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Upcoming Debaters
Brian Katulis
Debate: Better Elected Islamists Than Dictators
Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress
Brian Katulis is a Senior Fellow at American Progress, where his work focuses on U.S. national security policy in the Middle East and South Asia. Katulis has served as a… more
Jacob Sullum
Debate: Two Cheers for SuperPACs
Senior Editor, Reason Magazine
Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is the author of Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use and For Your Own… more
James Dobbins
Debate: Israel Can Live With a Nuclear Iran
Director, RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center
Ambassador James Dobbins is the director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center. Dobbins has held State Department and White House posts including Assistant Secretary of State for… more
Jonathan Soros
Debate: Two Cheers for SuperPACs
Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute and co-founder of Friends of Democracy
Jonathan Soros is founder of the Super PAC “Friends of Democracy,” which aims to combat the influence of money in politics. He is a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute… more
Paul Butler
Debate: Legalize Drugs
Law Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Paul Butler is a leading criminal law scholar and current Law Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. He served as a Federal Prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, where… more
Past Debaters
Abbas, Hassan
Debate: U.S. Airports Should Use Racial and Religious Profiling
Quaid-i-Azam Professor at SIPA, Columbia University.
Is Quaid-i-Azam Professor at SIPA, Columbia University. He is also a senior advisor at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University… more
Abrams, Dan
Debate: Men Are Finished
ABC News Legal Analyst & Author of Man Down
Dan Abrams is a legal analyst for ABC News, a substitute anchor for Good Morning America, and the host of Discovery ID's Chasing Justice. He is the Founder and CEO… more
Abrams, Elliott
Debate: It's Time to Clip America's Global Wings
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was deputy national security advisor in charge of Middle Eastern Affairs in the George W. Bush… more
Ali, Ayaan Hirsi
Debate: Islam is a Religion of Peace
Founder, AHA Foundation
was born in Somalia and raised a devout Muslim. She escaped an arranged marriage by immigrating to the Netherlands in 1992 and served as a member of the Dutch parliament… more
Andrew Krepinevich
Debate: Cutting the Pentagon's Budget is a Gift To Our Enemies
President, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr. is president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He assumed this position in 1993, following a 21-year career in the U.S. Army. Krepinevich has… more
