Our Contributors
Distinguished speakers, moderators, and contributors who have shaped the APSI Forum across the years. Click on each year to explore the experts who have contributed to our mission of advancing Indo-Pacific security dialogue.
Prof. Dr. Anita Abbott
Patron and Chair of APSI Forum
Lt Gen Francesco Diella (Ret)
Honorary Convenor of Europe Asia Forum Hub
Lt. Gen. Leonard (Leo) Kosinski (Ret)
Chief Strategy Officer at Air Space Intelligence
MGen Constantin-Adrian Ciolponea
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Representative in Europe
Colonel Arnel P. David
Director of Task Force Maven, NATO SHAPE
Major General Karsten Stoye
Chief of Staff, NATO Headquarters Allied Air Command
Col John Black (Ret)
Honorary Convenor of Air and Sea Power Forum Hub
Colonel Grant Newsham, USMCR (Ret)
Senior Research Fellow, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies
Gabriel Joel P. Honrada, PhD
Senior Security Correspondent, Asia Times
Brett Murphy
Media and Communications Specialist
Professor Stephen Nagy
Professor of Politics and International Studies, ICU Tokyo
Simon O'Connor
Former Member of Parliament, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee
Rodger Baker
Founder and Principal, Baker Global Insights
Tenzin Phuntsok Doring
Member of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile
Chase Blazek
Asia-Pacific Analyst, RANE
Captain Yuki Bito, PhD
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Officer
Andy Foster
New Zealand First List MP
Chris Penk
Minister for Building and Construction, Veterans, Associate Minister of Defence
Idelta Maria Rodrigues
Ambassador of Timor-Leste to New Zealand
David Jonas
Partner, Fluet, Huber & Hoang
Dr. Andreas Prothmann
German Ambassador to Tajikistan (2019-2023)
MGen Gert-Johannes Hagemann (Ret)
Board of Advisors, APSI Forum