Hilary Term 2025

• Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK

• Nathan Law, Hong Kong Activist and Former Legislator

• Mouin Rabbani, Middle East Analyst

• Lord Neuberger, Former President of the Supreme Court of the UK

Michaelmas Term 2025

• Professor Alonso Gurmendi, Professor of International Relations at LSE

• Ori Goldberg, Israeli Journalist specialising in the Middle East

• Shahshank Joshi, Defence Editor of the Economist

• Yasmin Ali-bhai Brown, Multi-Award Winning Journalist

Trinity Term 2025

• Daniel Hannan, Baron Hannan of Kingsclere, former MEP and Member of the House of Lords

• Dr. Ally Louks, Literary Academic

• Luke Harding, Journalist

• Laurence Connor, Director

• Peter Westmacott, Former British Ambassador to the United States

• Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri, US Americas Programme Director at Chatham House

• David Murrin, Global Forecaster and Commentator

• Alastair Campbell, Former Downing Street Press Secretary

• Peter Beinart, American Journalist, Author, and Commentator

Hilary Term 2025

• Ed Husain, British Author and Professor

• Amjad Taha, Emirati Analyst

• Norman Finkelstein, American Scholar and Academic

• David Rennie, British Journalist

• Daniel Greenberg, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

Michaelmas Term 2024

• Owen Matthews, British Journalist and Author

• Mouin Rabbani, Palestinian Analyst and Commentator

• Fania Oz-Salzberger, Israeli Historian and Writer

• Peter Hitchens, British Commentator and Author

• Bruno Macaes, Portugese Europe Minister (2013-2015), Philosopher and Author

• Mark Galeotti, Analyst and Academic (on contemporary Russia)

• Sir John Curtice, Political Scientist and Professor

• Norman Finkelstein, American Scholar and Academic

Trinity Term 2024

• Nimco Ali, British social activist & CEO of The Five Foundation​

• Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita of the United States House of Representatives

• Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian Diplomat & Activist​

• Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights activist & Nobel prize winner​

• Daron Acemoglu, Nobel-Prize winning Economist & Political Scientist​

• Baroness Brenda Hale of Richmond, Former President of the UK Supreme Court​

• Elizabeth Maruma, Tanzanian Lawyer & Biodiversity Leader​

• Gideon Levy, Israeli Journalist 

Hilary Term 2024

• Avi Shlaim, Pre-eminent historian of the Israel-Palestine conflict​

• Mustafa Barghouthi, Palestinian politician, Leader of the PNI​

• Ehud Olmert, Former Prime Minister of Israel (2006-2009)​

• Lord Michael Heseltine, former Deputy Prime Minister of the UK​

• Pastor Munther Isaac, Palestinian Theologian and Activist

• Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Former UK Foreign Secretary​

• Lord Karan Bilimoria, British businessman and entrepreneur

Michaelmas Term 2023

• Ali Maisam Nazary, Foreign Minister of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan

• Dmitri Alperovitch, Investor, Philanthropist, and Russia-Ukraine Expert

• Bill Browder, Human Rights Activist & Campaigner

• Juan Manuel Santos, Former President of Colombia (2010-2018)

• Sir David Hare, Theatre & Film Director

• Tobias Ellwood MP, Former Chair of the Defence Select Committee

• Ai Weiwei, Artist & Human Rights Activist​

• Gina Miller, Activist & Businesswoman​

• Peter Foster, Journalist and Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times​

• Sir Laurie Bristow, Former UK Ambassador to Afghanistan (2021), Russian Federation (2016-2020), and Azerbaijan (2004-2007)

• David Gauke, MP for South West Hertfordshire (2005-2019) and experienced cabinet minister