Egemen Bağış, Minister for European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator of Turkey Mario Monti, 54th Prime Minister of Italy (2011 – 2013) Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany (1998 – 2005) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (2007 – 2011)
Remarks: Bret Stephens, Deputy Editorial Page Editor (International), Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Carl Bildt
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994) , 14th YES Annual Meeting, 2017
«The West was misreading Russia. But Russia was also misreading Ukraine. Because when Russia invaded Crimea and Donbas, it expected Ukraine to collapse. But it did not happen. Ukraine got together instead of dividing.»