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Strategic Competition Experts
Staff & Scholars
![Mark Kennedy](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/mark_kennedy_person_0.jpg)
Mark Kennedy
Director, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition
![Sadek Wahba](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Sadek_Wahba.jpg)
Sadek Wahba
Chair of WISC Steering Committee, Wilson Center Global Advisory Council Member;
Chairman & Managing Partner, I Squared Capital
Chairman & Managing Partner, I Squared Capital
![Ambassador Paula Dobriansky](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Dobriansky.jpg)
Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Harvard University Belfer Center; former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Founder and Co-Chair of the US Afghan Women's Council; Senior Counselor, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition
![Mack McLarty](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/thomas%20mclarty.jpg)
Thomas "Mack" McLarty
Senior Counselor, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition;
Chairman, McLarty Associates; Former Chief of Staff, President Bill Clinton
Chairman, McLarty Associates; Former Chief of Staff, President Bill Clinton
![Image of Robert Zoellick](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Zoellick%2C_Robert_%28official_portrait_2008%29.jpg)
Robert Zoellick
Senior Counselor, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition;
Former President of the World Bank Group; Former Deputy Secretary of State; Counselor to former US Secretary of State James A. Baker
Former President of the World Bank Group; Former Deputy Secretary of State; Counselor to former US Secretary of State James A. Baker
![Headshot of Nguyen Anh Tuan](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Tuan_350x350.png)
Nguyen Anh Tuan
Member of WISC Steering Committee; Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO, Boston Global Forum
![Headshot of Sam Barr](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/sam%20barr%20350x350.png)
Sam Barr
Global Fellow;
Director of Mobilisation, Global Infrastructure Hub
Director of Mobilisation, Global Infrastructure Hub
![Headshot of Richard Bennet](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Richard%20Bennet%20headshot%20edited.png)
Richard Bennet
Global Fellow
![Alex Botting](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Botting_Alexanderabio.jpg)
Alex Botting
Global Fellow;
Senior Director, Global Security and Technology Strategy, Venable LLP
Senior Director, Global Security and Technology Strategy, Venable LLP
![Marc Busch](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Marc_Busch.jpg)
Marc L. Busch
Global Fellow;
Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
![Headshot of Jim Cooper](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/jim%20cooper%20headshot%20350x350.png)
Hon. Jim Cooper
Global Fellow;
Former Member of Congress; Distinguished Scholar, Vanderbilt Law School
Former Member of Congress; Distinguished Scholar, Vanderbilt Law School
![Heather Exner-Pirot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Heather_Exner-Pirot_2-2.jpg)
Heather Exner-Pirot
Global Fellow;
Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
![Headshot of Courtney Fingar](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Courtney%20Fingar%20350x350.png)
Courtney Fingar
Global Fellow;
Principal, Fingar Direct Investment; Contributor, Forbes
Principal, Fingar Direct Investment; Contributor, Forbes
![Jerry Haar](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Jerry_Haar_350.jpg)
Jerry Haar
Global Fellow;
Professor of International Business and Executive Director for the Americas, College of Business, Florida International University
Professor of International Business and Executive Director for the Americas, College of Business, Florida International University
![Cordell Hull](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/CordellHull_Web.png)
Cordell Hull
Global Fellow;
Principal with Westexec Advisors
Principal with Westexec Advisors
![Jeffrey Kucik Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Jeff%20Kucik.png)
Jeffrey Kucik
Global Fellow;
Associate Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy and the James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
Associate Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy and the James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
![Headshot of Marie Lam-Frendo](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Marie_Lam_Frendo_350x350.png)
Marie Lam-Frendo
Global Fellow;
Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam
Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam
![Klaus Larres](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Larres.png)
Klaus Larres
Global Fellow;
Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor in History & International Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor in History & International Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
![Headshot of Rory Linehan](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Rory%20Linehan%20350x350.png)
Rory Linehan
Global Fellow;
Director of Infrastructure Policy Advancement, Bentley Systems
Director of Infrastructure Policy Advancement, Bentley Systems
![David Lynch](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/DavidLynch_Web.png)
David J. Lynch
Former Public Policy Fellow;
Global economics correspondent, The Washington Post
Global economics correspondent, The Washington Post
![Headshot of Margaret Myers](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Margaret_Myers_350x350_1.png)
Margaret Myers
Global Fellow;
Director, Asia and Latin America Program, Inter-American Dialogue
Director, Asia and Latin America Program, Inter-American Dialogue
![Image - Jewellord Nem Singh](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Jewellord%20Nem%20Singh.jpg)
Jewellord (Jojo) Nem Singh
Global Fellow;
Assistant Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Assistant Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
![Prashanth Parameswaran](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/parameswaran_profilepicture.jpg)
Prashanth Parameswaran
Global Fellow;
CEO and Founder, ASEAN Wonk Global, and Senior Columnist, The Diplomat
CEO and Founder, ASEAN Wonk Global, and Senior Columnist, The Diplomat
![Barry Rabe](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/barryrabe2.jpg)
Barry Rabe
Global Fellow;
Arthur Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Arthur Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
![Keith Rockwell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Keith_Rockwell.jpg)
Keith Rockwell
Global Fellow;
Director of the Information and External Relations Division and Chief Spokesman at the World Trade Organization (retired)
Director of the Information and External Relations Division and Chief Spokesman at the World Trade Organization (retired)
![Falan Yinug](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Falan%20Yinug%20-%20headshot%20092022.jpg)
Falan Yinug
Global Fellow;
Director of Economic Strategy, Qualcomm
Director of Economic Strategy, Qualcomm
![Matthew Zolnowski](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/MDZolnowski%20Photo-1.jpg)
Matthew Zolnowski
Global Fellow;
President, Greyfriars LLC
President, Greyfriars LLC