Ludwig Blaurock – Counselor for Political and Military Affairs, Security & Development Section in the Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America

Liat Spiro – Ph.D Candidate, Department of History, Harvard University

Karen Jusko – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

Giselinde Kuipers – Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam

Nina Gheihman – Postdoctoral Researcher, Sustainable Food Initiative, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley

Benjamin Frommer – Professor of History, Northwestern University

Carles Puigdemont – President of the Government of Catalonia

Stephen Ansolabehere – Frank G. Thompson Professor of Government, Harvard University; Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

José María Beneyto – Professor of International Public Law and International Relations and Director, Institute for European Studies

Bonnie N. Field – Professor & Chair of Global Studies, Bentley University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Isabel Schayani – Project Leader, WDRforyou; Editor, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR); John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University

Moderated by Georg Diez – Reporter and Columnist, Politics and Culture, Der Spiegel; 2016-2017 Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University

Stefan Hübner – Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Charles King – Professor of International Affairs and Government & Chair of the Department of Government, Georgetown University

Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Laurent Bigorgne – Director, Institut Montaigne, Paris

Hakim El Karoui – Essayist

Dominique Moïsi – Senior Counselor, Institut Montaigne, Paris; Co-Founder, Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI)

Vincent Pons – Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University

Chair Daniel Ziblatt – Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-Chair, CES

Radivoje Grujić – Election Adviser, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

José Manuel Martinez Sierra – Jean Monnet ad Personam Professor in EU Law and Government, Director General, UPF-Barcelona School of Management; CES Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Victòria Alsina Burgués – Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Chair David Kennedy – Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, CES, Harvard University

Ilham Khuri-Makdisi – Associate Professor of History, Northeastern University

Timothy Snyder – Bird White Housum Professor of History, Yale University

Moderated by Moshik Temkin – Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Lawrence H. Summers – Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University; President Emeritus, Harvard University

Alberto Alesina – Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, CES, Harvard University

Ed Balls – UK Shadow Chancellor (2011-2015); Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Anna Stansbury – Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Harvard University

Douglas Alexander – Future of Diplomacy Project Senior Fellow