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  Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.

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  Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Chairwoman, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) / Former Minister of Defense, Federal Republic of Germany

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  Sungnam Lim Global Advisor, BAE, KIM & LEE LLC / Former First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea

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  C. Raja Mohan Distinguished Professor, Motwani Jadeja Institute of American Studies, Jindal Global University, Delhi / Columnist, Geopolitics for the Foreign Policy Magazine

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  Masataka Okano Former National Security Advisor to the Cabinet and Secretary General of National Security Secretariat, Japan

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  Andrew Shearer Ambassador-designate of Australia to Japan / Former Director-General, Office of National Intelligence, Australia

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  Shen Dingli Director, Center for American Studies, Grandview Institution / Professor and former Executive Dean, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, China

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  Robert Wilkie Chair, American Security, America First Policy Institute (AFPI) / Former Secretary for Veteran Affairs / Former Under Secretary of Defense

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  Takako Hikotani Professor, Center for Global Education, The University of Tokyo

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  Justin Bassi Executive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

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  Chan Heng Chee Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Former Ambassador of Singapore to the United States

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  Satoru Mori Professor, Keio University

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  Luis Simón Director, Center for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Director of the Brussels office of the Elcano Royal Institute

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  Kaori Iida Deputy Director, News Department, Japan Broadcasting Corporation（NHK）

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  Tobias Gehrke Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

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  Alexander B. Gray Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) / Former Chief of Staff, National Security Council, United States

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  Hyun Chul Kim Professor, Seoul National University

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  Naoko Munakata Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo / Former Commissioner, Japan Patent Office

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  Masafumi Ishii Managing Director, JIIA Platform / Former Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia / Former Japanese Government Representative to NATO

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  Aya Igarashi Vice Chair of Editorial Board, The Yomiuri Shimbun

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  Akihisa Shiozaki Member of the House of Representatives, The Vice Chairman of LDP's Diet Affairs Committee

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  Leo Lewis Tokyo Bureau Chief, Financial Times

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  Ramon M. Lopez Former Secretary (Minister) of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) / Chairman of the Governing Board, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))

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  Kazuyoshi Umemoto Managing Director, JIIA Platform / Former President, The Japan Foundation / Former TPP Chief Negotiator, Japan

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  Takio Yamada Executive Director, JIIA Center for Global Outreach / Ambassador for AZEC

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  Michael J. Green Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre (USSC), University of Sydney / Former Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council

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  Keiichi Ichikawa National Security Advisor

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  C. Raja Mohan Distinguished Professor, Motwani Jadeja Institute of American Studies, Jindal Global University, Delhi / Columnist, Geopolitics for the Foreign Policy Magazine

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  Pham Quang Hieu Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to Japan

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  Hassan Wirajuda Rector, Universitas Prasetiya Mulya / Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia

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  Kaoru Iokibe Professor, The University of Tokyo

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  Bill Emmott Former Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) / Former Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

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  Naoko Eto Professor, Gakushuin University

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  Fumiaki Kubo Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo / Former President, The National Defense Academy of Japan

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  Kenneth R. Weinstein Japan Chair, Hudson Institute / Former President and CEO, Hudson Institute