Andy Mullineux is Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Birmingham.

Alessia Mennitto is a postgraduate candidate in the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin.

Clodagh Harrington is Senior Lecturer in Politics at De Montfort University and the author of Obama's Washington.

Jeanne Morefield is Senior Lecturer in political theory at the University of Birmingham and Co-President of the Association for Political Theory.

Brett Bruen is President of Global Situation Room. He was Director of Global Engagement at the White House in the Obama Administration.

Diane Negra is Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture at University College Dublin

James Arthur is Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham

Jonathan Fisher is Reader in African Politics and Director of the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham.

David Fitzgerald is a Lecturer in International Politics at University College Cork. His most recent book is Obama, US Foreign Policy and the Dilemmas of Intervention.