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Afra is a writer and researcher with a background in crypto growth, marketing, and journalism. She hosts a podcast called CyberPink and holds history and media studies degrees from Columbia University and LSE.

Afra Zhao Wang

Ahmed Gatnash is the founder and Executive Director of Kawaakibi Foundation, a human rights nonprofit working on the MENA region. He is co-author of The Middle East Crisis Factory.

Ahmed Gatnash

Bruno Maçães is a Senior Advisor at Flint Global, where he advises some of the world’s leading companies on geopolitics and technology, as well as a columnist for the New Statesman. He is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and was the Secretary of State for European Affairs in Portugal during the eurozone crisis. His books include Belt and Road (2018), The Dawn of Eurasia (2019), History Has Begun (2020) and, most recently, Geopolitics for the End Time (2021).