- Honoré de Balzac
- Evan Thomas
- Guy de Maupassant
- Fareed Zakaria
- Carl von Clausewitz
- David Finkel
- Gerald Hammond
- George F. Kennan
- Sheila Fitzpatrick
- Kenneth N. Waltz
- James Joll
- Mickey Edwards
- James E. Dougherty
- Michael Massing
- Darrell M. West
- Roland S. Homet
- Simon Lee
- Mana Derakshani
- Mana Derakbsbani
- Daniel Mortier