David Smolansky

David Smolansky

David Smolansky is the deputy director of the ConVzla Presidential Campaign, representing opposition leader María Corina Machado and President-Elect Edmundo González in Washington, D.C. He is an SNF Agora Institute fellow at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he...
Paolo Cesarini

Paolo Cesarini

Paolo Cesarini is Chair of the Executive Board of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and Programme Director for the European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). He also collaborates as Senior Advisor...
Emmanuel Ganse

Emmanuel Ganse

In Benin, Emmanuel GANSE works to raise awareness among young people about non-violence education and conflict mediation techniques. This involves organizing training workshops for youth, women, and police officers to discuss their roles in preventing violent...
Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk is a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, the Founder of Persuasion, and the host of The Good Fight podcast. His latest book is The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power In Our Time.
Irene Khan

Irene Khan

Irene Khan is the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression since 1 August 2020. She is the first woman to hold this position since the establishment of the mandate in 1993. An internationally recognized...