Authors

Maru Sefami joined the Council in 2025 as the director for individual and special giving. Previously, Sefami spent three years in various roles at…

Leslie Rodriguez joined the Council in 2025 as director of board relations and special projects. She comes to the Council from Dominican…

Olga Kamenchuk is an associate research professor in the Institute for Policy Research and an associate professor of instruction at Northwestern’s…

Natalia Pelevina is a Russian opposition activist, investigative journalist, and protest artist. She worked closely with…

Konstantin Sonin is the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, where his research…

Cameron Hudson is a senior fellow in the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. His previous roles include senior…

Liz Sly was most recently a correspondent at large covering global affairs for the Washington Post. She has spent nearly three decades as a…

Chile Eboe-Osuji served as president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2018 to 2021, presiding over numerous cases involving war…

Nikos Dendias currently serves as Greece’s Minister of National Defense. A member of the New Democracy party, he was first elected to Parliament…

Lila Abed is the director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. She previously served as deputy director. Prior to becoming the Mexico…