Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,587
Excluded19,663
Selected8,924
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,498Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute736Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament551LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar255Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent873CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist2,011
Why the others are excluded
People
589 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew McCabe Former Acting Director and Deputy Director · Federal Bureau of Investigation | Selected | Former official | Former Acting Director of FBI. | 2 | 3 |
| Ben Weyts | Selected | Former official | Flemish minister until end 2024, former public official. | 2 | 3 |
| Evarist Bartolo Ex-Aussenminister | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Minister. | 2 | 3 |
| Franz Fischler former EU-Kommissar | Selected | Former official | Former European Commissioner. | 2 | 3 |
| General Vincent Desportes ancien directeur de l'École et de guerre | Selected | Former official | Former director of War School. | 2 | 3 |
| Guillaume Kasbarian ancien ministre délégué au Logement | Selected | Former official | Former Minister delegate for Housing. | 2 | 3 |
| Hans-Lothar Domröse General a.D. | Selected | Former official | Former general (ret.) of the Bundeswehr. | 2 | 3 |
| Jean-Pierre Raffarin ancien Premier ministre, président de Prospectives et Innovations et de Leaders pour la paix | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister, founder of leadership associations. | 2 | 3 |
| Julia Curlee former CIA analyst · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former CIA analyst. | 2 | 3 |
| Larry Wilkerson | Selected | Former official | Former chief of staff of Secretary of State Colin Powell. | 2 | 3 |
| Marjanne de Kwaasteniet oud-ambassadeur | Selected | Former official | Former ambassador. | 2 | 3 |
| Rob Kaplan vice chairman and the former president of the Dallas Fed · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant et Former official | Vice-President Goldman Sachs, former Federal Reserve. | 2 | 3 |
| Terry Virts former US Air Force F-16 pilot, NASA astronaut · National Center for Energy Analytics | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot and NASA astronaut. | 2 | 3 |
| Widar Andersson | Selected | Former official | Former member of Swedish Riksdag (ended 1998). | 2 | 3 |
| Anja Meulenbelt schrijver en feminist | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Dutch writer and feminist, former Senate member 2011. | 2 | 2 |
| Christopher Mellon former deputy assistant secretary of Defense of Intelligence · Senate Intelligence Committee | Selected | Former official | Former deputy assistant secretary of Defense. | 2 | 2 |
| David Lidington Distinguished Fellow · RUSI | Selected | Think tank et Former official | Distinguished Fellow at RUSI, former MP. | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Jensen tidligere chef for Kriminalteknisk Afdeling | Selected | Former official | Former chief of criminal police unit. | 2 | 2 |
| Gavin Barwell Conservative peer | Selected | Former official | Former Chief of Staff to Theresa May. | 2 | 2 |
| Jon Georg Dale tidligere statsråd | Selected | Former official | Former state councillor. | 2 | 2 |
| Jonathan Powell British national security advisor | Selected | Former official | Former British national security advisor. | 2 | 2 |
| Louise Casey UK Government | Selected | Former official | Baroness, former senior government official UK. | 2 | 2 |
| Mikael Hedman author | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Author, former officer (main author). | 2 | 2 |
| Nooshi Dadgostar politiker · Vänsterpartiet | Selected | Former official | Member of Swedish Riksdag, ended 2022. | 2 | 2 |
| Piotr Woźniak były minister gospodarki, prezes PGNiG · PGNiG | Selected | Former official | Former economy minister and former PGNiG president. | 2 | 2 |
| Sue Campbell Baroness · FA | Selected | Former official | Former director. | 2 | 2 |
| Tiago Antunes ex-secretário de Estado | Selected | Former official | Former Portuguese Secretary of State. | 2 | 2 |
| Uzi Arad former Head of Mossad Intelligence and National Security Advisor · Mossad | Selected | Former official | Former Head of Mossad and National Security Advisor. | 2 | 2 |
| Denis Salas Essayiste et ancien magistrat | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Essayist and former magistrate. | 2 | 2 |
| Hanne Kristin Rohde tidligere politileder, forfatter og inspirator | Selected | Former official et Commentator | Former police chief, now writer and coach. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Ricketts national security adviser · UK | Selected | Former official | Former national security adviser of United Kingdom. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrew Young former United Nations ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former United Nations ambassador. | 2 | 2 |
| Bernard Hudson counterterrorism · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former head of counter-terrorism operations at CIA. | 2 | 2 |
| Carl Baudenbacher ehemaliger Präsident · EFTA-Gerichtshof | Selected | Former official | Former President of EFTA Court. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Krebs cybersecurity official · Department of Homeland Security | Selected | Former official | Former top cybersecurity official at DHS. | 2 | 2 |
| Chrissy Houlahan | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Representative in Congress (end 2025). | 2 | 2 |
| Damien Vandermeersch avocat général à la Cour de cassation, professeur émérite à l'UCLouvain · UCLouvain | Selected | Academic et Former official | Emeritus professor, UCLouvain, Advocate General at the Court of Cassation (current principal). | 2 | 2 |
| Danny Ayalon former Israeli ambassador to the US | Selected | Former official | Former Israeli ambassador to the US. | 2 | 2 |
| David Gioe former CIA officer and British Academy Global Professor of Intelligence and International Security · King's College London | Selected | Academic et Former official | Professor at King's College, former CIA. | 2 | 2 |
| Dr. Robert Marbut | Selected | Former official | Former director of U.S. federal council on homelessness. | 2 | 2 |
| Fréderic Valletoux Ancien Ministre de la Santé | Selected | Former official | Former Health Minister. | 2 | 2 |
| Giorgio Gori | Selected | Former official | Former mayor of Bergamo. | 2 | 2 |
| Hans-Jürgen Papier Präsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts a.D. | Selected | Former official | Former President of Federal Constitutional Court. | 2 | 2 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton former Secretary of State | Selected | Former official | Former Secretary of State. | 2 | 2 |
| Jen Palmieri former White House communications director | Selected | Former official | Former White House communications director. | 2 | 2 |
| Joost Lagendijk | Selected | Former official | Member of European Parliament (until end 2009). | 2 | 2 |
| José Manuel Fernandes | Selected | Former official | Member of European Parliament (until end 2024). | 2 | 2 |
| Kai Eide FN, NATO | Selected | Former official | Former Norwegian ambassador and diplomat. | 2 | 2 |
| Karine Jean-Pierre former White House Press Secretary | Selected | Former official | Former White House Press Secretary. | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Shipp Former CIA officer · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former CIA officer. | 2 | 2 |