Meet our diverse roster of international experts, thought leaders, and practitioners. Discover the unique insights and experiences each guest brings to our discussions on global risk, security, and geopolitics.
Russ Mould is one of the United Kingdom’s most respected voices in financial markets and investment analysis, with a career spanning more than three decades across fund management, investment banking, financial media, and public commentary. As Investment Director at AJ Bell, he plays a central role in shaping the firm’s market research, client content, and…
Simon Keslake is the Co-Founder and Behavioural Architect of Behavioural Risk Intelligence® (BRI). His focus is on redefining how organisations measure, understand, and manage the most complex human risks – those originating across leadership teams. BRI is a specialist behavioural economics and psychology consultancy. They combine over 40 years of proprietary behavioural data, peer-reviewed research,…
Daniel McDowell is Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center. He is a former Wilson Center China Fellow. As a scholar, McDowell specializes in the study of financial sanctions, the dynamics of…
Dr. Brian Fonseca is a leading voice on national security, foreign policy, and cybersecurity. He currently serves as Director of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, where…
Scott Ernest is a former white nationalist recruiter and activist, most notable for being a moderator on the white nationalist forum Stormfront, as well as a recruiter for the now-defunct organisation Pioneer Little Europe Kalispell. He was also a member of the Oath Keepers, Asatru Folk Assembly, and several other groups. He exited the white…
Emily Winterbotham is the Director of Terrorism and Conflict Studies at RUSI, where she leads work across London, Brussels, and Nairobi on terrorism, counterterrorism, peacebuilding, and fragile states, with a particular focus on Asia, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan. For over 15 years, she has combined desk research and field postings in international policy environments, including…
Dr. Gabriella Gricius is a Senior Research Associate at the Arctic Institute, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz and a Fellow and the Media Coordinator with the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN). She received her Ph.D. from Colorado State University’s Political Science Department, where her dissertation explored the prevalence of…
Bobo Lo is an independent international relations analyst and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Lowy Institute, Sydney. He was formerly Head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, and Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Moscow. Past positions and associations have included Director of the China and Russia Programmes at…
Ángeles Jiménez García-Carriazo holds a Ph.D. in Law, specializing in the Law of the Sea and Public International Law, from the Universidad de Jaén, where she defended her dissertation on “The extension of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – with special reference…
Tae Seok Moon is a YouTuber, director of an NSF global center, professor at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) Council Member, SynBYSS Chair, Moonshot Bio founder, European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) Executive Board Member, and editor of 10 journals, including the New Biotechnology Editor-in-Chief. His 32 funded projects have…
