Julius Margolin, Stefani Hoffman (Former director of the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research, Former director of the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Timothy Snyder (Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University), Katherine R. Jolluck (Senior Lecturer in History, Senior Lecturer in History, Stanford University)