Prof. Yan Xuetong

National Security Expert

China

Professor Yan Xuetong is the director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University and the chief editor of The Chinese Journal of International Politics. He is also vice chairman of the China Association of International Relations Studies and the China Association of American Studies. He serves as a board member of the China Association of UN Studies, the China Association of Arms Control and Disarmament and the China Association of International Relations Studies. Additionally, Yan is an adjunct professor of the National Defense University and a senior research fellow of the National Security Committee. He is the author of dozens of publications, including “International Politics and China,” “Peace and Security in East Asia” and “Strategic Thinking about China’s Rise.”

Dr. Yang Jiemian

National Security Expert

China

Dr. Yang Jiemian is current senior fellow and vice president and former president of the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), a leading Chinese think tank. Prior to joining SIIS, Yang was the vice president of the Chinese National Association for International Studies. Yang is active in the municipal government of Shanghai, and has published numerous papers and books on American foreign policy, international terrorism, and U.S.-China relations.

Yang is a member of the Global Zero Commission.

Col. (ret.) Valery Yarynich

National Security Expert

Russia

The late Colonel Valery Yarynich was candidate of military science and professor at the Academy for Military Sciences. He was named a visiting associate professor at California State University, San Bernardino in 2001. Yarynich was the author of “Evaluation of A Guarantee” and many articles on the issues of arms control and strategic stability in Russian and foreign periodicals. He served in the first Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile division and played a key role in understanding, sharing and promoting the importance of command-and-control systems for nuclear forces. Yarynich passed away on December 13, 2012.

Yarynich is a member of the Global Zero NATO-Russia Commission.

Dr. Igor Yurgens

National Security Expert

Russia

Dr. Igor Yurgens is chairman of the management board of the Institute of Contemporary Development. Prior to that, he was the executive secretary of the Russian Union of Industrialists & Entrepreneurs (RSPP), a leading business lobbying organization in Russia where he is now vice president and the chairman of the Financial Markets Committee of the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 2000 to 2004, among other positions.

Yurgens is a member of the Public Chamber of Russia and deputy chairman of the Expert Council on Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy. He is a professor at the State University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

Yurgens is a member of the Global Zero Commission.

Dr. Phillip D. Zelikow

National Security Expert

United States

Dr. Philip D. Zelikow was the executive director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. Earlier, he served at the National Security Council as director for European security affairs (1989-1991). He was appointed to the President’s foreign intelligence advisory board in 2001, later acting as counselor to the U.S. Department of State and as senior policy advisor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from 2005 to 2007. Zelikow is currently the director of The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Mr. Zhang Liangui

National Security Expert

China

Mr. Zhang Liangui is a professor of international strategic research at the Communist Party’s Central Party School. He is considered one of China’s top experts on North Korean affairs and has been a key advisor to the Communist Party Central Committee. Zhang graduated in 1968 from the Kim II Sung University in North Korea.