Steve Coll

President and CEO of New America Foundation, Coll is also a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of Ghost Wars and The Bin Ladens.

Henry Crumpton

A veteran covert CIA officer, Crumpton ran the CIA's campaign in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. From 2005 to 2007 he served as the State Department's chief of counterterrorism.

Husain Haqqani

He is the Pakistani ambassador to the United States.

Gen. James L. Jones [Ret.]

President-elect Barack Obama’s newly-named national security advisor, Jones has served as Commandant of the Marine Corps, NATO commander and co-chair of the Atlantic Council of the United States.

Robert D. Kaplan

Kaplan is a correspondent for The Atlantic and author of Imperial Grunts and Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan.