama and assistant secretary of state and chief of staff at the State Department during the Clinton administration. Prior to his government service, he was a partner at the international law firm of O'Melveny & Myers and served as a member of the firm's global governing committee. Also a non-resident senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Currently directing a roundtable series on technology, innovation, and American primacy. A corporate executive with extensive experience in high technology and international political economy.

Award-winning author of The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenges to China's Future. Co-author of By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World with Michael Levi. Currently writing a book on China's rise.

Expert on counterterrorism and national security issues. Former deputy assistant to President George W Bush and deputy homeland security adviser. Also former deputy commissioner for counterterrorism with the New York City Police Department.

Former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, U.S. ambassador to South Africa, and special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs in the George W. Bush administration. Distinguished public service professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

Author of bestselling books The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance and Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health, as well as I Heard the Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks. Currently writing a book examining microbiomes and globalization.

CFR president emeritus, Pulitzer Prize winner, former New York Times columnist and correspondent, and senior official in State and Defense Departments; expert on U.S. foreign policy and national security. Author of the book Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy.

Former State Department director of policy planning and lead U.S. official on Afghanistan and Northern Ireland (2001-2003), and principal Middle East adviser to President George H.W. Bush (1989-93). Author or editor of twelve books on U.S. foreign policy, including Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order.

Former member of the State Department policy planning staff and a leading architect of Secretary Hillary Clinton's Economic Statecraft agenda. Former member of the National Intelligence Council Staff, with deep experience in geoeconomic issues, energy and climate security, and U.S.-China relations. Currently writing a book on the modern use of economic and financial instruments as tools of statecraft.

Colonel Clint Hinote, U.S. Air Force, most recently served as the commander of the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. His other operational assignments include instructor duty at the USAF Weapons School, leader of the Air Forces Central Strategy Division, squadron commander, and wing vice commander.

Author of Governing Health in Contemporary China, a new book that looks at the health system transition in post-Mao China. Currently researching the roles of emerging powers and non-state actors in shaping global health governance. Founding editor of the journal Global Health Governance.

Author of The Islamist. Former founding director of Quilliam, the British counterextremism think tank. Previously a member and strategist for radical Islamist organizations in London.

Distinguished professor at the School of International Service, American University. His research centers on global and regional governance, particularly international economic institutions and Asia-Pacific regionalism. His current work examines the growing influence of emerging economies on global governance and the response of the United States to their new role.

Macroeconomist with substantial experience in public policy and markets. Current focus is on G-7 monetary and fiscal policies, financial markets, and crisis resolution.

CFR Distinguished Visiting Fellow and Former Commissioner of the NYPD

Mervyn King is a professor of economics and law at the Stern and Law Schools at New York University. He was governor of the Bank of England and chairman of the monetary policy and financial policy committees from 2003 to 2013, helping to shape UK monetary policy during the global economic recession. He was previously deputy governor from 1998 to 2003, and served as chief economist and executive director from 1991 to 1998. King was also a nonexecutive director of the bank from 1990 to 1991.

Former U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, currently writing about digital policy and consulting on public policy.

Former foreign correspondent and journalist covering Southeast Asia. Current research focuses on reinvigorating U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia; China's strategy toward Southeast Asia; Myanmar's transformation; and the growth of state capitalism, particularly in Asia. Author of Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power is Transforming the World and Democracy in Retreat, and of numerous articles and briefs on Southeast Asia, China, and democratization in the developing world. Author of a forthcoming book on the growth of state capitalism.