Our political author speakers dissect today’s big stories. These journalists, correspondents, historians, and politicians thoughtfully explore present-day issues and what’s to come on the world's stage.
Ambassador William J. Burns President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Deputy Secretary of State
Richard A. Clarke America’s first czar of cybersecurity and counter-terrorism, and author of The Fifth Domain.
Anand Giridharadas Editor-at-large for TIME and author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Robert Baer Portrayed by George Clooney in the Academy Award-winning film Syriana, expert on American intelligence and the War on Terror
Ta-Nehisi Coates #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Between the World and Me and We Were Eight Years in Power
Steve Coll Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, New Yorker staff writer, and author of Ghost Wars and Directorate S
Franklin Foer National correspondent for The Atlantic, New America Foundation fellow, and former editor of The New Republic
Sarah McBride Delaware State Senator-elect, LGBTQ activist, and National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign