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Tune in live beginning today to hear candid conversations on the issues set to define 2026: the war in Ukraine, the future of NATO, the strength of the transatlantic alliance and the next geopolitical flashpoints.
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Chair, Senate Budget Committee
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader
Andrius Kubilius EU Defense and Space Commissioner
Yulia Navalnaya Economist and Russian Human Rights Activist
Canadian Sen. Peter Boehm Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Sir Bill Browder Anti-Corruption Campaigner
James Appathurai Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid, and Cyber, NATO
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) Vice Chair, Senate Intelligence Committee
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Co-Chair and Co-Founder, Senate NATO Observer Group
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) Co-Chair and Co-Founder, Senate NATO Observer Group
U.S. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) Member, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee; Ranking Member, National Security and International Trade and Finance Subcommittee
Matthias Berninger Executive Vice President and Head of Public Affairs for Sustainability and Safety, Bayer
Alex Panas Senior Partner and Global Leader, Industry Sectors, McKinsey
Hildegard Bentele Member, European Parliament
Metin Hakverdi Transatlantic Coordinator, German Foreign Ministry & Bundestag
Uwe Horstmann Chief Executive Officer, STARK
Christian Klein Chief Executive Officer, SAP
Thomas Erndl Member of the German Bundestag and Defense Policy Spokesman for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group
Andreas Schierenbeck Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi Energy
Ivan Krastev Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies and Founding Board Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations
Shannon O’Neil Senior Vice President of Studies and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
Ylli Bajraktari President and CEO, Special Competitive Studies Project
Sarah B. Rogers Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy
