Afghanistan, 1957
Sima Samar
human rights advocate
Speakers and authors
The journal Nexus was founded in 1991, the Nexus Institute three years later. Since then, a large number of international thinkers, artists, scholars and politicians have published in Nexus or taken part in one of the Institute’s activities. Below you find an overview of all our authors and speakers.
United States, 1946
Michael Mullen
US admiral and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
China, 1968
Eric Li
venture capitalist, political scientist and critic of liberalism
United Kingdom, 1971
Peter Frankopan
author The Silk Roads
Poland, 1998
Wojtek Wieczorek
literary talent
United States, 1987
Jesse Paris Smith
musician and climate activist
United States, 1971
Pamela Paul
editor New York Times Book Review
Syria, 1949
Sari Nusseibeh
political philosopher
United States, 1995
Celeste Marcus
is the managing editor of Liberties.
Italy, 1987
Andrea Marcolongo
classicist and writer
Spain, 1988
Joan Magrané Figuera
composer
Switzerland, 1990
Flavia Kleiner
political activist
Tunesia, 1985
Intissar Kherigi
political sociologist
Italy, 1985
Saskia Giorgini
pianist
Canada, 1978
Rebecca Foon
musician and climate activist
United Kingdom, 1964
Ian Bostridge
world-renowned tenor
Italy, 1956
Edoardo Albinati
novelist and journalist
Hong Kong, 1939
Adrienne Clarkson
journalist and stateswoman
Romania, 1920 - 2023
Benjamin Ferencz
last Nuremberg prosecutor
Spain, 1948
Ana Palacio
stateswoman and lawyer
India, 1946
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Indian statesman
China, 1957
Ai Weiwei
artist and political activist
United States, 1953
Michael G. Vickers
CIA officer and intelligence leader
Mexico, 1955
Federico Reyes Heroles
writer