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The McCain Institute Washington Forum Speakers

December 5, 2024

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The 2024 McCain Institute Washington Forum Speakers

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Elliott Abrams

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, Former Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush, and Deputy National Security Advisor in the President George W. Bush Administration

Kristen Leanderson Abrams

Chief Program Officer, McCain Institute

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Peter Berkowitz

Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

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Stephen Biegun

Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, Boeing

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Rusty Bowers

Former Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives

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Alfred Lahai Gbabai Brownell Sr

FOUNDING PRESIDENT, GLOBAL CLIMATE LEGAL DEFENSE ( CLiDeF) ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER AND ACTIVIST

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Kurt Campbell

22nd U.S. Deputy Secretary of State

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Roger Carstens

Freedom for Political Prisoners Distinguished Senior Fellow

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Sunny Cheung

Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flow HK Media, McCain Global Leader from Hong Kong

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Karen Donfried

Director, Congressional Research Service and Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

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Olivia Enos

Senior Fellow Human Rights, Hudson Institute

Paul Fagan

Director, Democracy Programs, McCain Institute

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Dr. Evelyn Farkas

Executive Director, McCain Institute

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Abby Finkenauer

Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues, Office of Global Youth Issues, U.S. Department of State

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Sarah Gardiner

Senior Advocacy Lead, Front Line Defenders

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Melanie Greenberg

Managing Director, Peacebuilding, Humanity United

Kirk Herbertson

U.S. Director of Advocacy & Campaigns, EarthRights International

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David J. Kramer

Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor

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Sarah Longwell

Publisher of The Bulwark and Host, The Focus Group Podcast

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Leopoldo Lopez

Venezuelan Opposition Leader and Pro-Democracy Activist

Elisa Massimino

Elisa Massimino

Executive Director, Human Rights Institute, Georgetown University Law Center

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Daria Minsky

International Tech Leader and Entrepreneur, McCain Global Leader from Belarus

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Nate Mook

Special Advisor on Ukraine; McCain Global Leaders Advisory Council Member

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Siamak Namazi

Former Hostage in Iran

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Amna Nawaz

Co-Anchor of the PBS News Hour

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Scott Nemeth

Assistant Director, Leadership Programs, McCain Institute

Pedro Pizano

Assistant Director, Democracy Programs, McCain Institute

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Denys Sienik

Deputy Chief of Mission, The Embassy of Ukraine

Corban Teague

Director, Human Rights & Freedom Program, McCain Institute

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Dan Twining

President, International Republican Institute

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Ian Urbina

Director, Outlaw Ocean Project

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Brian Whitmore

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center

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Matt Zweig

Senior Director of Policy, FDD Action

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