
Strategic Competition Experts
Staff & Scholars

Mark Kennedy
Director, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition

Sadek Wahba
Chair of WISC Steering Committee, 浪花直播 Center Global Advisory Council Member;
Chairman & Managing Partner, I Squared Capital
Chairman & Managing Partner, I Squared Capital

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

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

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

Nguyen Anh Tuan
Member of WISC Steering Committee; Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO, Boston Global Forum

Sam Barr
Global Fellow;
Director of Mobilisation, Global Infrastructure Hub
Director of Mobilisation, Global Infrastructure Hub

Richard Bennet
Global Fellow

Alex Botting
Global Fellow;
Senior Director, Global Security and Technology Strategy, Venable LLP
Senior Director, Global Security and Technology Strategy, Venable LLP

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

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
Global Fellow;
Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada

Courtney Fingar
Global Fellow;
Principal, Fingar Direct Investment; Contributor, Forbes
Principal, Fingar Direct Investment; Contributor, Forbes

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
Global Fellow;
Principal with Westexec Advisors
Principal with Westexec Advisors

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

Marie Lam-Frendo
Global Fellow;
Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam 聽
Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam 聽

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

Rory Linehan
Global Fellow;
Director of Infrastructure Policy Advancement, Bentley Systems
Director of Infrastructure Policy Advancement, Bentley Systems

David J. Lynch
Former Public Policy Fellow;
Global economics correspondent, The Washington Post
Global economics correspondent, The Washington Post

Margaret Myers
Global Fellow;
Director, Asia and Latin America Program, Inter-American Dialogue
Director, Asia and Latin America Program, Inter-American Dialogue

Jewellord (Jojo) Nem Singh
Global Fellow;
Associate Professor, University of Sussex
Associate Professor, University of Sussex

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
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
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
Global Fellow;
Director of Economic Strategy, Qualcomm
Director of Economic Strategy, Qualcomm

Matthew Zolnowski
Global Fellow;
President, Greyfriars LLC
President, Greyfriars LLC