Esra Ozyurek – Associate Professor in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science

Chair Colin Brown – Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University

Mark Crowley – Associate Professor of Modern British History and Chu Tian Scholar, School of History, Wuhan University; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University

Paul Hollander – Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Ayşe Kadıoğlu – Professor of Political Science, Sabancı University; Acting President, Sabancı University (Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2017); Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabancı University (Sept. 2013 - Oct. 2017); Visiting Scholar, CES, Harvard University

Joseph Fewsmith – Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University

Valerie Sperling – Professor of Political Science, Clark University

Moderated by Thomas Vallely – Senior Advisor for Mainland Southeast Asia, Thomas Vallely, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School