Georgi Kantchev
– an award-winning journalist, published in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Economist, Deutsche Welle, Balkan Insight and Index on Censorship
Terry Martin
– Faculty Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies; George F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies, Harvard University
Charles Maier
– Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Director (1994-2001), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Serhii Plokhii
– Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Professor of Ukrainian history, Harvard University
Jocelyne Cesari
– Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Birmingham; T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University