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
749 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Bremmer Founder and President · Eurasia Group | Selected | Think tank | Founder and President of Eurasia Group. | 27 | 224 |
| Yascha Mounk Political scientist · Persuasion | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist, director of Persuasion. | 23 | 26 |
| Tristan Harris co-founder · Center for Humane Technology | Selected | Think tank | Co-founder of Center for Humane Technology. | 21 | 44 |
| Fiona Hill ancien official Maison Blanche · Brookings | Selected | Think tank | Former White House official, currently at Brookings. | 20 | 23 |
| Claudia Major Sicherheitsexpertin · German Marshall Fund | Selected | Think tank | Security expert at German Marshall Fund, think tank. | 19 | 55 |
| Nico Lange Sicherheitsexperte · Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz | Selected | Think tank | Security expert, Senior Fellow at Munich Security Conference. | 17 | 85 |
| Florence Gaub Zukunftsforscherin · NATO Defense College | Selected | Think tank | Strategy expert and director at NATO Defense College. | 17 | 30 |
| Heather Mac Donald author | Selected | Think tank | Political commentator at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. | 15 | 43 |
| Trita Parsi | Selected | Think tank | Executive Vice-President of Quincy Institute. | 14 | 42 |
| Jean-Marc Jancovici The Shift Project, Carbone4 | Selected | Think tank | Associate at Shift Project and Carbone4. | 14 | 26 |
| Dmitri Alperovitch Silverado Policy Accelerator | Selected | Think tank | Silverado Policy Accelerator (think tank). | 14 | 23 |
| Grace Blakeley | Selected | Think tank | Economist and political analyst at IPPR. | 14 | 20 |
| Kevin Roberts President · Heritage Foundation | Selected | Think tank | President of Heritage Foundation. | 13 | 30 |
| Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook Senior Advisorin · Bertelsmann Stiftung | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Bertelsmann Stiftung. | 13 | 19 |
| Gerald Knaus Migrationsexperte · ESI | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at ESI. | 13 | 18 |
| Luke Tryl More in Common | Selected | Think tank | More in Common, public policy think tank. | 12 | 23 |
| Christopher Rufo Senior Fellow · Manhattan Project | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Manhattan Project. | 12 | 22 |
| Jana Puglierin Chefin des Berliner Büros des European Council on Foreign Relations · European Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Head of European Council on Foreign Relations think tank. | 12 | 18 |
| Paul Johnson Directeur · Institute for Fiscal Studies | Selected | Think tank | Director Institute for Fiscal Studies. | 12 | 16 |
| Sebastian Mallaby two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and senior fellow · Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations. | 12 | 13 |
| Franz-Stefan Gady Militärexperte · International Institute for Strategic Studies | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at International Institute for Strategic Studies. | 11 | 27 |
| Ulrike Franke Senior Policy Fellow · ECFR | Selected | Think tank | Senior Policy Fellow ECFR. | 11 | 27 |
| Jérôme Fourquet Directeur du département Opinion · Ifop | Selected | Think tank | Opinion director at Ifop, polling institute. | 11 | 23 |
| Wolfgang Ischinger Vorsitzender · Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz | Selected | Think tank | President, Munich Security Conference. | 11 | 21 |
| Karim Sadjadpour Senior Fellow · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment. | 11 | 17 |
| Anand Menon Director of UK in a Changing Europe · UK in a Changing Europe | Selected | Think tank | Director UK in a Changing Europe, Professor title. | 11 | 12 |
| Sanam Vakil Director of Middle East and North Africa programme · Chatham House | Selected | Think tank | Director at Chatham House think tank. | 10 | 16 |
| Richard Haass foreign policy veteran · Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Veteran Diplomat at Council on Foreign Relations. | 10 | 15 |
| Ivo Daalder Former United States Permanent Representative to NATO · NATO | Selected | Think tank | President of Chicago Council on Global Affairs, former ambassador. | 9 | 52 |
| Kori Schake senior fellow and director of foreign and defence policy studies · American Enterprise Institute | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow AEI think tank. | 9 | 32 |
| René Cuperus drs. · Instituut Clingendael | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Clingendael Institute, think tank. | 9 | 18 |
| Ali Vaez Iran Project Director · International Crisis Group | Selected | Think tank | Iran Project Director, International Crisis Group. | 9 | 15 |
| Constanze Stelzenmüller Direktoren · Center on the United States and Europe | Selected | Think tank | Director of Center US Europe think tank. | 9 | 15 |
| Stefanie Babst Politologin · Nato | Selected | Think tank | Female political scientist at NATO, former staff member. | 9 | 13 |
| Stephen Moore co-founder · Committee to Unleash Prosperity | Selected | Think tank | Distinguished Fellow at Heritage Foundation. | 8 | 26 |
| Todd Bensman senior fellow · Center for Immigration Studies | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Center for Immigration Studies. | 8 | 23 |
| Suzanne Maloney Brookings senior fellow · Brookings | Selected | Think tank | Brookings senior fellow. | 8 | 17 |
| Inez Stepman Lincoln Fellow · Claremont Institute | Selected | Think tank | Lincoln Fellow at Claremont Institute. | 8 | 15 |
| Wojciech Górecki analityk · Ośrodka Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Analyst, OSW (think tank). | 8 | 14 |
| Michael Kofman senior fellow at the Carnegie endowment for International Peace · Carnegie endowment | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment. | 8 | 12 |
| Jonathan Rauch Brookings | Selected | Think tank | Brookings Institution, think tank. | 8 | 11 |
| Anna Bower Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor, Lawfare Institute. | 7 | 122 |
| Andreas Johansson Heinö förläggare · Timbro | Selected | Think tank | Publisher and political scientist at Timbro think tank. | 7 | 51 |
| Jacek Bartosiak Strategy&Future | Selected | Think tank | Strategy and Future, Polish think tank. | 7 | 46 |
| Gustav Gressel Militärexperte | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow in European defense and security. | 7 | 42 |
| Fredrik Kopsch nationalekonomem · Timbro | Selected | Think tank | Chief economist of think tank Timbro. | 7 | 25 |
| Guido Steinberg Dr. · Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik | Selected | Think tank | Dr. at Science and Politics Foundation think tank. | 7 | 17 |
| Patrick Bolder Defensiespecialist · HCSS | Selected | Think tank | Defense specialist at think tank HCSS. | 7 | 17 |
| Bruno Tertrais géopolitologue · Fondation pour la recherche stratégique | Selected | Think tank | Associate Director Foundation for Strategic Research. | 7 | 15 |
| Walter Posch Nahostexperte · Landesverteidigungsakademie | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Landesverteidigsakademie (defense academy think tank). | 7 | 15 |