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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Wess Mitchell American historian and diplomat · Princeton University Press | Selected | Former official | Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (ended 2019). | 3 | 3 |
| Aaron David Miller | Selected | Think tank et Former official | Senior researcher at foreign policy think tank. | 5 | 5 |
| Abbas Gallyamov former speechwriter | Selected | Former official | Former speechwriter. | 1 | 2 |
| Abdalla Hamdok ehemaliger Premierminister | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Abou Djaffar ancien analyste de la DGSE, auteur · DGSE | Selected | Former official et Commentator | Former DGSE analyst, author. | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Keith former State Department official · State Department | Selected | Former official | Former State Department official. | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Zurofsky former Director of State Policy and Agency Management · State of New York | Selected | Former official | Former Director of State Policy, New York. | 1 | 1 |
| Adriana Delgado | Selected | Former official | Former member of Catalan Parliament (end 2020). | 1 | 1 |
| Agnieszka Romaszewska była szefowa Belsatu · Belsat | Selected | Former official | Former director of Belsat. | 1 | 1 |
| Agostino Ghiglia auteur | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Author and former Italian deputy (late 2013). | 1 | 1 |
| Ahmed Aboutaleb oud-burgemeester | Selected | Former official | Former mayor. | 3 | 3 |
| Aina Vidal | Selected | Former official | Former member of Spanish Congress (end 2019). | 1 | 2 |
| Aisha Musa former leader | Selected | Former official | Former civilian leader of Sudan. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Richard Ancien ministre de la Défense | Selected | Former official | Former Defense Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Shatter former minister for justice | Selected | Former official | Former minister for justice. | 1 | 5 |
| Alastair Campbell | Selected | Former official | Director of communications at 10 Downing Street (end of 2003). | 13 | 25 |
| Alastair Crooke Ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former British ambassador. | 5 | 188 |
| Alejandro Inurrieta ex asesor de Vivienda · gobierno de Zapatero | Selected | Former official | Former housing advisor to Zapatero government. | 2 | 3 |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski Prezydent | Selected | Former official | Former president of Poland. | 9 | 13 |
| Alexis Loeb former deputy chief · Department of Justice | Selected | Former official | Former deputy chief of January 6 Section. | 1 | 3 |
| Allen Ault former commissioner of corrections · state of Georgia | Selected | Former official | Former commissioner of corrections for Georgia. | 1 | 1 |
| Alon Pinkas | Selected | Former official | Former Israeli diplomat. | 1 | 6 |
| Alpo Rusi suurlähettiläs, ulkoasiainneuvos, valtiotieteiden tohtori | Selected | Former official | Ambassador (Suurlähettiläs), former public official. | 3 | 3 |
| Amber Rudd Home Secretary | Selected | Former official | Home Secretary 2016-2018, former minister. | 3 | 3 |
| Ami Ayalon former director · Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) | Selected | Former official | Former director of Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet). | 4 | 5 |
| Anders Karlsson tidigare vetenskapsattaché · Elsevier | Selected | Former official | Former scientific attache at Elsevier. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Bustamante Former covert officer · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former covert CIA officer. | 11 | 14 |
| Andrew McCabe Former Acting Director and Deputy Director · Federal Bureau of Investigation | Selected | Former official | Former Acting Director of FBI. | 2 | 3 |
| Andrew McCarthy Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney | Selected | Former official | Former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney. | 4 | 13 |
| Andrew Phelan | Selected | Former official | British circuit judge, position ended 1995. | 1 | 2 |
| Andrew Weissmann former Mueller prosecutor | Selected | Former official | Former Mueller investigation prosecutor. | 13 | 41 |
| Andrew Young former United Nations ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former United Nations ambassador. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrzej Duda | Selected | Former official | President of Poland, term ended 2025. | 4 | 5 |
| Andy Levin former U.S. Representative from Michigan | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Representative from Michigan. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Merkel Ex-Bundeskanzlerin | Selected | Former official | Former German Chancellor. | 7 | 8 |
| Anja Meulenbelt schrijver en feminist | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Dutch writer and feminist, former Senate member 2011. | 2 | 2 |
| Anne Neuberger Deputy National Security Adviser · White House | Selected | Former official | Former Deputy National Security Adviser. | 4 | 4 |
| Annegret Kramp Karrenbauer CDU-Vorsitzende · CDU | Selected | Former official | Former CDU Chairman, former official. | 1 | 1 |
| Annie Lööf | Selected | Former official | Former Minister for Enterprise (ended 2014). | 5 | 5 |
| Antonio Sanz criminólogo · Andacrim | Selected | Former official | Former politician, Andalusia position. | 2 | 4 |
| António Vitorino | Selected | Former official | Former Defense Minister, ex-commissioner. | 6 | 12 |
| Arancha González Laya exministra de Asuntos Exteriores | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Minister. | 6 | 8 |
| Arne Roland tidligere CEO · CHC Helikopterservice | Selected | Former official | Former CEO of CHC Helikopterservice. | 1 | 1 |
| Augusto Santos Silva antigo ministro | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Affairs Minister and ex-president of Portuguese Assembly. | 3 | 3 |
| Azeredo Lopes antigo ministro da Defesa | Selected | Former official | Former Defense Minister (Portuguese). | 1 | 2 |
| Babatunde Irukera former director-general · Nigeria's Consumer Protection Council | Selected | Former official | Former director-general of Nigeria's Consumer Protection Council. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Marczuk były wiceminister pracy i polityki społecznej · Instytut Sobieskiego | Selected | Former official et Think tank | Former deputy minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Beata Szydło była premier, europosłanka · Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | Selected | Former official | Former prime minister. | 1 | 4 |
| Beatriz Talegón | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Opinion journalist, former politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Habib formerly deputy leader of Reform · Reform | Selected | Former official | Former vice-leader of Reform UK, former official. | 5 | 13 |