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 |
| Anna Bower Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor, Lawfare Institute. | 7 | 122 |
| Benjamin Wittes Editor-in-Chief · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Editor-in-Chief of Lawfare Institute. | 4 | 113 |
| Nico Lange Sicherheitsexperte · Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz | Selected | Think tank | Security expert, Senior Fellow at Munich Security Conference. | 17 | 85 |
| Alex Thomas Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Associate at Institute for Government. | 3 | 59 |
| Pascal Boniface géopolitologue · IRIS | Selected | Think tank | Geopolitologist director-founder of IRIS (think tank). | 5 | 58 |
| Roger Parloff Senior Editor · The Lawfare Institute | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor of Lawfare Institute, think tank. | 3 | 56 |
| Claudia Major Sicherheitsexpertin · German Marshall Fund | Selected | Think tank | Security expert at German Marshall Fund, think tank. | 19 | 55 |
| Ivo Daalder Former United States Permanent Representative to NATO · NATO | Selected | Think tank | President of Chicago Council on Global Affairs, former ambassador. | 9 | 52 |
| Andreas Johansson Heinö förläggare · Timbro | Selected | Think tank | Publisher and political scientist at Timbro think tank. | 7 | 51 |
| Jill Rutter Treasury civil servant · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Institute for Government, former Treasury civil servant. | 4 | 51 |
| Jacek Bartosiak Strategy&Future | Selected | Think tank | Strategy and Future, Polish think tank. | 7 | 46 |
| Tristan Harris co-founder · Center for Humane Technology | Selected | Think tank | Co-founder of Center for Humane Technology. | 21 | 44 |
| 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 |
| Gustav Gressel Militärexperte | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow in European defense and security. | 7 | 42 |
| Anna Kwiatkowska Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Center for Eastern Studies, think tank. | 4 | 41 |
| Cath Haddon senior fellow · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Institute for Government. | 1 | 34 |
| 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 |
| Quinta Jurecic Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor at Lawfare/The Lawfare Institute. | 2 | 32 |
| Florence Gaub Zukunftsforscherin · NATO Defense College | Selected | Think tank | Strategy expert and director at NATO Defense College. | 17 | 30 |
| Kevin Roberts President · Heritage Foundation | Selected | Think tank | President of Heritage Foundation. | 13 | 30 |
| Giuseppe Dentice | Selected | Think tank | Middle East analyst of international studies center. | 2 | 30 |
| Giles Wilkes | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Institute for Government. | 2 | 30 |
| Eric Columbus Senior Editor · Lawfare Institute | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor Lawfare Institute. | 2 | 28 |
| 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 |
| Patryk Kugiel Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Międzynarodowych | Selected | Think tank | Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 6 | 27 |
| Yascha Mounk Political scientist · Persuasion | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist, director of Persuasion. | 23 | 26 |
| Jean-Marc Jancovici The Shift Project, Carbone4 | Selected | Think tank | Associate at Shift Project and Carbone4. | 14 | 26 |
| Stephen Moore co-founder · Committee to Unleash Prosperity | Selected | Think tank | Distinguished Fellow at Heritage Foundation. | 8 | 26 |
| Scott R. Anderson Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Fellow at Brookings Institution. | 1 | 26 |
| Fredrik Kopsch nationalekonomem · Timbro | Selected | Think tank | Chief economist of think tank Timbro. | 7 | 25 |
| Christian Mölling Senior Advisor beim European Policy Centre · European Policy Centre | Selected | Think tank | Senior Advisor European Policy Centre. | 6 | 25 |
| Marek Świerczyński Polityka Insight | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Polityka Insight (think tank). | 2 | 25 |
| Michael Feinberg Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor Lawfare Institute. | 5 | 24 |
| Fiona Hill ancien official Maison Blanche · Brookings | Selected | Think tank | Former White House official, currently at Brookings. | 20 | 23 |
| Dmitri Alperovitch Silverado Policy Accelerator | Selected | Think tank | Silverado Policy Accelerator (think tank). | 14 | 23 |
| Luke Tryl More in Common | Selected | Think tank | More in Common, public policy think tank. | 12 | 23 |
| Jérôme Fourquet Directeur du département Opinion · Ifop | Selected | Think tank | Opinion director at Ifop, polling institute. | 11 | 23 |
| Todd Bensman senior fellow · Center for Immigration Studies | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Center for Immigration Studies. | 8 | 23 |
| Jan Jęcz analityk ds. cyfrowych · Polityki Insight | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Polityka Insight think tank, analyst. | 3 | 23 |
| Jon Alterman CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at CSIS. | 1 | 23 |
| Christopher Rufo Senior Fellow · Manhattan Project | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Manhattan Project. | 12 | 22 |
| Oskar Pietrewicz analityk · Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Zagranicznych | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 6 | 22 |
| Anna Maria Dyner Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych | Selected | Think tank | Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 4 | 22 |
| David Rigoulet-Roze chercheur · IFAS | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at French Institute for Strategic Analysis. | 4 | 22 |
| Tim Durrant | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Institute for Government. | 3 | 22 |
| Wolfgang Ischinger Vorsitzender · Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz | Selected | Think tank | President, Munich Security Conference. | 11 | 21 |
| Emma Norris Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Institute for Government, think tank. | 4 | 21 |