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
Robert Gates
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2006-2011), 14th YES Annual Meeting, 2017
«Putin is trying to do everything he can to delegitimize and undermine Western institutions. The weaker the West is, the stronger Russia is.»