Strategic Advisors
Counsel & judgmentCounsel behind the convening.
A small council of elders from diplomacy, security, economics, and the academy — advising the Dialogue on whom to convene, and on the questions worth asking.
01Strategic advisor Amb. Arjun Mehta (Ret.)
Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations
He counsels the Dialogue on multilateral process — how consensus is actually built, and where it breaks.
- Multilateral diplomacy
- South Asia
02Strategic advisor Gen. Samuel K. Dorsey (Ret.)
Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic Stability
A career commander turned scholar, he keeps the Dialogue honest about the security realities beneath every communiqué.
- Security
- Defense policy
03Strategic advisor Dr. Amara Okafor
Development Economist, Global Prosperity Institute
She grounds the Dialogue’s ambitions in data on what actually lifts emerging economies — and what merely sounds good.
- Development
- Emerging markets
04Strategic advisor Prof. Chen Wei-Lin
Chair of International Relations, Chesapeake School of Global Affairs
A scholar of East Asian political thought, he brings historical depth to the Dialogue’s newest conversations.
- East Asia
- Political theory