Anatol Lieven

Anatol Lieven is director of the Eurasia Program and the Andrew Bacevich chair in American Diplomatic History at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was formerly a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar. From 1985 to 1998, Lieven worked as a journalist in South Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

Stephen Wertheim

Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He analyzes America’s role in the world—past and present—in order to address current problems in U.S. strategy and diplomacy.He is the author of "Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy" (Harvard University Press, 2020).

Jennifer Kavanagh

Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior fellow & director of military analysis at Defense Priorities. Kavanagh’s research focuses on U.S. military strategy, force structure and defense budgeting, and U.S. military deployments and interventions. Previously, she was a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 

Mark Episkopos (Moderator)

Mark Episkopos is a research fellow in the Quincy Institute’s Eurasia Program. He is also an adjunct professor of History at Marymount University. Episkopos holds a Ph.D. in history from American University & a masters degree in international affairs from Boston University. His research focuses on Russian foreign policy & the transatlantic relationship.